DAY 7 – Wednesday 23 June
Waking up in the morning hungry and sick of hostel breakfast, the snows wanted another kebab sandwich before the train ride; however none of the stores were opened yet :( we miss those sandwiches soooo much.... On the way to the train stop, to redeem our fail of not finding the sandwiches, we stopped by Carrefour supermarket to see what they offered for breakfast. We picked up two iced lattes in a cup and a three pack of chocolate croissants. Also, the snows stopped by a vegetable shop to pick up some... num num num num dark dark cerezas (bing cherries)! It was probably the best that we have ever tasted!!
*When abroad, if you need to find any food essentials (ie water, yogurt, bread, cheese) go to a local supermarket for the best deals! You can get a 2L water for less than 60 EURO cents.
As the snows indulged in an economical but tasty breakfast from the supermarket, some of the people we met at the hostel showed up at the station. Turns out they were all headed to Sevilla as well! We promised to watch the USA game with them at Flaherty, an Irish pub, located right across from the cathedral next to one of the THREE Starbucks-es on the corner. Question: Is it necessary to have so many Starbucks in a matter of 1/8 mile? Anywho, three hour train ride and check into the hostel, Garden Backpacker's, where linux OS did not support their internet later, we headed out to the cathedral. We were lost at the cathedral for 30 minutes looking for Flaherty. When we finally found it, we both craved a smooth sweet cold drink, so we shared a cider :) USA kept on attempting goals, but failed constantly until........... GOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!! Yes, it was an exciting moment, and everyone in the bar was jumping up and down because we are 'mercians from the 'nited 'tates of 'merica! (inside joke,,, teeheheh) We grabbed a bite with the guys and a girl we met in Sevilla, and said bye to them so that we can go check out the Alcazar.
When we got to the Alcazar, they told us we only had 30minutes left... what?! Since Lonely Planet was last published, it looked like they changed their closing time from 8pm to 7pm. We fast walked through the awe-inspiring beautiful gem, that is, the Alcazar. We managed to take a peek in all the rooms as well as the garden before making our way out of the complex. This monument is a MUST see in Sevilla. After Alcazar, we walked around the Cathedral, but we did not go inside, since one snow lost her student ID it was going to cost her 8 EUROs.
We walked back to the hostel and went shopping for the next day's lunch – for our 8.5hr train ride to Valencia. Upon returning, we were allured by the hostel staff with free sangrias. We intended on going to join the others at the garden, but both fell asleep for an hour. After failing to get our sangria, it was time to think about heading out to watch a FREE Flamenco show at La Carboneria (located on the Calle de Levies). At first we thought that the show was cancelled because we did not hear music or see any dancing, but turned out that they were just taking a break. The music was emotional and strong, guiding the flamenco dancer to take her powerful and passionate steps across the stage. However there was a moment that made the snows feel sad. People were being loud during the performance and caused the dancer to stop to tell the crowd to please respect their emotion and performance by being quiet :(
When the performance ended around 2am, the snows walked quickly back to the hostel to get to bed, since we had to be up by 6:45am.
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