Day 4 in Sevilla: Last Day, Plaza de Espana, Alcazar, Flamenco and Parade

Pictures: (1) & (2): Plaza de Espana in Sevilla, (3): Another Shot of the Cathedral, (4) & (5): The Gardens of the Real Alcazar, (6): The Flamenco Show, and (7) and (8): The Mysterious Float and Procession

After crossaints and coffee at the breakfast place we discovered and had been eating at every morning,we walked to the Plaza de Espana. This square and the buildings in it are the remains of the 1929 international fair where all of the Spanish-speaking countries enjoy a mutual admiration fiesta. We climbed up one of the balconies for a pretty good view of the square as you can see in one of the pictures.

We walked along the cathedral where you can see it was very sunny (and hot) and across the bridge to check out some restuarants along the river to eat dinner at. Before we crossed the river, however, we returned to the bullring where Kev bought a wooden picture of a famous Sevillan matador killed by a bull. Across the bridge ended up being really shady so we headed to the Real Alcazar or Royal Palace built by Pedro the Cruel in 1362. The palace was really cool; it has a labyrinth of gardens and courtyards, tiled walls, terraces, fountains and arched patios. It actually started raining when we were walking through the gardens and as it rained harder we became more and more lost in the huge maze that is the gardens.

We headed to this Irish restaurant for tapas because we were starving but it ended up being so crowded that we waited like twenty minutes at our table before ordering food. Needless to say we were very cranky and it did nor help that the streets were so crowded and the rain continued. After tapas we went to a flamenco show which was different. It was an hour long and we were able to hear and see singing and dancing to the guitar by four different performers.

When we got out of the show the streetswere so packed still. There was a huge crowd near the cathedral. We followed the crowd and saw a huge float proceeding very slowly down the street with a statue of Mary on it all lit up. We still do not know what the parade was for and we have been trying to research and ask people but they just tell us it's confusing to explain.
It was cool to be there though because everybody started singing and cheering. After the parade we both got gelato and headed home to pack for the morning.