Day 105 Sevilla the good Catholics

Today was an early call. I got up to attend mass in the third largest church in the world. It was an experience to be in such a small congregation in such a big big place. The entire service was in Spanish and while I understood little it was still intriguing to see some of the traditions that are particular to the Catholic church and maybe even the spanish sect. Honestly, the big draw was saving 8 euros on the entrance fee but it turned out to be a good experience all the way around



The mammoth church

Upon leaving church we found ourselves in a procession's path. There were about 200 people with various jobs, some being just walkers, others participating in the Catholic marching band. Now we are still rather confused about what exactly they were celebrating. We asked the tourist office and they were just as baffled as us. The cutest participants by far were the kids. Such big jobs for such little and easy distracted people.


The procession


The bishop tent




This man has cleregy written all over his future

After church we meandered the riverfront and neighborhood of Triviana. There were lots of adorable house, colorful tiles and people. It being Saturday lots of families were out having tapas, drinks or coffee.


The waterfront


blue tile babies


to be personanified in tile...every persons dream







For dinner that night we went on a tapas tour with our hostel. Tapas are traditionally little side dishes that are served along drinks. They used to be free but now in most areas range from 1 - 5 Euros. I guess in Granada they are still free and we will be taking some advantage of that. After a bunch of good food and Sangria we took off for a Flamenco show. It was interesting enough but I hope to see a better show before we leave. This being the only freebie in town it was busy and there was a lot of talking so I think that is why the show was cut short.


flamenco man