Sophisticated Seville

Have made our way from Tarifa (little beach town) to Seville (large sprawling city) in the Heart of Andulusia. Described as sexy, sophisticated and gorgeous looking by the Lonely Planet it did not quite live up to expectations. Some cities you gel with straight away (see Granada entry coming soon), some places slowly creep up on you and when it comes time to leave you realise you love the place, and some cities you never quite get into. Seville never quite lit the spark for us, so after 2 days we were on the move again. "Only 2 days", I hear you saying, "you hardly gave it a chance". But every day spent in Seville means a day less somewhere else (like Barcelona or Rome or San Sebastian) so we cut our loses and headed for Granada.

We did pay to see ANOTHER cathedral (and are geting sick of paying the catholic church to see every church in Spain) and yet again it was built on the site of an old mosque. Some say every Church in Spain was once a mosque, indeed in Cordoba the Catholic church has been built INSIDE the Mosque. We also forked out for the Alcazar (the islamic and catholic palace which housed Seville's rulers since 913) then got in trouble for eating our homemade sandwhices in the gardens. One highlight was the rooftop pool in our hostel, quite nice when the temperature tips 30. Seeing the Barcelona vs Man United game (Champions league final) in a pub full of crazy Spanish football supports was also quite an experience! But now its on to Granada, famed for free tapas and Flamenco.