Day in the rabid centro

Yesterday the Geranios program took us to la Rábida. It was fun, but one of our less eventful excursions. We first toured an old church where Christopher Columbus did many important things. The church was run by actual monks. The monks sell the entrance tickets and rent out audio-tours. We then went to a mini-museum with models of the three ships from the Columbus voyage to America. Hillary and I had fun taking wacky pictures on the Santa María model. We also stopped by a little park. I wish I had more to report, but it was pretty uneventful, overall.

When we got back to Sevilla, Hillary and I went to a bakery. I've passed this bakery several times a week and have always wondered what their pastries would taste like. You can smell the amazing smells from the sidewalk outside. We each got a delicious pastry and were pleased with our desserts. We then went on a walk around the Centro. Apparently spring weekend weddings in Sevilla are more common than I though, I think we saw about five different bridal parties. We also saw a large group of men leaving one of the churches with shirts tied over their heads. We later saw the same group of men lifting a large wooden structure and carrying it along one of the main streets at the edge of the Centro. They were practicing marching for Semana Santa, which starts in a week. I didn't manage to get any good pictures of the marching practice, but I did get a picture of the men in headdresses.

Pictures:
1) those interesting men in their headdresses walking over to their practice location
2-4) Hillary and I had some fun with my camera on the Santa María
5-6) pretty flowers at the church