Sevilla

Our three day trip from March 7 - 9th saw us in 4 countries (Portugal, Spain, Morocco and Great Britain), 3 kingdoms (Spain, Morocco and the United Kingdom) and 2 continents (Europe and Africa).

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The first stop of the tour was in Sevilla in Spain where we spent about 6 hours. Ruth and I had been in Sevilla in 2008 so, while we had a relaxing break from the bus ride, there was not a whole lot that was new during this tour.

And the first stop in Sevilla is to visit the beautiful Plaza d'España, which we had visited the last time in Sevilla (see my blog at
March 2008 for more information about the Plaza).

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As you can no doubt appreciate, the first several photos are images from around the Plaza d'España.

This photo was taken from the upper floor area of the Plaza buildings - the attraction was a woman here selling colourful folding fans.

After the visit to the Plaza d'España there was a local tour guide walk around the central area of Sevilla, including a tour of the Roman Catholic Catedral de Santa María de la Sede, said to be the largest Gothic cathedral and one of the 3 largest churches in the world. We did not do the cathedral tour.

This photo was taken inside the Alcazar exit area and shows the cathedral tower and the top of the Alcazar wall which is identifiable by the small turret like structures. It appears that the cathedral tower is growing out of the Alcazar wall but the cathedral is actually a short distance away.

Regrettably, we did not take the time to visit the Moors' castle, the Real Alcazar. A few photos of the Alcazar from our last visit to Sevilla are at Alcazar

After leaving the tour we strolled around, had lunch then a glelato at this small square with the orange tree.

Found an interesting ceramics place with lots of brightly coloured things where we parted with a few Euros.

As I mentioned in my 2008 blog, orange trees abound in Sevilla. These produce quite sour oranges which are converted in Scotland or England into Seville Orange Marmalade. The oranges are so bitter that people rarely eat them, no matter how available they are - witness them lying all over the ground in this public park in central Sevilla.

We left Sevilla around 4:15 pm on our way to the town of Algeciras, where we stayed for two nights. Algeciras was our base for the trips to Tangier on Thursday and Gibraltar on Friday. More about each of those adventures later.