Seville was our last stop but we certainly saved the best for last! Seville is Andalusia’s capital city and the third largest in Spain. It is where Christopher Columbus landed and told Isabella of the new world beyond the Atlantic. It is where he is now buried. It is a city of warmth and atmosphere, of passion and people that seem to embrace their city…what a lovely place to be.
Our first mission was to book our Flamenco Show. We asked at the front desk of our hotel, Casa 1800 and were directed to the Museum of Flamenco Dance which has a one hour show full of emotion including the dance, the guitar, and the singing. You can feel the dancers passion for their art and they put their all into it. We showed up early as instructed for our Front Row Tickets. We were voyeurs into their souls for this brief period and we loved every minute of it! The tickets were only 23 Euro ($30). After the show we stopped for Tapas and wine…and look, we even dressed up for the occasion! What Fun!
We visited the Cathedral, allegedly the largest Gothic building in the World. The builders goal was that “those who come after us will take us for madmen”. Construction started in the late 1400’s and took centuries to complete. The remains of Columbus are here held up by four mariner statues. If you climb up the tower you are rewarded with magnificent views of the city (see the bullfighting ring) and you can see the “flying buttresses” in the architecture.
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