Nothing could have started Spring
Break better than having my aunt Mindy and her friend, Kathy, come to Spain. To say
we had an exciting journey would be putting it lightly. Our original itinerary
was San Sebastián, Lisbon and Madrid. We ended up in San Sebastián, Salamanca, Sevilla, Marbella and Madrid. I am sure you are wondering
how this happened and so are we. We decided to live by the word recalculating.
We started out the week in San Sebastián
with beautiful weather and a great dinner. Our real excitement started when we
missed our flight to Portugal due to illness. A quick recovery sent us on the
road towards Sevilla. Semana Santa (Holy week) was taking place in Sevilla when
we arrived. They have the largest celebration in the world, which means lots of
processions and absurd amounts of people pouring into the city. No one warned
us that there would be massive amounts of people, narrow (and I mean extremely
narrow) and windy streets, and processions blocking the roads. Between 2 nights, we spent seven hours trying to get to our hotel. It
definitely kept things exciting for us, luckily, we were able to laugh about it
and continue recalculating!
Processions in Sevilla
When
we weren’t dodging processions, we were able to fit in some great food, a Flamenco
performance and a trip to the Alcazar (an old palace). On the (out of) way to
Madrid, we stopped for lunch in the resort town of Marbella. By doing this, we
successfully went coast to coast in Spain. Not bad!
Marbella!
After
an eventful and fun filled week, Kathy and Mindy headed back to the States and
I continued my journey to England…
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