Day 21: Bull Fights & Flamenco in Seville!

We wasted no time this morning and headed out bright and early into town- seems like we were the only ones though! Not much was open before 10am...and it was Sunday which didn't help at all! We stopped off at a little cafe for breakfast- Mom got a little distracted by all the sweets and baked goods- but we managed to have a sensible breakfast and then we were on our way once again. We saw a few churches and cool buildings although not too many because we were having a little trouble with our directions! All throughout my trip I have not gotten lost ONCE, but today was a different story! I'm not sure if Mom was messing with my mojo or Seville is just really confusing, but we were going around in circles for a while! We stopped off at another cafe for lunch with a very slow waiter and a very big language barrier. This is the first city I've been to where it seems like no one speaks English! But after a few hand signals Mom and I managed to order a sandwich- only one though because we wanted lots of room for dessert- and man, did we go all out! You don't get stuff like that at home!


We bought tickets for the bull fight (apparantly Seville is the best place in Spain to watch one!), so we headed there for 6:00. Some people had been telling me that the bull gets killed after the fight so we had some sort of idea of what we were in for- but it was still much more bloody than we thought it would be! While everyone was cheering for the matador, Mom and I were cheering for the bull! haha To sum it all up: it was a lot less action and a lot more violent than I expected! It was interesting to see (I was amazed to see how many locals just LOVE it!), but I think one time was enough for me. Well, actually I can't even say once because we left before it was done!


We left early not only because we were disgusted, but also because we wanted to get some dinner before we went to the flamenco show we had tickets for. I knew this flamenco show was gong to be different than the one I saw in Madrid. That was moreof a "real" show in a little bar with locals- this one tonight was definitely put on for the tourists! But that wasn't necessarily a bad thing- the dancing was still amazing and the costumes were beautiful!


Tomorrow we are off to Granada...sorry about the delay in blog posts. Since we're staying in hotels now its a lot harder to get access to the internet! But I will try and keep up as best I can (and add pictures when I can)!

Love, Dianna