Seville Cathedral

 Capilla Mayor (main chapel)

One of many stained glass windows

 Detail of the Retablo Mayor

Chapel

Tomb of Columbus

Looking down onto the cathedral from La Giraldi

Looking down onto the cathedral from La Giraldi

Gargoyles

One of the large (and deafeningly loud) bells at the top of La Giraldi

Scenes From Seville

Torre del Oro (Tower of Gold) 
Built as a defensive lookout in 1220, the place where treasures from the New World were unloaded

Shopping district

fnac store

La Giraldi 

View from the top of La Giraldi

The Bullfighting ring, seen from the top of La Giraldi

Seville Cathedral

Seville Cathedral

Seville Cathedral

I'll post photos of the interior of the Seville Cathedral next...

Calgary

Quite fittingly, I'm going to conclude my Canadian trip posts with a few photos from Calgary, which was the last stop on our fortnight's tour. We had less than 24 hours in the city, just enough time to wander about a bit, eat far too much red meat - a steak dinner and a hamburger with yam fries (truely delicious!) for lunch the next day - before we had to head to the airport and catch our flight home.

Downtown Calgary

"Marble art" in the park

Towards Calgary Tower

Calgary Tower

Calgary Tower

Chinatown District

Chinese Cultural Centre

Tai chi in Sien Lok Park

 

Windmill on The Mall

"Old Town"

It was the end of a truly fantastic trip! Sadly all good things come to an end...

You can see all my Canadian trip posts here.

Victoria

Back to the Canadian trip posts, but with a slight change of scene. Today I'm going to show you a bit of Victoria...capital city of British Columbia, located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. We had less than 24 hours in this pretty "City of Gardens", just long enough to get an overall feel...

Starting with Victoria's landmark, the Fairmont Empress Hotel that was built in 1908, designed by the architect Francis Rattenbury.

The Empress Hotel, on Victoria's Inner Harbour

The Empress

Rattenbury also designed the British Columbia Parliament Buildings, which were officially opened in 1898.

British Columbia Parliament Buildings - by day

British Columbia Parliament Buildings - by night

Free guided tours of the Parliament Buildings are available to the public....

The legislative chamber inside the Parliament Building

Stained glass window commemorating Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee

Pretty stairwell in the Parliament Building

From inside the Parliament Building

There was just time for a quick stroll through Chinatown....

Entrance to Chinatown

And to watch some seaplanes taking off from the harbour....