Sister Seville

Seville is the sister city Kansas City and from what my friends have told me it has some of the same architecture of the Plaza area. Since Seville is near Cadiz it made a perfect stop on my way towards Barcelona. The weather is hot and muggy in Seville and we arrive in the mid afternoon. Friend’s hostel is probably one of the cleanest places I’ve stayed at. All the rooms are cleaned on a daily basis and most important of all there is AC, and not just cool, but ice cold AC, in every room. This is definitely a rarity in most of Europe with hot climates.



As it turns out, the name Kansas City is a motif throughout Seville. In fact we have to transfer from a bus to a tram at prado de Kansas City. The bell tower near the edge of the plaza can be seen near the cathedral of the city and the other building’s architecture is only slightly similar. At the last night we were unable to catch a bull fight, so instead we opted for a flamenco dance. It was a 4 person show and lasted a little over two hours. However it wasn’t as good as the live show we saw back at Cadiz. I would describe this show as confusing because the first half is just the singer telling a story that we don’t understand. I can usually get by with Spanish, but I can hardly pick out any words from the singer. I would describe the dancing as sporadic between slow elegant movements and then sudden bursts of erratic and almost fit-throwing movements.



Along the river there are tents and shows setup for a festival. Apparently, Seville is currently having a festival for the city. I am not sure the reason for it, but there are people walking along the tents that are selling anything and everything. Near the start of the walk most of the tents are your typical traveling carnival games such as air guns and ring toss. Towards the end of one of the bridges the tents only sell beer, sangria and tinto verano. Each cup is no more than 2€. The big stage at the end of the road has performances for the entire night.





Seeing that one of the main attractions is the cathedral immediately across the street from hostel, we decide that we should check it out. It has been a while since I’ve visited cathedrals since once you’ve seen several of them they all start to look the same. Tino and I were both able to get the student discount. Tino almost didn’t, but a gator’s tshirt saved him from paying full price.