Off we go to pick up our rental car. But first, we must catch the bus! Easier said than done, for this was quite the plight. First we have to figure out which one, then we have to try to understand the bus driver and his lackey who keeps telling us "el frente, el frente" and I'm all "the front of what? no entiendo." But we're on the bus and we get where we need to go.
And guess what kind of car we got, a BMW! Woo! We are living the life, I tell you. It's a nice hatchback (I didn't even know BMW made these) and thank the Lord all our suitcases fit in the trunk so I only had to share the backseat with our small bags. Jolly good!
My backseat and our fearless driver.
Our first stop is to Italica and the Roman ruins per the lovely Mrs. Gann's recommendation. It definitely did not disappoint and since we were there right when it opened the guy gave us free admission! At least that's our theory, we don't really know why he decided to let us in for free. I lurves free. Anyways, we crawled all over the place and had some fun with the ruins, as you can probably tell in the pictures below.
Ancient Roman statue, and the beginning of our mischief amongst the ruins
Sitting pretty.
London Bridge! It might be falling down, so we clung to the pillars for support
We could have careers as ballerinas ahead of us.
Who knows if we're supposed to get on these things but... we did
I'm putting my foot down--because I want to see the amphitheatre!
This was my favorite part of the ruins
The amphitheater, a walkway underneat and looking into the bottom where the fighters would wait for their turn
I'm EVERYWHERE! Better watch your back.
Once we were done playing at Italica, we headed back to downtown Seville. First was the Catedral de Seville which I'll have you know is the biggest gothic building in the WORLD and the third largest cathedral (behind St. Peter's in Rome and St. Paul's in London). Exciting stuff! It was so big I even got separated from Carissa and Eric and had a panic attack (not really, I just went up the tower and took lots of photos). This place also had the tomb of Christopher Columbus who we all know and love.
Panorama from the Giraldi Tower, and Christo's tomb!
This was kind of disturbing to see, so I took a photo. You're welcome. And the outside of the church.
I don't know why but I am fascinated with all this attention to detail, and Carissa and I outside
After that we went to walk around the neighborhood and look at some of the other buildings. We also had our best meal yet at this Italian place. I ate wayyyy too much, but you all know how I love food. And I think with the amount of stairs we've climbed this trip that I deserve to inhale a lot of calories.
Once done with lunch, we walked around some more and headed to the Plaza de España which was probably one of my favorite parts. I loved the architecture and the huge square. The detail is exquisite on the tiles and molding. I couldn't stop taking pictures! I also really liked the fact that you could rent a boat and row around.
We could definitely have spent more time in Seville but by that point our long night was catching up to us and we had to drive to Granada for the apartment we had rented for the night. That was another trial, trying to find that place. Oh goodness. But we made it, and that's what's important!
You can find the rest of the pictures from Seville here.
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