| Tilily
Tangerine the Traveling Sasha |
This is one Big Bull! |
Where's my red cape? |
Thank goodness there are no bull fights today. I'd hate to
meet a bull in here!
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TILILY
IN SPAIN
Tilily
arrived in Stoke-on-Trent, England on 7th. September, just
in time to join her latest host Anne-Marie in going on holiday
to the Costa de la Luz, Spain. After being warmly welcomed
by her new host's Sasha children; she travelled with a companion,
Danny, safely transported in hand-luggage via plane and hire
car to her first destination El Puerto de Santa Maria in the
Cadiz province of Spain.
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So that's how you do it!
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El
Puerto de Santa Maria
This
town is home to the largest working bullring in the world,
and Tilily was invited to have some photos taken inside, as
there were no bulls or matadors present that day.
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Ole!
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El
Rocio
Arriving
in this small town was like entering the Wild West! It is
situated on the edge of the Donana National park; the largest
of it's kind in Spain, and one of Europe's most important
wetland reserves. The town consists of streets of sand and
one or two storey houses, and rows and rows of churches and
chapels. Every building has hitching posts for the horses.
El Rocio is normally a quiet town with some bars and restaurants;
but at Pentecost, the town comes alive with the arrival of
the famous Romeria (Spanish gypsy families) for a religious
festival and feast in which millions of pilgrims gather to
sing the praises of the Virgin, who appeared in the 13th century
and has become one of the most important objects of devotion
in the whole of Andalucia. The lake in El Rocio is home to
flamingos and other birds.
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Where are the horses? |
A girl could get lost here; the squares in this town are so
big! Have not found a horse yet; but there's plenty of 21st.
century horse power.
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Plaza
de Espana, Seville
This
amazing building was built in 1929 when Seville hosted the
Spanish-American exhibition. It is situated on the edge of
the Maria Luisa Park, along with many other fantastic buildings
used as embassies for each country represented.
It
was used by George Lucas in the Star Wars films for
the 'Royal planet of Nabo'. (If you check out the second Star
Wars episode, Attack of the Clones, you can watch
the young Anakin and Padmeyou walking over one of the four
bridges and along the corridors of Plaza de Espana buildings).
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Every
province of Spain is featured in the Plaza with a tiled
seating area featuring symbols and a scene illustrating
that area's history. Seville is full of rich and beautiful
historic buildings of which this is just one.
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Tilily posing in front of the Plaza de Espa–a |
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Malaga
province
After
spending her first week in El Puerto de Santa Maria, Tilily
travelled to the province of Malaga, beside the Mediterranean;
where she enjoyed some 'chill out' time with Danny. She was
a little exhausted from the all history lessons and posing
she had done, and decided it was time for some fun. She stayed
in a finca in the countryside; which was very remote and quiet,
being situated at the foot of some steep hills between the
towns of Coin and Alhaurin el Grande. The weather was still
hot.
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A Sasha-sized Palm tree
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Cool; it's like a jungle here.
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Can I have a chilled lemonade please waiter?
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That should keep you out of mischief.
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GIRL POWER!
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Off to the beach with Danny
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