Cara´s Cousin and newly aquainted second cousin seeing us off at the train station.
Saturday morning we took a 45min train from Cordoba to Sevilla arriving there around 11am. After wandering around in the heat we finally found our hostel which ended up being very nice. Being the Architecture Kids we are. we couldn´t wait to get over to the Seville Cathedral. The first true Gothic Cathedral I have ever experienced the inside of. If gives you chills! It was SO HOT in Sevilla after we left the Cathedral, there wasn´t anyone even out on the streets, everyone had retreated for siesta. So what more could we do than spend the next 5 hours shopping in the airconditioning!hehe We knew that the Spain
Futbol game was on that night so we were sure to buy Jerseys (I got º9 TORRES because I figued that it was the spanish translation of TURES! Also, my shoe broke so I had no choice but to buy new ones! We found a small pub that was showing the game and watched Spain kick some world cup butt! (good thing because now I get to wear my jersey again haha) We had a good time and saw a lot of the city. I was only a little buimbed that we never made it out of town to see some of Calitrava´s Suspension Bridges...but when you are traveling in a group of four compromises need to be made. Maybe I´ll be back in Sevilla again some day! 
Cathedral Tower (37 flights of stairs!)
Some Views from the Tower:
Real Gothic Architecture
The Ceiling of the Cathedral (they placed a mirror angled on the floor just so you can take this picture!)
The Naive. In Arch history we had to memorize the traditional floor plan of Gothic Cathedrals... so we always knew what was coming!
Sunday Morning we visited the Palace of Charles V. It was suprisingly similar to the Alhambra. I am in love with the Islamic tilling. (Also, by accident my purse got in there - I splurged on a real leather satchel! I love it!)
Sunday afternoon we caught a flight home. It was so nice to be in Guardamar again! Only home for 2 days though. I leave in an hour for 4 days in Valencia!
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