The kids watched a video about cork harvesting and another on the production of lime. There were exhibits of different types of traditional Spanish foods before we moved on to the most interesting exhibits for the kids. After the workshops, there was a review of what they learnt at the Centro Ceramica with the ceramics […]
The Festival of the Velá de Santa Ana is one of the oldest festivals celebrated in the Triana neighbourhood of Seville. La Cucaña is an activity where contestants walk along a greased pole to grab a flag at the end. Three of them of have to succeed for the La Cucaña to be completed.
This palace was begun after the reconquest of the Moors by the Christians. The site originally held a Visigoth basilica, which was then destroyed and replaced with a fortress by the Moors. It’s been expanded over the years by other monarchs. The top floor of the palace is still in use by the Spanish Royal […]
Seville Cathedral is the largest Gothic cathedral in the world (124,000 square feet) and the third largest church in the world. It took over a century to build, and is built on top of a mosque built by the Moors. There are still some parts of the mosque remaining, namely the belltower (the Giralda), which […]
Quiet day today with the highlight being a visit to Doña Aceituna.
One of the pavilions at the Plaza de España houses the Archaeological Museum. Since we went through Maria Luisa Park to the Plaza, we had to try the playgrounds we hadn’t played at previously. There was a lot more to this museum but we got booted out at 3PM (when it closes). So, back to […]
Early morning walk to the Navigation Museum. From Neil’s reading, it supposedly had multi-sensory touch-listen-smell features – ideal for the kids. Felix needed a break for the day, so it was just Nolan, Lara and me. In the evening, we went for a short walk with Neil around our neighbourhood.
Seville has been fortified with walls starting in the Roman empire (during the time of Julius Caesar), and on through subsequent rule by the Visigoths and Moors. Much of it is now gone but the two areas where they were preserved are around the Alcázar and the neighbourhood of Macarena. We headed for Macarena today […]
Weekend days are well-packed!! First stop of the day was the Archives of the Indies which houses the documents related to the Spanish empire, in particular, of the Americas and Philippines. The project to consolidate the archives, which were dispersed between several Spanish cities, was begun in 1785. Our next stop was an exhibition called […]
Remember our segway trial? Nolan did some research and found the best deal for a segway tour of Sevilla. Of course, there were a number of digressions on the way to the tour.