coffee in the cabin while the ship sailed toward the port. We dressed while watching
our approach to land and the ship docked around 9:30. After a bite to eat, we went
to the Queen's Lounge to check in for our tour of Seville. After a
one and a half hour drive we arrived in Seville. Since this was Palm
Sunday, all the stores were closed andthere were festivities going on at St. Mary's Cathedral which we were supposed to tour, we went instead to the site of the 1929 Exposition
and drove past several of the buildings of various countries to the Plaza of Spain. It was breathtaking in its size and beauty. After touring here, we went to a church and saw more
floats being decorated for parades
during Holy Week. Here there are four brotherhoods, but the parades are less dramatic. We did see some of the participants in costume on the street, including children. We then went to "Pontius Pilate's House" which is actually St. Andrew's but was believed by many to be a copy of Pilate's home in Jerusalem. It was built by moorish artisans and has
writings from the Koran in the decorations. Following this, we had lunch in the Macarena Hotel and then got to watch part of one of the parades by the whites. We also saw a member of the blues. Next we toured the royal palace Alcazar, another amazing building built by the Moors for the Christians, who did not have the skills. We then rode back to Cadiz and reboarded the
ship at 6:35. After dinner, we went to the Crow's Nest until 11:45.
