Seville Snapshot: The Cabalgata de los Reyes Magos
Not too many years ago, I asked my high school students what the Reyes Magos had brought them. In the midst of a financial crisis, I was shocked to hear…
Seville Snapshots: NO8DO and Seville’s Most Popular Urban Legend
Updated December 2025 Nuzzled beneath the seated San Fernando, San Isidoro, and San Leandro on Seville's city crest is the cryptic symbol: NO8DO. The city's motto, No madeja do, commonly…
For the Love of the Dove: El Rocío
I've never been one for Bucket Lists, but often set travel goals for myself. When I was 20, I decided to do a 25 before 25, making a list of…
The Giraldillo, in mini
An Inside Peek: The Ayuntamiento of Seville
For all of the places I've visited in Seville, several are behind closed doors, off-limits to me and the common folk: Palacio San Telmo, cloistered monasteries rumored to be breathtaking, that silly…