Cathedral and Cadîz, Spain

These past two days have been packed full of activities.  Friday afternoon we toured the beautiful Cathedral of Sevilla.  It was built in 1248 so it is beyond old.  It is either the third largest or fifth largest (we've heard both) in the world.  I was amazed by it's size.  Also at the Cathedral is La Geralda which is what the big tower on the Plaza is modeled after.  It is so cool to see the similarities in the tile and architecture.  Little details remind me of home.

La Geralda 

La Geralda 

Entrance into the Cathedral 

Ceiling of the Cathedral  

Inside the Cathedral 

Inside the Cathedral 

Inside the Cathedral 

Inside the Cathedral 

Stained glass inside the Cathedral 

Inside the Cathedral 

Maggie and I using a mirror to take our picture with the beautiful background 

Inside the Cathedral 

Inside the Cathedral 

Inside the Cathedral 

Ceiling inside the Cathedral 

Jewels in the Cathedral 

Crosses in the Cathedral 

Friends at the Cathedral 

La Geralda 

Had to take some senior pictures 

Senior pictures 

View from the top of school 

View from the top of school 

View from the top of school 

View from the top of school 

View from the top of school 

Today we went to Jerez and Cadîz.  In Jerez we toured the largest winery in Europe.  They produce Sherry wine and have 50,000 barrels stored in this building.  While we were there we got to see a horse show.  There was a trainer who brought the horse into the arena and the horse performed a dance.  It was so cool!  I had no idea horses were trained to do that type of thing.  After the winery we drove about twenty minutes to the city of Cadîz where we toured the Cathedral and went to the beach.  The Cathedral was a let down compared to the one in Sevilla however, it provided a beautiful view of the city.  The beach in Cadîz was stunning.  Rocks naturally in the surf and blue water, not to mention the large waves!  When we left the bus in the morning it was cloudy and cool so we did not bring our bathing suits.  Of course by the time we were ready to go to the beach it was warm and sunny.  We decided that since Cadîz is close to Sevilla (hour and fifteen minutes) that we are going to make a day trip there some other day.  

Touring the Williams and Humbert winery 

Some of the barrels of Sherry 

Wine tasting 

Where the wine is made in Spain 

Entrance to the winery 

View from the top of the Cathedral in Cadîz 

Mags and Natalie at the top of the Cathedral tower 

Port in Cadîz 

View from top of Cathedral 

View from top of the Cathedral 

Friends at the Cathedral 

View from top of Cathedral 

Donating money to the church! 

Outside the Cathedral 

The tower we climbed!

Edge of the city 

Edge of the city 

Beautiful girls with the coast in the background 

Sleepy Carly 

Beautiful Mags

Friends at the coast 

Beautiful beach!

Friends walking to the beach

La Playa!

So happy to be here!

Ruling the world

Such a pretty view 

In town 

Cadîz

In town

 Tonight we have a free night and are going to meet up with some friends in town.  Tomorrow we have a free day and we are going to go into Sevilla where we have not had an opportunity to tour yet...we are very excited about our free time we have!