With so many activities to choose from on La Noche en Blanco here in Sevilla, it was hard to know which to pick. As I was meeting a friend who lives nearby, we decided to start out at the aljibe (water tank) in Plaza de la Pescaderia, in the Alfalfa part of the old city.
Life in Seville - cultural life, that is - has definite seasons: January and February are both cold and dull, lit up only by Carnaval and the Dia de Andalucia puente (bank holiday). Then comes the holy trinity of Semana Santa, Feria and El Rocio, followed by months of school holidays in searing heat. In September everyone goes back to cole and work, every other year it's the Bienal de Flamenco, and by October people are starting to think about other major cultural events.
Here are some photos of the Romería de Torrijos, which took place last Sunday. It's the fourth-largest in Andalucia, and takes place at a Hacienda, which dates from Arabic times.
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