City TRIP

Seville

Embark on a journey to Seville. All you have to do? Close your eyes!

Make yourself comfortable and just let yourself go. Feel your body and mind relax. Now, let your thoughts run free. Let them fly, scatter and come together again. Let yourself be captured by lovely fragrances, carried away by passionate sounds and enthralled by vibrant traditions.

The honey-sweet scent of ripe orange blossoms carries you through narrow, bumpy-paved streets, past white and yellow and red-washed houses. A soft breeze gently caresses your face, tickles your nose and brings with it familiar, rich scents of ham, coffee and chocolate. And again and again ... a breeze of oranges.

You follow the scents. Let them envelop you completely. You taste. Enjoy. Sink in. With all your senses.

Unfamiliar sounds suddenly roam through the air – and you follow them. Wild guitar playing is paired with energetic tap steps. And the rhythmic rattling of castanets accompanies the plaintive, romantic singing of an Andalusian musician. You come closer. Closer and closer. And the sounds, still so distant, sweep you away. Graceful turns. Magical looks. You feel the fire, the desire and the pain. A feeling of explosive passion and bitter despair. Two lovers caught in flamenco, performing their eternal dance.

Now that soul and feet ache, take one last step into a horse-drawn carriage and be chauffeured. At a brisk trot past royal palaces, old tobacco factories, historic monuments, stately hotels, palm-covered parks, numerous fountains and modern architecture. And high above you floats a braiding of winged senses and free thoughts.

Embark on a journey to Seville. All you have to do? Open your eyes!

Spain, March 2022. | All words and photos by The Sturgheons.