Jill and I have been very busy running around Spain for the past three days. We took a day trip from Madrid to Toledo on Sunday and had fun getting lost in the winding streets while there. Toledo is a World Heritage site and the former capital of the Spanish Empire. Here's a photo of one of the city gates.
On Monday morning we took the high speed train from Madrid to Seville in the heart of Andalucia! The trip took about 2 1/2 hours but we enjoyed the time to rest and get ready for Seville.
After navigating our way through the narrow twisting streets we found our apartment (yes an entire apartment) and it is fantastic. We have a kitchen and a separate bedroom/living room. Needless to say it's going to be sad to leave our great little space.
After a nice lunch consisting of 6 unknown tapas accompanied by wine made with oranges from Seville we headed to the Cathedral of Saint Mary which houses the tomb of Christopher Columbus. It's suppose to be the third largest Cathedral in the world.
Since bullfighting is well known in Spain we decided to tour a bull fighting ring. Unfortunately (or fortunately) it is not the season for the fights so we didn't witness any live events.
To begin the evening we took a walk across the river to stroll along the streets of Triana, the birthplace of flamenco. After our stroll and more tapas for dinner we ended the evening with a live flamenco show. It was a lot of fun and we'll probably end up there tonight as well. Tomorrow we head to Cordoba, so stay tuned!
On Monday morning we took the high speed train from Madrid to Seville in the heart of Andalucia! The trip took about 2 1/2 hours but we enjoyed the time to rest and get ready for Seville.
After navigating our way through the narrow twisting streets we found our apartment (yes an entire apartment) and it is fantastic. We have a kitchen and a separate bedroom/living room. Needless to say it's going to be sad to leave our great little space.
After a nice lunch consisting of 6 unknown tapas accompanied by wine made with oranges from Seville we headed to the Cathedral of Saint Mary which houses the tomb of Christopher Columbus. It's suppose to be the third largest Cathedral in the world.
Since bullfighting is well known in Spain we decided to tour a bull fighting ring. Unfortunately (or fortunately) it is not the season for the fights so we didn't witness any live events.
To begin the evening we took a walk across the river to stroll along the streets of Triana, the birthplace of flamenco. After our stroll and more tapas for dinner we ended the evening with a live flamenco show. It was a lot of fun and we'll probably end up there tonight as well. Tomorrow we head to Cordoba, so stay tuned!
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