Sevilla and the Andalusian Horses

After taking the super bus from Granada, we took a taxi to our hotel, checked in an then set out to explore Sevilla.  We came upon their Central Park, which is named Maria Theresa.  There are horses everywhere here.  The police ride horses, there are carriages all over.

In the center of the part is this huge building which was built for the Exposition of 1929.  Everyone must have had lots of money back then.  It was huge and beautiful.

 

 

The next day we caught the train to Jerez de la Frontera to see the Andulusian Horse Show.  The show is performed 3 times a week.  There were tour buses everywhere.

 

Pictures weren't allowed inside the show.  It was a huge game to attempt to sneak pictures.  The ushers would walk up to offenders and wag their fingers.  Later in the trip, we saw guards make a guy delete pictures from his camera.  These were fascist countries not long ago and you can feel that in the air. 

 

 

 

Jerez means sherry.  This little city is where all the sherry comes from in Spain. 

 

 

Granada II

There are a lot of beautiful squares all over Iberia.  They are very big on statues and fountains.

This bar was close to our hotel so we booked the 10 o'clock show.

 

 

 

This was the view outside of our hotel room.

Times to leave and head to Sevilla.  We took a high-speed modern bus that had WiFi!

Granada I

We took Vueling Airlines from Barcelona to Granada.  It was great.  One hour, then a bus to take us to town, then a taxi to our hotel.  Here we are in the South.

We toured their cathedral.  It was huge and covered in stained glass and gold.

This is the restaurant where we ate dinner.  Beginning to sense the Moorish theme?

The inside of the Alhambra.  8500 people go thru every day but it is not noticeable because entries are timed.

The Alhambra is very important in landscape architecture.  I've been waiting to see it for a long time.  It did not disappoint.

This is the Court of the Lions.

The Court of the Myrtles.

 

This is where Christians got the idea for a cloister.

 

 

Their use of water was copied by the Italians during the Renaissance.