Adventures in sunny Seville!

My boyfriend had to go to a conference in Seville this june, and partners were allowed on the trip. We thought we may as well take advantage of this and stay for a week, to properly site see as the conference was only 3 days.

We stayed in a lovely little Hostal called Hostal paralade, this is the trip adviser page for them. I would highly recommend this place!

Me not really enjoying a frozen yogurt but it did look so good!

The Alcazar 

The alcazar of Seville is the oldest royal palace in Europe and is still home to some of current spanish royals. It's incredibly beautiful and has been featured in a number of films and tv shows such as Game of Thrones.

This was definitely on my to do list of seville and it did not disappoint! We did however have a little trouble finding it as it was so close to the cathedral which is huge, it got a little over shadowed.


Price: 9.5 Euros
TIP: wear a hat and suncream!

Me and Chris

The old baths. Unfortunately not in working order, otherwise I'm pretty sure I would have gone for a dip!

Traditional Flamenco!

Seville is famous for its traditional flamenco shows, so of course we had to see one while here! There are so many different shows to choose from and trip advisor is probably a good way to find the best shows in town. We went to see a flamenco show at a place called 'Casa de la memoria' which you have to book in advance for as it gets quite busy. The dancing was amazing, but read up on the history of flamenco before if you can so you understand a little story behind it. 

Price: 18 euros per person without food. 

The Cathedral 

When in the main centre of town, the cathedral is very hard to miss! It is the oldest cathedral in europe and is definitely worth a visit. Its the largest gothic cathedral in the world and the third largest cathedral. The cathedral was built to depict the city's wealth in 1402. 

TIP: to find out more about the cathedral, you can borrow an audio guide in different languages at a small cost. However there is information written in both spanish and England different sections of the cathedral.

Price: 9 Euros per person, 4 euros for students.

Christopher Colmbuses Tomb. 

Plaza de Espana! 

This is an absolute gem in Seville! Plus its free! The plaza itself is stunning in design and decoration. It was built to showcase spain's industry and technology in the Ibero-American world fair of 1928.  

Boat rides are available around the plaza, I wish we could have done this but we were short of time. 

Interesting fact: Part of Star wars (attack of the clones) was filmed in the plaza.  

The streets of Seville

Even just ordinary apartments in Seville are visually stunning. Taking a walk down the streets of the city is an exhibition in itself. The main centre of town hosts many shops, some local and some international.

An area that has a particularly beautiful view which loads of choices of Tapas bars is Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz is located near the cathedral and the Alcazar. Its a lovely location for dinner!

Thank you for reading and I definitely recommend Seville as a top tourist location! 

Becky x

A weekend in Paris!

I've seen so many photos of Paris that made me want to go there and take some myself. So when my boyfriend asked where I wanted to go on holiday, i jumped at the chance of Paris. Unfortunately, with it being quite an expensive city, we could only afford a long weekend.

I took my digital SLR and my instax mini, with 20 shots ready. It was time for me to practice my travel photography! I usually just shoot portraits so this was a chance for me to try landscapes. 

Here is what we did:

Friday - Once we had arrived in Paris and found our apartment (which we got using airbnb! highly recommended!) we decided on taking a look around Montmartres, which was the area we were staying in. We had a noisy look around the Montmartres famous cemetery, which was home to some beautiful tombs.  

After the cemetery we headed down to check out the moulin Rouge which wasn't that far away. Being a huge fan of the film, I was excited to see the club in person!

Chris took a snap of me outside!

Saturday -  We planned to go see the Sacre coeur, Dali museum and an outside art exhibition.
We weren't staying too far from the Sacre Coeur or Dali museum so it didn't take us too long to get there, we also didn't have to walk up that epic flight of stairs to the Sacre coeur!

Sculpture from the Dali exhibition.

The view from Sacre coeur 

The famous Eiffel tower. 

We took a boat trip down the seine, where we were able to see some iconic sites. 

Sunday - It was a rainy sunday so we decided to do some museums. We went to the Arts et crafts museum and the Picasso Museum.

Statue of Liberty outside the museum of arts and craft, taken with my polaroid camera.

A collection of vintage camera at the arts and craft museum.

One of Picasso's photographs taken in his studio where he painted. 

A collection of Picasso's studies.

I couldn't visit paris without buying some of Macaroons. Now my favorite sweet treat!

Monday - Our plane was leaving at 9pm so we had some of the day to look around, although we didn't want to travel too far from our apartment. We decided to go see the Opera national de Paris and explore around that area.

Inside the department store, Galeries Lafayette

View from the top of Galeries Lafayette

View of Sacre Coeur. 

Whilst exploring the area, me and Chris came across this beautiful church just by chance. We sat and ate lunch nearby with a lovely view of it.  

I had such an amazing time over those 4 days, and would highly recommend to anyone who is artistic to go to Paris as there is so much to see and do. I'm planning on doing a blog post about free and cheap things do to as I'm a super scrimper! 

Update soon! 

Becky x