Sofia Somewhere

Last Friday was Lyle's birthday and to celebrate we spent the weekend in Sevilla and Rome. Flights out of Granada were expensive (mostly connecting flights in Madrid), so we decided to take the bus to Sevilla and fly out of there (did end up significantly cheaper). We took the 3am bus to Sevilla -- we went out the night before and just ended up sleeping on the bus -- and arrived at 7am giving us a few hours to explore the city before our 2pm flight to Rome.

On day three of Sevilla, Bel came to join us! We started the day at around 11, after Bel arrived. We walked to Plaza de España first. We walked around the Plaza a bit and then reenacted the scene of Star Wars. (Yes, I memorized my lines and everything). It was pretty fun, and it only took us about three takes. (Tin says the audio can't be heard that well though because the mike isn't strong). Pretty cool, right?

The next day, we slept in. We left a bit before lunch to go to the Torre de Oro (Tower of Gold) before it closes. It took us pretty quick to get there and the tower was small so we were done in no time. The tower

Now we're in the south of Spain, in sunny Sevilla! Wednesday morning, Bel and I got up early to go to the bank (where she helped me withdraw our tickets for the Alhambra in Granada) and we bought cough syrup for Javier in the pharmacy. Then she went to school and I went back to the apartment to pack. We left the apartment at about 12 and took the metro to Atocha Renfe, the train station. In the station we bumped into Javi, a friend, who was with his relatives (and also heading to Sevila!). Then we boarded our train which left at 1:30. The train ride was about two and a half hours long. We passed much of the time playing pusoy dos (Quintin kept on losing), then we bought some food, and I spent the remainder of the trip reading up on Sevilla. We arrived in no time and took our taxi to our hotel. Our hotel was in Plaza del Duque which I originally thought (based on the map) was quite far, but we later found out was only 15 minutes from the Cathedral. Since the boys were hungr...