Our last day in Granada we headed to the train station and headed to the beautiful city of Sevilla. Our daughter has already been here because her study abroad program took a weekend trip to Sevilla very recently at the end of February. But this time around during Semana Santa, her experience in Sevilla will be different because of the religious celebrations taking place. According to some of her Spanish friends, the celebrations in Sevilla are famous within Spain and the catholic world. In fact, they are known as the best celebrations with probably the most religious people.
When we got to our pension in Sevilla, I knew right away I was going to be uncomfortable staying there because I’m very sensitive to clean sheets. Long story short, we got out of the pension that my daughter booked and checked into a brand new Hilton hotel. My daughter was a little mad at us for leaving the pension because we weren’t around the celebrations anymore, but I was very uncomfortable there and I knew I had to leave.
Once we finally got settled into our hotel room we set out for the city and the first place we went to was el Parque de Maria Luisa, where we saw Sevilla’s famous Plaza de Espana and a few more plazas that have beautiful buildings like the Plaza de las Americas. We spent our whole afternoon walking around in that park because we just couldn’t believe how beautiful it was. It was at that moment in the Plaza de Espana, where I realized that out of all the countries I’ve traveled to in my lifetime, Spain has got to be the most beautiful country I’ve ever seen! There is so much history and culture every part of the country that really defines how you perceive the city.
After we left the park, we had dinner at a tapas bar called Cien Montaditos, where we tried some Spanish tapas and I had tinto de verano, which is wine with lemon and sprite. I liked it a lot, and the food was delicious, which was weird because Spanish food is very bland and hard to get used to. We continued to walk around the city that night and saw one of the processions for the Holy Week taking place by the Sevilla Catedral. We saw a similar procession in Granada the day before, so it was interesting to see the differences in the processions in each city especially since Sevilla is known for their processions.
Ellie and Bahram Go to Spain 