Southern Spain is beautiful! Some friends and I jumped on the train and headed down to Seville. After hearing all sorts of wonderful things from Jess, who studied there last spring, I was very excited to go. The architecture was beautiful and we couldn't have asked for better weather!
Plaza de España was definitely my favorite.
Bull fights are especially popular in Seville. Although we didn't go see one, Jeff was kind enough to act it out for our tour group.
Then we scooted off to Granada, a short train ride away. Granada is an incredible mix of Islamic, Jewish, and Christian culture. It was the final muslim stronghold in Spain during the Christian conquering. The mix of architeqture was fascinating, but I think I liked the 4 am arabic food best! But beware, some English translations aren't quite right...
La Alhambra is an enormous palace on top of the hill overlooking the entire city. The gardens and towers were gorgeous.
I can't decide if this is the best job, or the worst. The carousel requires someone to manually bike the entire ride. Paid to excersize? Not bad. Unfortunately it gets pretty hot down in Southern Spain.
And lastly, this might be the prettiest ice-cream display I've ever seen. Scrumptious too! Off to Barcelona for the weekend! yahooo!
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