Seville - Spain

A quick hello again while I have the opportunity. I am now in Seville, Spain - a big city that has a great buzzing night life. Last night we had some early drinks and then went to a Flamenco Show - it was great. The music and dance has so much passion and power through both the song and movements, it was truly great to see live. We were in a small in-side pation type area, and there was only 3 rows of people on 3 sides around the performers, so it was quite an intimate setting which added to the effect of the hour long performance. Afterwards we had tappas for dinner (at 10:30pm) and then we went to a local club, under the trees and along the river. We had a great time dancing the night away - a group of American guys were happy to find some people that spoke english (and a group of girls!!!) and joined us on the dance floor. We partied on until 3 in the morning - it was great to go out and dance the night away - and most of the music was music we know, not Spanish.

Today I joined up with another girl in our group and we visited the Bull Ring (one of the best in Spain), and then went to the Cathedral and climbed the tower to see the awesome sky views of the city. It was 37 degrees today and very humid, but we kept walking around to ensure we didn´t miss out on anything! We also visted a few monuments, and palaces and enjoyed strolling through some gorgeous gardens that were built for siesta time! We visted the Alcazara (not sure of the spelling and I didn´t bring my map with me) which is a palace full of tiled walls and ceilings and amazing gardens all built within a large stone fence/wall.

Tomorrow we are staying in a beach resort on the southern point of Spain and I will taking a quick trip to Gabralta to see the ´rock´. The following day (Friday) most of the group will be doing a day trip to Morocco, so that should be great.

I best get going, it is late and we have an early start.