A Day In Seville

We awoke on Thursday to cloudy skies and some drizzle.  After putting the previous blog post online it was then down to breakfast (or really an early day feast) then on the bus for an 'included tour' of some gardens and the third largest Cathedral in the world.

This is the usual fare you get dished up on this kind of tour.

We hopped on the bus with umbrellas in hand.  Actually we never needed the umbrellas for the rest of the day as the weather improved throughout to finish up a sunny 25º mid afternoon.

Our first stop was to a huge building almost 100 years old which housed an early Spanish Exhibition.  It was a nice enough building and worth seeing.  You can check it out in the photo above left.

We had been warned of the gypsies and I was disappointed it took three purposeful walks past them before I was approached!  I escaped safely.

Then it was onto a 'Garden Walk".  This sort of title does worry me.  We had plants and tree types recited to us but eventually finished near the "Old Quarter" of Seville known as Santa Cruz.  There was some interest here but not a lot.

We were however soaking up just what Seville is (or has been) and getting a real feel for the place.

The photo is allegedly the house where a section of the Don Giovanni Opera was set.

The final leg of the walk was to third largest church in the world.  Having toured Europe before, this was not a section of the walk that I was looking ward to.

However, after the usual 'guff' we did see where Christopher Columbus was buried.  This made the whole thing worth while.

As we had decided not to do the extra tour during Thursday afternoon we returned to the hotel.  Later we set out on foot locally for some lunch and a possible drink.

We finished up in a little cafe type thing where the drinks were exceptionally inexpensive.  We had calamari for lunch and all for around $12 which did not include the drinks but did include a tip!  As we are not heading out with the group again tonight we will return and eat there again it was such good value.

Being Spain the evening meal eating time will be after 8pm.

In a store similar to Myers we spotted a 1 litre bottle of Johnny Walker Red Label on special for a fraction under 15 Euros.  That is under AUD $21 for 1 litre and is close to the 'normal' shelf price or thereabouts in Spain.  I can buy a 500ml can of beer from the supermarket here for 80cents (around $1-20 Australian).

As the old saying says, the more you drink, the more you save.

Trish is weathering her cold fairly well.  She is putting on a brave face but all will improve from here on.

This time next week we will be on our cruise!