Update: I am back in the States and busy enjoying 75 cent candy bars and not paying 7 dollars for McDonalds. But there are some things about Denmark and Europe that I miss/have noticed that are different here:
- Most people in Denmark don't wear jeans. They wear skirts, tights, black pants, leggings, everything except the elusive blue jean.
- Not having a castle towering over a lake on my way to school.
- Flights between countries are no longer 4 hours max.
- No more cobblestone streets
- Hoardes of small children taking the public bus in the mornin
I'm sure I'll think of even more as I get back into a routine here. I'm looking for an internship in Washington, DC this summer, have a paying job lined up there too, and moving into a new apartment with new roommates. Busy busy! But I realize that I haven't been good the past few weeks (really, ever since I got back from Spain) about updating on my travels and things I've seen! So I'll try to give you the abbreviated version in a few posts, because I'll probably be talking with most of you very soon!
Continuing chronologically, my next stop in Spain was Sevilla!
Seville has as many churches as they do orange trees (a lot). I walked around the area near the hotel the evening we got into town, and I took pictures of at least 3 churches in a 4-block radius. Amazing. I feel more at home in Spain after being in Denmark, where everything is Lutheran and in a language I cannot understand a bit of. With Holy Week, pictures of Mary are all over the place. I got to see two of the huge floats that they use in the famous processions. There is so much riqueza, richness, in texture, in gold and silver, in expensive fabric. The size of these things is amazing! I wonder how people manage to carry them for hours. One of the processions starting near our hotel began at 12 am and returned to the Basilica at 5 am, just in time for all the Sevillians to go to bed.
Seville was a lot more colorful than Madrid, in terms of its buildings.Walking through the old city was really beautiful.
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| Our hotel was right near the old city walls (which, as you know by now, I thought was really cool) |
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| Church near hotel in La Macarena neighborhood |
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| Building in the center (white) is la Basilica de la Macarena, where I saw the floats |
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| Courtyard in the old city |
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| Our tour guide decided to have me demonstrate how to wear a mantilla (the comb and lace monstrosity on my head). |
One of the other places I visited that I could have spent hours (if I wasn’t on a tour de force!) was the Plaza de Espana in Seville. It’s decorated in incredibly detailed tiles, with all the different areas of Spain represented. I took pictures of the ones on our itinerary, but that ended up being more than I thought it would be! There were lots of families out enjoying the sun. You can rent boats and ride them around the little river that runs through the plaza.
Next episode: Joint post on Granada and Valencia, with the highlights of both.
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