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I'm glad you liked it, I agree with you, I also think it is a beautiful city. Thank you very much for your kind comment. Have a good day my friend 😊

You are welcome my friend! I am glad that you enjoyed it. Thank you so much 😊

마음에 드셨다니 기쁘네요. 귀하의 친절한 의견에 진심으로 감사드립니다. 좋은 하루 보내세요 😊

Thank you very much for your kind comment my friend! I am glad that you like it 😊

Hola! Como estas? As you have seen, I didn't lie to you in my previous message 😄 In reality, when I wrote you the message I was already visiting Merida, so it was very easy to get it right. Oh, I envy you! Now that the weather is starting to get nice, you can't imagine how much I want to enjoy the sea and the coast again (fortunately I have less time left to return to Costa Blanca although I would have no problem spending some time in Cape Cod as well 😄) I hope you are enjoying your stay there and the weather is being warm. I'm not surprised by what you say about the rental market in Boston. Being one of the most important cities in the United States, it must also be one of the most expensive, am I right? So congratulations! I hope you do well in your new home 😊 It is logical that you have never heard of Merida (perhaps the Mexican city of Merida is more familiar to you, which is much larger and its name comes from this city) because the region where Merida is located, called Extremadura, is undoubtedly the most underrated in Spain, even though in my opinion it has some of the most beautiful cities and towns in the country. That is why Merida is a city that is not very well known to tourists today, although during the Roman Empire it was one of the most important in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal). As a curious movie fact, the main character of the movie Gladiator, played by Russell Crowe, is from this region. My initial intention was to start the tour on the other side of the bridge, but it is very long, measuring about 800 meters, and it would take me too long to cross it. So finally I started on the middle of the bridge so that the river could be seen well. This river is one of the most important in Spain, it is called the Guadiana River, and in some sections it acts as a natural border between Spain and Portugal, something like the Rio Bravo between the US and Mexico. I think I thought exactly the same as you when I saw that couple of boxers 😆 I was seeing someone doing something similar to a choreography from a distance but as I got closer I was surprised that it was a boxing training session in the middle of the Roman bridge! 😵 I also had no idea who the guy with the sculpture was, so I have looked him up and he was an archaeologist who cataloged the Roman pieces that were found in the city, the building where the sculpture is located is a museum with archaeological pieces of Visigothic art, which was the civilization that settled in Spain after the Romans. Building on the other side of the street is a school and it seems that the children were at recess at that time. You are right, my last tours have a very quiet atmosphere and you can barely hear the sound of people. So it's quite a novelty! I don't know what place you may be referring to 😆😉 Joke aside, I think that Santa Barbara have a similar touch in its architecture to these southern Spanish cities, am I right? I agree with what you say about the cafes in that portico, they made you want to stop filming and sit down and enjoy the atmosphere of the square having a coffee. Fortunately weather was amazing during my stay there, in fact the day I filmed this tour I think it was the least hot of all. I was also lucky because the sky had beautiful clouds that gave the tour a more photogenic aspect. You mean this arc 17:54, right? Now that you say it and I look at it more closely, I would think twice before staying under it for a long time 😄 it's surprising that they stayed like that for so long! You are right, when someone thinks about this type of buildings the first thing that comes to mind is Italy or Greece but really this type of buildings can be found in many countries, especially those located in the Mediterranean Sea. Most of them have been lost or are in a very dilapidated state, fortunately both the temple of Diana and especially the theater are very well preserved. Great observation! 👍 That M for Merida is a representation of the city's Roman aqueduct (I have not included it in this tour because it is a little far from the old town) although you can take a look at it in the last short that I have uploaded. By the way, on my next tour I will focus more on the venue where the theater and amphitheater are located since on this tour I have shown them quickly. I hope you enjoy it too! (and I also hope you can already enjoy it in your new home 😉) See you then! Thank you very much as always! Take care

@@WalkingSpain Hmm, I was writing a reply using my phone and I go to the web to check a spelling (I went to Catholic school, I hate to make spelling errors 🙂) and poof - it's all gone. 🥴

@@bostonwalkdrive7763 I understand you, I'm also quite a perfectionist when I write 😄 Every time I reply to your messages, I check them with Google Translate so as not to make too many mistakes (even so, I'm sure I make quite a few) so no problem! If you want you can respond in my next tour 😉👍

@@WalkingSpain Ah, the Gladiator aka The Spainard. I do like that movie and watch it whenever I see it on TV. It was a bit hard to follow the first time I saw it, but after seeing it a few times, it makes much more sense. I'm looking forward to seeing more of the amphitheater in the next video. It was amazing. Maybe the Spainard watched a few plays there before he went off to war for the Empire! 😅 Actually, the weather last week while I was on Cape Cod was horrible. It was mostly rainy, windy and cold. Felt more like March, and I didn't get to sit on the beach once. But that's okay, it was nice to be back in my home state, and it's like summer now. 😀 Did I read it correctly - you are heading back to the Costa Blanca again this summer? Nice. Once I get settled in my new apartment, I think I'll take a few weekend trips to Cape Cod. I do love the beach. Take care.

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I am glad that you like it 😊 Thank you very much for your comment and welcome to my channel!

You are welcome my friend! It is my pleasure to share it. I am glad that you like it. Thank you very much for your visit 😊

You are welcome my friend! I am glad that you like it. Thank you very much for your comment and you support. Have a nice week 😊

It is my pleasure to share my friends. Thank you very much for your visit. I am glad that you like it 😊

You are welcome! I am glad that you enjoyed this tour. Thank you very much for your visit 😊

You are welcome my friend! I am glad that you enjoyed this tour. Thank you very much for your kind comment. Have a nice day 😊

Thank you very much for your visit. I am agree with you, that fountain is nice. Have a nice day!

Gracias a ti por tu comentario. Me alegra que te haya gustado

You are welcome! I am glad that you like it. Thank you for your visit. Regarding your request, on my channel you have several tours in rural Spain if you are interested. Do you have a specific region in mind?

@@WalkingSpain Andalusia its has something i love sorry for my english its bad thx

@@custer2035 I don't know if it's exactly what you're interested in but I have several tours of Andalusian towns on my channel (Mojácar, Carmona, Baeza, Úbeda). I hope to return to Andalusia soon and film more tours. Don't worry about your English 😉👍 Greetings!!

@@WalkingSpain thx man much love

You are welcome!! I am glad that you enjoyed this tour. Thank you very much for your comment 😊

Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it. You're right, sky had a nice color that day. Greetings!!

Thank you very much for always visiting my channel. I really appreciate your comment. Have a great day my friend!

Muchas gracias! Me alegra que te guste 😊

Hola! Bienvenido a mi canal! Empecé a filmar mis recorridos en formato Scope a partir de mi último tour por Salamanca hace 2 años (14 videos antes de este recorrido por Sevilla). Los anteriores estan en formato 16:9 Espero haber resuelto tu duda. Saludos!

@@WalkingSpain Muchas gracias por tu respuesta inmediata. Me encanta el formato en Cinema Scope (21:9 o 1:2.39). Yo los veré en “full specification” con mi PC monitor de 21:9 y 29 inches, y Fire TV Stick.

You are welcome my friend! Thank you very much for your visit again. I am glad that you like it. Have a nice day too 😊

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Thank you very much for your kind comment my friend. I am glad that you enjoyed this tour. See you!!

You are welcome my friend! Thank you very much for your visit again. Have a nice day 😊

ご丁寧なコメントありがとうございます。 このビデオを楽しんでいただけて嬉しいです。 私もそう思います、海の景色はとてもリラックスできます。

You are welcome my friend! I am glad that you enjoyed this. Thank you so much 😊

コメントありがとうございます、友人よ！ このビデオを楽しんでいただけて嬉しいです😊

Me alegra que te haya gustado el recorrido. Gracias por tu comentario

I am glad that you like it. Thank you very much for your comment 😊

Gracias por el comentario. Me alegra que te haya gustado. Si lo deseas tienes más recorridos por lugares de Galicia en mi canal. Espero visitar pronto Aragón y hacer recorridos por allí Un saludo

You are welcome my friend! I am glad that you enjoyed this video and thank you very much for your kind comment. Have a nice week 😊

Hello my friends! I am glad that you like it. Thank you very much for your visit 😊

You are welcome! I am glad that you like it. Thank you very much for your visit 😊

Hola! How have you been doing these last two weeks? I'm sorry that it took me a little longer to respond than usual, although I have an excuse 😄, I'm currently visiting another city, as you say, spring has sprung (it's the first time I've heard this expression and I loved it 😄) and fortunately weather is good here, so in a short time it is very possible that there will be a new tour available 😄 I'm glad you enjoyed my tour again with a cup of coffee (any time of day is good 😉👍) By the way, what you said about you writing your comment several hours after watching the video, made me think that that way is a good way to exercise the memory. It is evident that you have a good memory because you have remembered many details. You're right, the whole tour was very quiet, as you have seen there were very few people because locals don't usually walk along the wall, which is curious because the day was very nice and it is an ideal place to walk and chill out. If I were in their place I would walk along there every day 😄 Regarding flowers, as I have already told you in other previous messages, this winter has been rarer than usual, very rainy and cold days have mixed with very sunny and hot ones. This has made the vegetation much more lush this year. In some parts of the tour (where the vegetation had not yet been cut) it was difficult for me to pass. I agree with you, the cathedral is beautiful. It is in a Romanesque transition to Gothic style. In reality, most of the cathedrals in this part of Spain are from those periods, which is why many are similar to each other. Although the peculiarity of this cathedral is that the entire main façade has cannon impacts, because the town suffered a great siege by Napoleon's troops, it resisted for more than three months which allowed win time for the allied troops. If you see it again you will clearly see the impacts of the cannons. Yes, you are right, sculptures on the door are the saints with Christ in the center. Fortunately I don't film my videos with the camera attached to a chest harness, otherwise those types of shots would have been very risky and this would surely have been my last tour 😂 Yes, you are right about this too, Sancti spiritus means holy spirit in Latin. I'm not sure but I think that gate has that name because there is a town nearby called that and perhaps that was the door through which people went that town. It will be surprising to you but that sculpture of a bull (it is called Verraco) is the oldest thing in this town... it was built by the first settlers 2,500 years ago! Although you are right, it could be confused with a modern sculpture, so after all it can be said that art has not evolved as much as we think. Regarding that bridge, I don't know exactly what era it is from because I haven't found any information about it, but I think it must be from the time when that moat was built in the 15th century. Although the bridge that crosses the river and that you can be seen from the viewpoint next to the castle is from Roman times, although it must have undergone quite a few modifications throughout history... Although if you want to see many Roman constructions you will have to wait on to my next tour, I promise I won't let you down 😄 So see you in a few days! I hope you have a good week. Take care

@@WalkingSpain Strange that the locals don't walk there. I usually walk after dinner about 5 times per week, and I was thinking - what a great place for a walk. I did't even notice the cannon impacts on the cathedral. I'll have to re-watch that part and check it out. Wow, the bull is the oldest thing in town! 😅 Well, I thought it looked modern, so those people were way ahead of their time (as we would say). Interesting about the rainy winter and the abundance of wildflowers and other vegetation. That reminded me of the first year that I lived in Southern California. It had been a long drought, but my first winter was extremely wet. In the spring, the wildflowers were blooming everywhere, even the normally dry hills and fields. Take care.

@@bostonwalkdrive7763 I also find it strange that the locals hardly walk there, perhaps it is because the town also has a nice river walk and they prefer to walk there I have the impression that California and Spain have a very similar climate, especially the coast. See you. Take care

Hola! Thank you very much for your kind comment. I am glad that you like it 😊

Thank you very much for your visit. I am glad that you like it. Have a nice day 😊

I am glad that you enjoyed it. Thank you very much for your visit 😊

Me alegra que te haya gustado este recorrido por la muralla y que también te haya traído buenos recuerdos. Gracias por dejar tu comentario. Saludos!!

Thank you very much for your kind comment. Hope you have a happy Sunday too😊

You are welcome my friend! It is my pleasure to share it. I am glad that you like it. Thank you very much for your kind comment. Have a nice day 😊

Hello my friends! I'm glad you enjoyed this walk along the medieval wall. It is my pleasure to share it with you. Have a great weekend too😊

Thank you so much my friends 😊

Thank you so much my friend! I am glad that you enjoyed this tour. Have a nice weekend!

Me alegro que te haya gustado. Gracias por tu visita y bienvenido a mi canal 😊

Muchas gracias! Eres muy amable. Si, siempre trato de que grabar en momentos en los que el lugar no está muy concurrido, para tener más libertad y poder mostrar todo mejor. Me alegro que te haya gustado. Saludos!!

I am glad that you enjoyed it. Thank you very much for your visit