Adios Europa!

I'm going to be ending my blog post about my Adventure to Europe here. Words can not express what this trip did for my life. It opened up my heart to hear the call of adventure and created a desire to see adventure come alive all around me every day. It also reunited friends, made me appreciate and simultaneously  dislike the US, and showed me that no matter where I go in the World, Jesus is there.  I'll conclude with my pictures from The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See, the third largest gothic cathedral in the world I think.... something like that. I climbed it with my buddy from Boone and let me tell you, it was breath taking, figuratively and literally... no elevators in this place. Haha... but yeah, Amazing place and full of mystery and wonder. I'll tell you more as we go along...

The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See
Shots from the ground and around:

It was one of those days when it was impossible to take a bad picture.

Love the Orange/Clementine Trees... I can never tell the difference.

The Building is massive.... Moving inside...

There are no words to describe hugeness of this building. You just have to see it yourself.

At first I really thought that Lady was real... totally wax.

 

Got Pipes?

There are Alters everywhere in the Cathedral as well as many individual chapels for private and group prayer(s). This one is world famous and thousands of people come to pray here every year.

Bling Bling...

The Choir Stand

So beautiful...

Again... Hugeness.

The attention to detail is fascinating.

 Well... what we have here is the proposed burial place of Christopher Columbus... there are like three in the world, or so I'm told. 

This is most simple feature of the Cathedral I saw while I was there. No bling here. Just simple.

That was cool.

I've always been captivated by Stained glass windows in churches, chapels, cathedrals, ... anywhere really. In most cases they portray the story of Christ's life or important events in the History. I'm not sure what all these are and they are in no particular order...

After strolling through some of the interior, we headed up the tower. I don't claim to be much of a photographer but I must say, I think these are some dang good pictures. :) Let me know what you think... ;)

love this one

good friend

That's the Plaza De Espainia in the back ground.

Bell with a bell... get it? haha...

It was such a beautiful day!

Just as we got to the top.. we were greeted with a herd of screaming children.

Such an Amazing place.

Here are some random shots of the University of Seville, I think haha.... Can't remember.

This Guy is  totally getting married in Chile today! Congrats friend!

While I was in Seville, I got a chance to meet up with another dear friend from Boone. The night we hung out at the Pastry shop and walked around in the city was one of my favorite memories.

Dave... always a gangsta.

Such a sweetheart!

Yep... we crazy.

Well... thus concludes my travels in Spain. I left Sevilla and had a layover in Madrid and then on to Dublin for one final night. These last pictures are from my time spent in the air ports and The Dublin City Hotel.... which was a really nice place.

My Fellow Travelers...

View off the balcony at the Dublin City Hotel

Dublin was a very clean city. Kudos.

Again... love the architecture.... so cool.

Thanks Western Europe... I'll be back as soon as I can... haha. But anywho, as I said before, there are no words to describe what taking this trip meant to me. I found so much joy, adventure and purpose. I got closer to God and to my friends. Thanks for reading if you have been. haha... it really does actually mean a lot.

Next up: ... San Diego, California :) 

La vida en Sevilla

Well, our time in Tarifa was awesome. The Beaches there were great. It left you feeling, very how shall I say,... "Natural". Haha... (inside joke, sorry).  One thing I would like to say about my time staying at the Hotel Hurricane in Tarifa was that they had an amazing breakfast every morning. It was great that last morning to just sit by the pool with an ocean view and have Café con Leche with a friend.  However... the Adventure moves forward. ... Onward to Sevilla.

Linesur... Our Ticket to Paradise

We took a bus to and from Tarifa from Sevilla. It was quite a ride. I believe it was on the way there that these three ladies got in an argument over seats. It was pretty intense. I've learned that I do not want to ever be in between to fighting Spanish Women. That being said, the country side in Spain is beautiful. There are a lot of things you will see there but the two things you will see the most of are BIG Bulls and Windmills. Here are some pics.

These are Bilboard size Bull cut outs. The Bull is very important in Spanish Culture.

Any ways, We got back into Sevilla and I had the worst blisters ever on my feet because I'd been doing nothing but walking for the last 9 days. So we get back to My Friend Dave's host home and try to find my Hotel.. Hoteles-Silken . Its a pretty swanky place. I wanted to end my trip well so I stayed here. At this point, I want to stop and just say thank you to my friend Dave. It was great to go and visit him and I know that it probably wasn't the most easy thing for him to have to translate everything for me in this whole process. I greatly appreciate him and his friendship. 

Without further adieu... Here are the pictures I took while I was in Sevilla. The ones from the Cathedral will be in another post because I just can't fit them all here. First up: The Plaza de España It's a truly beautiful place that has served various functions over the last +/-100 years or so.  

You may have seen this building in Starwars....

Random Building on the way to the Plaza.

 It was a great place to just walk and relax... and for some Spanish couples... get yo Mack on...

These next pictures are from just random places... Some I'll try to explain...

This is one angle on the Cathedral... You'll see more of that in the next post though.

This is a place called the Alcazar. 

 The Alcázar of Seville

The Barber Of Seville

 

The Barber of Seville 

The Cathedral in the distance... So Pretty.

 One thing that you can not help but notice is the amazing smell of Oranges! It was smelled so good. Another thing was the awesome trees. ... but I mean, I love trees anyway.

Thinking Man.

I really wanted to just take a tree home with me but getting that through customs... ehh.

Don Juan

 These next ones are from the Bull Fighting Arena. Such an Epic Place. 

The Plaza de Toros de la Maestranza

Scaled model. Pretty cool.

The Original Boy Band.

I don't even know... 

"So what are you doing this weekend?"

Pimp Suit.

The Horse Stables

I'm going to end here but believe me... it's not the end. The next post will contain our Adventure to and up the Cathedral of Sevilla. Such and amazing place.

Thanks for Reading. :)