the city is gorgeous. Sevilla is in souther spain, in the andalucia region.
A city once ruled by the moors you can definitely see a moorish influence on the city.
in the old jewish neighborhood,barrio santa cruz, streets can get so narrow that neighbors can literally reach over and kiss each other from their balconies. hence they are called kissing lanes.
sevilla has the largest gothic church in the word, ( woohoo another church)
i went to see the tomb of christopher columbus.
sevilla looks like old mexico city...or really its vice versa as i read that much of the spanish conquistadores that arrived in mexico departed from sevilla.
its not like i didnt know that our roots as latin american go back to spain, but i really see what the books talk about. ive read alot lately. a lot about spanish history.
the inquisitions, the conquests, the civil war. its all really fascinating. sad and disturbing. one can say that much of the atrocities of WWII (and recent wars) stemmed from tactics tested on spanish cities. most importantly Guernica. Ive been fascinated with the attack by the germans on the basque region city of guernica.
spain is so incredibly complex. nothing is as it seems.
but i feel im deviating into a " what i learned this summer" essay.
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