Palm Trees

Sevilla is a quaint town with beautiful architecture everywhere. Of course, every now and again, you get sick of looking at old buildings. This is shot of the the palm trees outside of the Hotel Alfonso XIII.

Cathedral & Giralada - pic 1

The Cathedral is a very popular site in Sevilla. I have read that it is the third lagest Cathedral in the world (behind St.Peter's in Rome and St.Paul's in England) What I found intersting about the location was that construction started in 1401, on the grounds of the center of mosque that was there during Arab occupation.

Cathedral & Giralada - pic 2

This is actually a better view of Giralada, taken from Reales Alacazares.  Pic 1 depicts the Cathedral.

Day 2: Sevilla, Spain

Day 2: We went on a day trip to Sevilla. This is the Plaza de Espana, it was designed and constructed under the direction of Anibal Gonzalez, a well-known architect from Sevilla, for the 1929 Ibero-American Expo. The geek in you may recognize (I had to Google this) that this is the location for a Star Wars Eposide II scene - when Padme and Anakin are in Naboo.

Sunset over the Atlantic Ocean

I got to the beach around 6p to just sit and listen to the waves crash.  The evening was cool and the breeze was stronger than I had anticpated.  I returned back to the beach a few minutes later with a sweater and a cafe con leche and just waited for the sun to start its evening decent. 

Sunset over the Atlantic; nice close to Day 1.

View of old church. Near Hotel Duque de Najera

Day 1: Rota, Spain

Arrived at the Jerez airport at 1:30p local time on Friday, Oct 30.  Long day. Started at 5:45p on Thursday, Chicago time.  Made it to the hotel in Rota, cleaned up and decided to walk around town so as not to be tempted into taking a nap.