In sunny Sevilla

Internet time is a little short tonight ... so here are four pictures to sum up our day in Sevilla following a seven-hour bus ride to southern Spain. Sevilla is located in Andalucia, a region of southern Spain, and about 700,000 people live here. It is located along the Guadalquivir River, which leads to the Atlantic Ocean.

The 15th century cathedral is one of the largest in the world still today. It was built on the Almohade mosque from which the 12th century La Giralda still sits. Sevilla's main mosque was constructed using bricks between 1184-1198, but the mosque was consecrated as a cathedral in 1248 after the city fell to the Christians. Eventually the church decided to raze the building and start again. Construction work began in the early 1400s on the Gothic cathedral, along the western side, and workers used stone to construct it. The total surface area of the building is 252,951 square feet. The main building is 413 feet long and 272 feet wide. Work was completed in the early 1500s but work done later was in Renaissance style. The original minaret (La Giralda) from the mosque still stands, and you can climb to the top of it. La Giralda is the world's largest Gothic temple.

At the Alcazar in Sevilla