Seville

Seville was next on the agenda as recommended by lots of people that had been so off we trekked to the now familiar bus terminal for an early (for us) bus. An hour and a half later we arrived, once again lacking a map and any idea where to head for. We luckily found ourselves a big map outside a Starbucks in town and located three things that were necessary.

1: Where we were
2: A tourist information centre
3: A morning coffee and snack!

The first and main tourist attraction to visit in Seville is the Cathedral, from the outside it is big and ornate but from the inside it is just incredible, really the only way to describe it. We spent about 2 hours wandering around looking at everything there including the extravagant and huge tomb of Christopher Columbus, the "Cathedral Treasures", the first elliptical room ever built and a floor designed by Michelangelo. One of the highlights was the "Giralda" which is basically the bell tower. You can climb to the top and see all of Seville. There are no steps but instead a series of 36 slopes, designed so that people could ride horses up to the top when it was first built in the 1200s, for what purpose i´m not sure!
After a pint of Guinness at the local Irish Bar we spent the rest of the afternoon walking along the river and through "Parque de Maria Luisa" which was beautiful and full of orange trees (which Megan decided she wanted to pick - dicing with death!). A nice relaxing afternoon was only slightly spoiled by breaking into a fast walk/slow jog when being pursued by a guitar playing hobo, but that was just amusing rather than annoying!