Sevilla was our next stop. We stayed in a hotel that was about a 25 minute walk outside of the city center. And what a beautiful walk it was! It took us past the Plaza de Espana and through some beautiful gardens that at certain points reminded us of tropical rain forests. The birds were all very vocal and the people flew by on bikes and horse and carriages. I spent a bit of an afternoon sitting on a bench with a ice cream (how cute..) watching the river that flowed thru the park, and it was all very serene until a few rusty beer cans floated by. The cathedral in the center of town was ENORMOUS. It looked like it was stitched together through so many different periods that i couldn't really grasp it all. That aside, the interior was cavernous and stunning. One night we went out to meet a friend of my friend's (Heather) brother (Josh). His name was Vincento (and i believe it still is). We went to his bar and had some wine and next thing you know I am being sweetly serenaded by a band of spaniards, and they even kindly inserted my own name into the chorus. (If you don't understand why half the last few lines were green then click on them). Well of course I ate it up and gave them a bigger tip than i should have, but they were STUDENTS and i remember how hard it was when i had to sing on the streets of Philadelphia for book money. Well not really, but that got Rob off my back. So Vincento was then kind enough to take us out to dinner with his friends and we had a blast. After some amazing food and even better company, we called it an early night (at least for Spanish time..). The next morning we got up, picked up our clean clothes (YEAH) from the lavanderia, and headed off to our campsite in Granada for our first night camping out!!
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