food and restaurants - Spain

Mmmmmm tapas in Spain! Although - I don't know how I would cope with tapas all the time. The tapas I ate while in Spain were mostly fried goodness.

I love the decorated front to this restaurant:

Mmmmmm my delicious gyro from an international fair going on in a park:

Fish in a garlic sauce!

Best tapa I ate while in Spain - fried goat cheese "with tomatoes," which hilariously showed up as ketchup...

This sign made me laugh... which one isn't like the others?

 pizza, pasta, ...burritos??

In the land of fancy Starbucks...

...and fancy fast food    : P

TILES - Maria Louisa Park, Seville

I love, love, love the tiled benches throughout the Maria Louisa Park in Seville, Spain!

Each bench is uniquely tiled.

I want a bit of each one in my future house... or yard... or something!

(Yes, I was the weirdo... walking around the park, pausing at each bench to stoop over and take a photo!)

Seville, Spain - day 2

Seville is a really beautiful city. I was lucky during my two days there - the weather was beautiful.

After the second day of workshop sessions at the MAIS conference, I decided that my outing before dark would be to a huge park. The Maria Louisa Park turned up on suggestions of places to see in Seville and it happened to be very close to my hotel... the park was definitely work the visit!

On the short walk from the hotel to the park:

Definitely a favorite piece of mine within the park is the Plaza de Espana.

There were many people walking around, taking photos, going for a boat ride, riding in a horse-drawn carriage... all lovely ways to escape a city and enjoy a beautiful plaza in a park.

Within and around the Plaza de America, there were tons and tons of rose gardens! ...of all different colors!

This is a gorgeous museum within the Plaza de America... within the Maria Louisa Park.

Seville, Spain - day 1

About a week ago I went to Seville, Spain for a conference. The Mediterranean Association of International Schools (MAIS) held its annual conference in lovely Seville and it was a pleasure attending the conference and mixing in time to explore the city.

Below are some photos from a walking tour that was offered after the day's workshop sessions... and then my own walking adventures a bit later on:

I really love the colors and tiling throughout the city!

The Seville Cathedral was absolutely stunning. Wow. It is gothic and has so many pieces and details to the building... I stood staring for quite some time.

Standing to take this next photo, I was just in front of the Royal Alcazar... a royal palace.

A really pretty roundabout at the perfect time of night...

I walked back to the hotel through a park, which was currently having an international festival... goods and foods from around the world lined a number of aisles of tents and tables. I had a deeeelicious gyro for dinner from here! The special entrance for the festival is shown below: