Halloween in Lagos!

I decided to take a short vacation before my flight home by stopping in Portugal paradise, Lagos. Its basically everything you could hope for, a small beautiful city, lots of different bars and good restaurants, and an absolutely beautiful beach coast full of little caves and great cliff walks. Plus its halloween weekend so what better way to celebrate than by sitting on the beach all day in 90 degree heat. Certainly beats the weather in Chicago! Heres a few photos!










Can you guess what I dressed up as for Halloween?

Seville

I went to Seville because it is reknowned for its Flamenco music. Unfortunately, no one told me that it was mostly a touristy high cost event these days, especially in the winter when the tourists are fewer and far between. So for the majority of my time in Seville, I tried to find the real Flamenco, and I didnt succeed until essentially my last night there. I kept adding days at my hostel so I could find the music, and finally I did. And boy was it worth it! The city itself, is incredibly beautiful, but after the smallness of Granada and Malaga, it was a bit hard to find my way. It took me about 4 days to sorta figure the city out, and by the fifth, I was in love with it.


Going down a tight kissing lane

Friends from South Africa


The Cathedral at night (3rd biggest in the world)


The Barrio at night (old Jewish quarter)


Main plaza


Flamenco at the free touristy spot


View from above


Christopher Columbus resting place inside the cathedral


A giant carved golden alterpiece in the cathedral


Plaza de Espana (they filmed Star Wars here!!)

Malaga

I spent a couple of night in Malaga, although not much compared to Granada, its got a nice beach scene about 30 minutes walk from the main town. The city is actually much bigger than I expected, and its the main tourist destination these days for the Brits. Its also where Pablo Picasso grew up so there is a great Picasso museum that I got to go to for free, since I was there on the weekend of his birthday. Yay!


Me at the beach


The Beach


Castle on a hill


Pretty!


The cathedral