Seville - absolutely amazing

Seville shocked us with its beauty and charm. Southern Spain is a bit more traditional Spain. We started by walking to Plaza de Espana, not knowing exactly what to expect. It's basically a ridiculously huge semi circle of red brown and orange architecture. There are two tall towers at either end and a palace looking castle in the middle of the semi circle. The area in the middle of the circle has a lazy river with boat rides and a huge water fountain. Horse drawn carriages circle inside the plaza nonstop (that's how big it is, you need a horse to get around).

We then walked toward the cathedral. You walk right by the teatro, which we didn't expect, it's a beautiful white and yellow circular building. Honestly not sure what's in it - we saw signs for shows and casino - if that's related :)

The Royal Alcatel is in the same plaza as the cathedral. There was quite a line for it, and we had heard its "the most beautiful garden in the world", so we waited in line. We barely had time to finish ice cream before we were in the garden, and sure enough, it's stunning. Lots of beautiful architecture along with trees and flowers - and lots of water. There were at least 2 or 3 girls and women in fancy white dresses with professional photography crews guiding them around. 

The cathedral is probably the most inspiring cathedral I've ever seen. Your body can't help but physically say wow when you walk in. I actually stood at the door for a few minutes just to appreciate lots of people from lots of cultures say wow as they walked in. 

The first room must be 5 or 6 stories tall and the main altar is 3 or 4 stories of solid gold (paintings, sculptures, etc). Then you walk up a ramped tower called Giraldi. 31 flights of ramps to then see all of Seville from the top - love it!

We did a night time Flamenco dance at a place called Los Gallos. We weren't quite sure what to expect. Turns out that this particular place does 6 rounds of dancing. Each round is about 15 minutes followed by a few minute intermission. One or two of the rounds were only singing or guitar. The big finale brings together the whole story and it's great!