Hi! Remember me? I’m back. I’m back with some travel posts! It’s been about 3 millennia since I explored Andalucía but I am hoping that my memory serves me well in recalling everything.

So let’s begin.

We arrived late in Seville on Monday morning and checked into our B E A U T I F U L hotel. We ambled around to familiarize ourselves with our surroundings, and whilst the sun was setting, we stumbled across the Metropol Parasol (also known as the Mushroom). It’s the largest wooden structure in the world at a cost of 100 million euros. I can’t say I was massively impressed by it. I have the same feeling towards it as I do the Sagrada Familia if I’m honest. Keen to get an early night to continue exploring the next morning so we headed back.

In the morning, we had planned to see the cathedral and Alcazar, but our lack of planning meant we didn’t have tickets and had no desire to wait in the queues. With that postponed until Friday, we wandered along the wide stone streets of Seville until we reached Plaza de España. Built for the Iberian/American expo in the 20s, it’s now used as government offices and as an attraction for tourists. It’s an absolutely breathtaking building with minute details everywhere. You’ll find attention to detail in the floor, in the ceiling, on the railings, you just have to get past the ever-present smell of horse shit. Alongside it, you’ll find the María Luisa gardens which are stunning to laze in on a warm sunny day. Continuing our walk along the Guadalquivir river we completed our little checklist of things we wanted to visit. We climbed up the Tower of Gold, walked around the Triana neighbourhood and navigated the narrow winding streets of the Santa Cruz neighbourhood too.

That night we headed to La Casa de la Guitarra to see a flamenco show. All around the streets of Seville, you’ll see ladies dancing Flamenco but we wanted a proper, authentic show. I feel like everyone in that room left deep in their feels. The guitarist, the singer and the dancer all made each and every person in that room feel something which felt super special and like we had really experienced flamenco.

Afterwards, we headed for dinner and people watched until the early hours when we decided we should probably head to bed as more adventure laid in wait the next day.