Top Five Fotos - May 12 - Sevilla

We took a train from Granada to our last major stop - Sevilla. It was a thrill to be back in the great city where I spent my first four months and last four months as a missionary. That afternoon we toured the Real Alcazar and its gardens, wandered around to the Guadalquivir River and saw the Torre del Oro (which is dodecagonal, evidently) and Plaza de Toros. Some little bugs attacked us (one of us more than the other two) for a few minutes, but we persevered.

After sitting on a narrow street studying maps for about five minutes and almost giving up, we finally found Sevilla's Museo de Bellas Artes within 100 metres of where we sat. The museum included a room with about a dozen giant saintly paintings by Murillo. Admission was free at the moment we entered, and worth every euro.

Real Alcazar

Real Alcazar backyard

The cathedral's belltower/minaret, with orange trees in the foreground.

Torre del Oro

Rio Guadalquivir / Puente de Isabel II