Sevilla

Seville was alright. I preferred granada better. Probably because we weren´t very long in either city we weren´t able to really enjoy it to its full potential. The hostel we stayed at was practically empty, and we got to know the other backpackers pretty well. There was Barney & Charlotte from Melbourne, Geoff from the UK and Madeline from South Africa. Madeline was in a room with us, and she´s been travelling for a few months on her own now. Looks like travelling through europe on your own isn´t such a big deal after all. Makes me think i can do it. Makes me want to do it. One of these days i think i will.

We also found out that granada is the only place left that does free tapas. We did go to a tapas bar in granada, but we left around 12 cause we were pretty tired from the night before. If i´d have know it was the only time we were going to get free tapas i would´ve stayed up later! Doh!

There was a cathedral and alcazar in Seville, the cathedral is meant to be the third biggest in europe, and it probably was. But cause we´d seen the one in granada already it didn´t seem all that impressive. It was very similar, absolutley huge, big columns holding it up, lots of intricate sculptures and carvings on the walls and ceilings. But it was made of some darker stone, and i just wasn´t as blown over by it as i was by the one in granada. There was an alcazar too, which is meant to be another muslim palace. Apparently it has the entire koran carved into the walls. But we ran out of time and didn´t get a chance to check it out. From the postcard photos it looked alot like the alhambra, but minus the magnificient view of the city of granada. So i wasn´t too fussed on not seeing it.

Seville is meant to be the bullfighting and flamenco capital of spain. Since it wasn´t bull fighting season we wanted to at least catch some flamenco. Geoff from our hostel pointed us to a flamenco bar close by. It didn´t open until 12am, but it was pretty good once it did get going. It was free, which is what we were looking for (cheap), but not so fancy as the more expensive ones. It was just a cute cosy pub with a few middle aged guys playing instruments and singing. I think they did about 3 or 4 dances. Not many, but it didn´t feel really touristy. More relaxed and groovy. There were a few backpackers there, not many though.

Every hostel we´ve stayed at has aussies. It´s crazy! Everywhere we go it´s full of aussies, canadians, and american students who have finished their semester abroad and are travelling a bit. There are a few guys from other countries, but not many.