Seville - Day 4

After two days of walking in the historic city centre of Seville we have decided to see attractions which are situated bit further. The city bikes came with a great use allowing us to commute fast and enjoyably.

Marta with our city bikes at our first stop - the city walls.

Seville has many bridges across the river. The new designs bring new, fresh spirit to the city.

Olimpic Stadium, another football ground visited during the trip.

M&M in the area of Expo 1992 which Seville was host of.

Marta aiming higher and higher :)

The monastery in Seville.

The bull fight area and museum

The bull fight arena, which stills hosts the competitions on Sundays

The kiosk at the Bull Fight stadium, a little bit different to the Old Trafford kiosks in Manchester :)

Bull head chopped off by one of the Toreadors

Just posing... not a toreador, so calm person am I...

back to the Seville's parks to hide from sun :)

Marta smiling as she was leading me through the Seville to explore and find attractions which were not on the tourist map... We are the travellers:)

Flamenco night!

So much tension and emotion in Flamenco...

... and skill, rhythm and spirit!

I recommend you a trip to Seville which is truly magnificent city which so much history and tradition hiding within the buildings I showed to you. Andalusia is a very interesting region to explore and Seville is a stop not to miss!

Cadiz - Day 3

What kind of visit would it be to Spain without going to the sea side? Well, I can't imagine it therefore we took a 90 minutes train to Cadiz. However, the first half of the day did not allowed us to lay on the beach, we sight-see the city and later when the sun came from behind the clouds we had time to enjoy the sea and beach.

The city hall of Cadiz.

Another massive Spanish cathedral.

Myself relieved to see the sea again... I love that view which makes me wonder...

Marta waiting for the sun...

Freedom!

The moment is our so it's time to enjoy it!

The city walls which surround the historic area.

Cadiz as most of the Spanish cities has narrow streets with those tiny balconies.

The view on the Cadiz Cathedral and the seaside

San Sebastian castle

Cadiz City centre

Cadiz is a lovely city which is worth visiting and has beautiful sandy beaches where you can have a break from the Seville's high temperatures.

Seville - Day 2

Stadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan - The Football Stadium of FC Seville. Another stop on my travels around the world during which I promised to myself to always have a look on the local football team stadium.

Marta in The Alcazar of Seville, a royal palace which is massive and has gorgeous gardens.

The rooms of the palace has been richly decorated in ceramic.

One of the squares within the palace.

Marta enjoying walk in Alcazar while the sun was still behind the clouds.


Hundreds of visitors to the palace allow taking care of the enormous gardens of the palace.

What a fantasy the had centuries ago? Fountain in the garden and paintings within the walls, all designed to relax and inspire the owner.

Myself hiding from Marta in the garden labirynth.

And the sun came back for the afternoon allowing us tu further explore sights of the city.

The summer house of the recent queens.

Plaza de Espana. The magnificent palace which was build in 1929 for Spanish-American Exhibition. The buildings are not occupied and visitors can take only few pictures there and head off to the Maria Luisa Park which surrounds it.


M&M enjoying the high tempretures and sun :)

Cadiz mozaique - the next city we planned to visit during our stay in Spain



The day has finished by the romantic dinner in one of the "advised" restaurants we found in our great travel guide. Here Marta ordered the seashells :)

Seville - Day 1

Another challenging year in Manchester, United Kingdom has finished and M&M decided to go on city break to Seville. We are fascinated about Spain, its culture, tradition and language. Therefore we decided to again visit another region of that amazing country - Andalusia...

The streets of Seville are surrounded by the beautiful buildings which create the atmosphere and mirror the traditional Spanish architecture and culture.

Seville as the every traditional Spanish city has a mixture of styles heritage of the invaders: Arabs, Phoenicia and Carthage.

The bishop's house

Break for traditional tapas in the local tapas restaurant, which was so great that we came back there. Interesting was eating on the large steps decorated in all sort of ceramic figures.

Busy tapas counter with porg legs hanging above the customers. Spaniards are fast and loud when preparing the food and it is fascinating to watch them serving and getting around such small space.

The great invention of Spaniards who hang those linen across the buildings to protect people from the sun burnt.

Plaza Nueva - the main city square in front of the City Hall

This building reminds me of Wester Movies and Dramas such as "Doctor Queen"

The lovely square nearby the cathedral

Calle Mateos Gago (one of the lovely streets)

Giralda the bell tower of Seville Cathedral, which was builded by different conquerors, who added styles from their times baroc, renaissance, islamic.

M&M walking around the Seville

Torre del Oro - the tower overlooking the Guadalquivir river. Legends say that the Indies stored their tresure there.

One of the amazing bridges in Seville. The new designs are a proof that the city has not stops and continues developing and investing to remain its position and attract visitors and businesses.

Marta enjoying the Spanish nature in one of the parks.

After the tireing first day of walking around the Seville the earned Dinner time had came...

Visit to York

On Saturday 23rd of May M&M together with Agi&Lukasz decided to explore another city - York, which is just 90 minutes by train from Manchester. It was recommended by many people to us, therefore we wanted to check it out and we do not regret it...

Marta in the York Gardens

Agi & Lukasz in the King's Gardens

myself enjoying the amazing ruins

one of the King's mansions

M&M in York

photo courtesy of Lukasz

M&M beginning their adventure in York

In the Yorkshire museum we found out that York was not only Viking city but also Roman's
After seeing visiting the museum we had a chance to learn history from a real people who tell fascinating stories of Roman times. Saturday was the day of Roman's in York and we had chance to see their weapons, techniques of pottery and arching.

Then we moved to city centre to see the York Minster. The largest Medieval Gothic cathedral north of the Alps and a treasure house of 800 years of stained glass. (Link to more info)

The nice weather allowed us to see the Minster in full view and delight it size and architecture.


Because it was Roman's day - they accompanied us throughout the city by various activities - here walking with slaves.

One of the churches in centre of York.

Once we've seen the Roman's we decided to move back in history - to Viking times. The JORVIK (York in Viking language) Viking centre was exciting way of learning about those times! (Link to see more details)

After experiencing travel to Viking times we tried it ourselves ;)

Then we went to the York Dungeons for some excitement, and I have to admit - it was a fantastic visit with some scary moments and fun. (more info)

Then we went further to explore the city. The Clifford Tower allowed us to have a great view on the city from the top.

Marta and Agi happy from the great trip we took.

Lukasz the greatest :)

York Minster


M&M enjoying the city of York


York is a nice city, worth seeing - the view is a great example of English city




Some traditional architecture houses (Chester looks all like that)


Some elderly people fighting for their rights... respect for them!


Ah... classics:)

Marta on the boat trip!
River boats are very popular here in UK, allowing you to go from Manchester, York all the way to London!Finally, in the end of day we took a Yorkboat. An amazing tour guide took us to the South and North end of York and told very funny and interesting stories about history of the city.

British houses mostly are very common and simillar, but the once by the river were unusual - beautiful:)

Last view on the York Minster from the city walls you can walk on around the city centre.

City walls

Micklegate, one of many gates around the city leading to the heart of York...

York impressed me by the history - Viking and Romans - and the heritage which is available to see and touch. Also the attractions available are amazing - they do not allow you to get bored!
We have purchased the York Day Pass and it was totally worth it - we saved a lot of money and have seen the best attractions!

If you wonder where to go in UK - York is one of the locations to go! Visit York!