How can it possibly be Sunday again? I had another jam-packed weekend, so I’d better write it all down before I forget!
On Friday, my friends and I spent another lovely day out on the beach. We tried a new one this time that was a little closer to home, Salobreña. It was very beautiful, and it was a great day for being lazy on the beach. Something a little different between the Salobreña and Nerja beaches were the dozens of fishermen lined all along the coastline. Each fisherman had a few poles to watch, and they all spent a large portion of the day sitting on their chairs waiting for fish to bite. I never actually saw anyone catch anything, but then again, I wasn’t watching that closely.
After returning to Granada, we tried to get to bed on time, because we had a day trip to Sevilla and a flamenco show planned with our entire group for the next day. I had a great time in Sevilla, it was a beautiful city, but in all honesty, the day was kind of a waste. We spent way more time driving to Sevilla and back than we spent in the city! We left from Granada at 8:30 am, and it took 3 hours to drive there.
Our first sight was the Plaza de España, which was actually really cool. It is a huge plaza that has a pretty mural of each province in Spain along it. When people go to visit, they always stop at their province and take a picture…we did the same. It was also very interesting to see because the walkways along the outside of the structures were used in the Episode I of the Star Wars movies for a scene with Queen Amidala. Having 3 brothers and living next to the Ter Haar’s when I was little gave me a keen appreciation for the Star Wars series, so that was really fun to see.
After the plaza, we walked through the Jewish Quarter over to the Cathedral, which I believe is the biggest Gothic Cathedral in the world. We didn’t go in, but it was beautiful from the outside, and I got some pretty pictures. Since it was a Saturday, there were many weddings going on in the cathedral, one after another. I sat for a while and watched the wedding guests file out of the cathedral, because I couldn’t believe the outfits some of the ladies were wearing! Many of them looked like they were going to a formal party, and many had feathers or fancy hats on their heads…it was pretty funny.
After eating our bocadillos for lunch, we went to tour the Alcázar, a royal residence that the King and Queen of Spain still use sometimes. It had beautiful gardens, and many of the rooms really resembled rooms from the Alhambra in Granada. By this time, we had only been in Sevilla about 4 hours, but we needed to get home to make it to a flamenco show that night.
The show began at 9:30, so we climbed up to Sacromonte a little before then. What we found when we got there was not at all what I was expecting, but it was a lot of fun. I thought we’d be in a restaurant or small stage, but we were in a small auditorium that had a huge window behind the performers that was a breathtaking view of the Alhambra, which was lit up at night.
The actual performance was also not what I was expecting. I was expecting a very traditional flamenco dancing show, but what we saw was Aladdin set to flamenco! It was very fun to watch, and the dancers were amazing. It was very interesting to see how they mixed the very traditional steps and dancing with the music of Aladdin. I definitely think that I will attend another flamenco show, because I really enjoyed this one. Maybe next time I will see a more traditional show!
Though it had already been a long day, we still had a long way to go! Whitney has a friend from the states here this week, and wanted to have her experience the crazy Spanish discotecas, so off we went for a night of dancing! I had a lot of fun again with the girls…I’m making some really great friends here, which is nice.
The weather is gorgeous this week, so after lunch today I went for a run in the park. I think a sign said that it was about 28º C today, which converts to the 80’s in Fahrenheit. I hope it stays this nice!
Anyway, better get going, but have a great week everyone…Miss you all!
Pictures of this weekend...
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