Chillin’ like Sevillians

We went on a weekend trip to Seville and Granada. I took too many pictures. With such amazing sights who could blame me? I’m breaking the trip up into two posts for two cities. While we crammed both these places into a long weekend they are too unique to be clumped into one post. Plus all the photos I want to share surely won’t fit into a single “internet.”

Alright, here we go starting in Seville. In Southern Spain within the region of Andalusia. We couldn’t decide how to pronounce Andalusia, I sided with the Clash “And-a-loo-see-a,” while John took on the Pixies pronunciation “Andaloosha.” We’re probably both wrong.

Seville is filthy with history and beauty. We only had two days, so we decided to focus our touring on eating, wandering, and the Alcazar Palace. Through our exploring we did also get to see the famed Cathedral of Saint Mary… a giant fancy church that has Christopher Columbus’ fancy tomb. We didn’t make it inside the Cathedral, but the exterior architecture and details were amazing enough to satisfy my big ol’ church quota.

IMGP2709 — Seville Cathedral detail with pidge.

IMGP2720 — John posing across from the Cathedral. Away from the aggressive church ladies trying to bless us.

IMGP2723 — The entrance to the Royal Alcazar Palace.

We went to a live Flamenco dancing show.

IMGP2730 — We stayed in this neighbourhood full of these tiny “walking” streets. Some cars would still come down and you’d basically have to hug the wall for them to pass.

Fun Fact! The R. Alcazar Palace is actually Dorne from the real life documentary “Game of Thrones”. You’ll recognize the gardens from when Jamie tried to rescue his incest daughter.

IMGP2733 — Inside Alcazar Palace grounds.

IMGP2742 — R.Alcazar “Courtyard of the Maidens”

IMGP2760 — R.Alcazar I don’t know who was in charge of making all those planters, but they must’ve made a killing. They’re everywhere.

IMGP2770 — R.Alcazar This handsome devil made my fav photo from the day.

Are you sick of all the pretty yet? There’s more.

IMGP2828 — The underground baths. Romantic? Creepy?

I found my twin! The resemblance is uncanny.

We found the best sassiest derp cat. I love him.

IMGP2878 — A look out to the river that is now mostly empty, but was the primary trading port for Spanish American colonies in the 16th Century.

Remember when I said I took a lot of pictures? I wasn’t wrong was I? and this was severely edited to include only the essentials (in my opinion). I’ve been trying to up my photography game. I hope you noted my dramatic angles, dynamic compositions, and playful depths of fields or whatever. Photog/art school was a long time ago, I have to scrape away a thick layer of crud to access my artsy learnings.

Seville just had a little bit of magic in the air. There was something about the place that felt a little extra special and a little more romantic. I really enjoyed our time there and I would love to return some day to see more of it. I’m currently obsessed with the Alcazar palace. It’s probably the most beautiful place made by humans. The detail, the color, and the scale of the palace is unparalleled. We spent 4+hours there and I could easily spend weeks exploring the gardens alone. Good job Seville… You did good.