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| Gardens of the Alcazar |
So instead we put on our sneakers, grabbed our umbrellas and headed out to the Alzcazar. There was a long line when we got there, but we quickly discovered that getting in was free for students, as opposed to 7,50€ for everyone else! Also, the clouds moved out and the sun came in, so the umbrellas got tucked away in our bags for later. That made us happy. Once we got in we spend a few hours wandering around the castle and the gorgeous gardens (mostly in the gardens since there wasn't much in the castle to see).
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| Fountain inside the Alcazar. |
After spending some time there, we were getting really hungry, and we noticed that the sky was getting considerably darker. We knew we had to find a restaurant ASAP if we didn't want to get poured on, so when we were in this little clothing store, we asked the woman if she knew of a restaurant that had a Menu del Dia. She gave us the name of one and pointed us in the right direction. We didn't actually end up eating at the restaurant she told us, because we found a different one that was closer that looked appealing. It was a three course meal kind of thing, so I had gazpacho, then pork that had been simmered in a tomato based sauce, and some sort of delicious dessert that I can't remember the name of. I also tried some of Katie's bull's tail, but I didn't really care for that; it had a weird texture. It downpoured while we were eating lunch, but by the time we were ready to head out, it was all clear again.
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| Plaza España |
We then walked to Plaza España, which has a little tile mural for each province in Spain. It was really pretty, but they were reconstructing a lot of things around it, so we had to find some strategic ways to take pictures without including backhoes.
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| Me in front of the Madrid mural |
After that our feet were really starting to hurt (we had walked MILES), so we went back to the hostel and took a nap. For dinner we had paella at our hostel (it only cost 6€ and was basically all you can eat). It was delicious and included free sangria! After eating we decided we wanted to go out and try to experience the Sevillian nightlife. So we got all fancified and headed out (with our umbrellas) with two girls from our room. We were attempting to get to this free flamenco bar, but the girls couldn't really read a map, so I had to take over since I am the navigator. Then it started pouring while we were on our way there so we popped into a bar and had a drink. The bartender gave us better directions to get to where we wanted to go, and so thanks to him we made it there in one piece.
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| Peacock in the gardens. |
Once we were inside the flamenco bar we were dying! It was a million degrees in there and you couldn't really see the flamenco dancers anyway. So we decided that was a bust and left (but not before making friends with two American students studying abroad in Barcelona) and went down the street to this restaurant we had seen earlier. We had a few glasses of wine together and asked our waitress for a recommendation for a discoteca close by. She told us there was one in the park next to the University of Sevilla. So we decided to try and go there. One of our new friends joined us in our journey and the three of us took off trying to find this club. When it poured again we sat in a bus terminal. We found a road that entered the park that looked promising, so we walked own it, and we basically discovered a whole little town situated inside the park. When we stumbled across a group of kids (about our age) who told us it was impossible to get to the club we were trying to get to, Katie and I gave up and decided it was probably best that we head back to the hostel since it was already 2:30 am at that point. Even though we didn't end up finding the club, it was still a really fun night.
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