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| Plaza de España |
After our long day trip to Granada yesterday, we were happy to sleep in and stay close to Sevilla and explore the city. Our previous tour guide had told us that Plaza de España is the most photographed location in the city and since I am constantly requesting for the girls to smile, what more perfect of a place to go.
The Plaza is located next to Parque de María Luisa, a beautiful green space for walking, relaxing or renting a bike. We first walked around the Plaza which is a surrounded by a Vegas Venetian Style canal where you can rent row boats. O wanted us to rent a boat, but given her history with falling into ponds, we thought it might be better to rent a bicycle in the park. The bike was a 4 person bike but O's legs weren't long enough to reach the pedals so in her words, she just "chillaxed" and enjoyed the ride. We could only rent the bike for 30 minutes, but in 95 degree heat with the sun shining down, that was plenty of time!
After cycling, we went to the lily pond to find some feathered friends. We had visited the park a few days earlier, and seen all the pigeons, ducks and swans, but there was no crumb in sight, so this time we came prepared with several rolls to distribute. According to O, the swans were pretty aggressive and one of them really wanted the bread in her hand and felt biting her toe was the only way to get her attention. As for M, the ducks were the aggressive ones and kept "following her" to the point, I looked over and saw her standing on bench trying to escape. Needless to say, these feathered friends are not my cup of tea so I hung out on the otherside of the park, far from their view and without a crumb in my hand!
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| Posing in front of the Valldolio Province |
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Cycling through the Plaza and Parque
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Feeding the pigeons, swans and ducks
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Baba made a friend
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After spending time at Plaza de España, we headed to Plaza Mayor and Las Setas, right down the street from our Airbnb. Las Setas is the largest wooden structure in the world and was built in 2011 and translates to the Mushrooms as the structures were designed to look like six parasols in the shapes of giant mushrooms. Yesterday was another scorcher so we were lucky to be the only ones at the site. Normally O isn't afraid of heights, but something about being 85 feet in the air one a wooden structure made her a little nervous. Tomorrow is our last day in Sevilla and although most people who visit Spain go to Barcelona or Madrid, Sevilla is very underrated. It is a beautiful, calm, friendly city with many things to do and even better things to eat (for not that much money)!
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Standing under Las Setas at Plaza Mayor
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O & Baba flexing their muscles at the top of Las Setas
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Hasta la próxima Sevilla!!
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