Yesterday, Sara and our friends took a train to Cádiz. Cádiz is a small city on the coast of Spain. We learned that it is actually the oldest city in Spain. We have an "excursion" with CIEE to Cádiz later in the semester to actually go and see all the history and cool building there. This trip was mostly just to get in some beach time before we started regular classes tomorrow. This was my first train ride! It was really fun and the train was super clean and comfortable.
We got back to Sevilla at about 9:30 and we decided to eat at Iguana Ranas, a mexican restaurant near the cathedral. I am so glad that we did. I have been craving some la hacienda since I got here but this place was soo yummy. I didn't take any pictures because I was too excited to eat it after being at the beach all day. haha
Afterwards we walked one of our friends home to his neighborhood. He lives in Triana. Triana is a really historical neighborhood here in Sevilla that everyone wants to live in and hang out in. It's a great neighborhood and it is home to one of the Spain's oldest churches, la Iglesia de Santa Ana, built in 1276.
We accidentally came across this huge procession dedicated to la Pastoria de Triana, the patroness of Triana. Pilar told Sara and I that these kinds of things don't usually happen until later in the year and closer to Semana Santa so we were lucky to find it. The people in the neighborhood told us that it is sort of a salute to Triana and to the Virgen for protecting them and watching over Triana. So they parade around this float, carried on the shoulders of a bunch of guys underneath it, in and out of her church. During actual Semana Santa they said that they parade her in and out of multiple churches every single day for a week like 9 or 10 times! We were so lucky to have accidentally found this little Catholic/Barrio de Triana tradition.
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| Train Station - Sevilla de San Bernando |
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| Cádiz - The Mediterranean |
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| View of Cádiz from their giant sea wall |
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| I ate a donut at this place that was better than what the Amish ladies in Mitchell make; it was still warm and as big as my head. SO YUMMY! |
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| Ayuntamiento de Cádiz |
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| Catedral de Cádiz; Originally a Muslim mosque |
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This cathedral is made of white marble and other stone and has many windows, unlike our gothic cathedral here in Sevilla
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| On the beach in Cádiz |
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| Procession of Pastoria de Triana into her church |
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| Procession to la Iglesia de Santa Ana |
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| All the mean underneath slowly turn at one and carry the whole float in their shoulders into la Iglesia de Santa Ana |
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| Fortaleza de los Justos |
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