Las Navidades se acercan...

One of two advent calendars my mam sent in the post. She gets me.

I know, 2 posts in one day! It's a Sunday and I'm avoiding college work, what can I say. Christmas is coming. Holidays are coming. Good things are coming :) I am big into Christmas. I love it. I'm like Buddy the Elf at this time of year and while it's making me a little bit homesick that I'm not there for the run up to the celebrations (getting ready is all part of the fun) I will be home in a little under 3 weeks and until then I'm seeing a new way of celebrating the season! I'm planning on doing a few posts on Christmas in Seville in the next few weeks, mostly so that I can include photos in each one. If I only did one big post at the end of the month there'd be about 50 pictures in it :) These photos are really of the setting up stage.

I hope these are full soon :)

So these wooden sheds look very traditional Christmas market to me, so I'm excited about them to see what they're like in the coming weeks. These are around the Mushrooms, where there also seems to be a little fair being set up. I didn't think Christmas markets were a thing in Spain but I suppose they've really spread in the last few years, they're not tradition in the UK either but they have lots. Or maybe they are a tradition here, haha we'll soon find out. This would be a good place for shopping for presents.

even the orange trees are getting involved

I haven't been along the main shopping streets at night yet to see the lights all lit up but I'm hoping to this week. These trees are along the Plaza Nueva, where there's also a book fair taking place at the moment, remind me to go back.

And here we have an actual photo of the Kane in Spain, accompanied by two non Kanes in Spain. These lights seem to be the most colourful and impressive in the city, probably because they're in the busy tourist area of the Avenida de la Constitución beside the Cathedral, comparable to O' Connell street in Dublin in terms of foot traffic, but there are less junkies and more gypsies. It won't be total Christmas overload here I promise, but I'm looking forward to seeing how crazy the Spaniards get in comparison to the Irish. Hasta luego x