Seville!

Our trip to Seville was a success!! It was so much fun! Here's how it went down...
(sidenote- when i say 'we' i am referring to erin and i)

Day1:

We got to the airport at 5am and after several complications (who knew that to print your boarding pass it would cost 40Euros?!?!? Yes, you read that correctly. 4-0. To print a single ticket. And I was forced to check my CARRYON bag. an additional 35Euros... i was pretty upset) we boarded our plane and in less than an hour, arrived in beautiful Seville!! We took the bus into town and were instantly happy once we were dropped off. It was b-e-a-utiful! Fountains, and pretty, old buildings! So we obviously started taking pictures.

(The first statue we saw!)

We walked around and found our hostel, which was pretty nice (Nuevo Suizo, if anyone needs a good one in Seville), left our bags there and began venturing around the city. We walked down to the river, saw the Plaza de Toros (the bull ring which held 14,000 people=huge!), walked up to the top of Torre del Oro (the Tower of Gold), and experienced some real-life gypsies (scam). Then we went to the amazing Cathedral. Here are a few pictures that don't even do it justice:

Like I said previously, it is the largest Gothic cathedral in the world, and the 3rd largest cathedral in the world!! It was so great. And we got in for the student discount = an even better experience! We had our own personal tour guide (thanks to my trusty RickSteves guide book- thanks B&J!!!) and saw the tomb of Christopher Columbus (interesting fact: he set sail for America from Seville), some beautiful stained glass, and a great view from the top of the tower we hiked up! Afterwards we HAD to stop at Starbucks. Duh. We don't have one in Alicante, so I was very very excited.

(Caitlin is very hard for Spanish folk to pronounce/spell.)

Then we headed over to Plaza de España, which is this beautiful, giant semi-circled building. We couldn't exactly figure out what it is used for, but it had a moat and ton of pretty tile, so we didn't mind! 

We were VERY tired (since we had been up since about 4 that morning), so we headed back to the hostel, later went and grabbed dinner, and finally to bed!! :)

Day2:

We woke up and headed to Alcázar, which is the oldest palace in Europe that is still functioning. It is a lot bigger than it looks, and the gardens were massive. It was really cool. I personally loved the walls that surrounded the palace. It looked like something you'd see out of a movie! We then met up with Aaron and his friend, Zenia (pronounced like Xena the Warrior Princess). After walking around the city for a while, we went our separate ways to get ready for our evening! We went to see traditional Flamenco dancing!!! SO COOL! I am now obsessed with the Spanish guitar. I wish I could play like that. It's insane. Boyfriend and I are currently training to become the next top Flamenco dancers. Watch out world.

(Typical Flamenco consists of a male and female dancer,
a singer (who you can't really understand), and my favorite, the
Spanish guitar player.)

(¡Baile!)

We hit up an Italian restaurant and then a few bars around town. It was so nice to meet Zenia and so so good to see Aaron!!

Day3:

We said our goodbyes to Aaron and Zenia the night before because Aaron had an early bus back to Morocco. So Erin and I walked around a bit and then headed back to the bus stop that goes to the airport. Our flight went smoothly and we arrived back in Alicante Sunday afternoon with no problems!! 

Erin is a great travel partner and I am SO glad she came with me! :) Thanks Erin!!! 

It was a great trip and I am planning to put up the rest of the pictures on Facebook very soon! Thank you for reading! :)