Seville

Now Flamenco dancing doesn't do much for me and when I saw there was a Flamenco Dancing Show along with a dinner it wasn't immediately highlighted by me as a 'must see'.

But it was really great.  It appears the very best Flamenco dancers in the world were appearing as they were recording a TV Special the evening we were there.

So that was great. The show was exciting and some of those guys can really dance the Flamenco.  Trish loved it.

It was raining as we entered Seville for a two night stopover.  Trish has a bit of a cold so we grabbed some cold tablets for her to try to nip it in the bud.  She feels pretty good and the cold isn't slowing her down.

It appears there is a conference on as well so the hotel is booked out.  Also there are so many trying to access the 'free' wifi I only found I could get online this morning.

We began yesterday under grey skies in Granada where we had a three hour wander through the streets of an older Moorish section of the city.  When the catholics took over in 1592 ALL Muslims and Jews were forced to become Christians or they were to leave Spain.

Many converted but still retained their former belief.  They used designs etc on their homes to convince locals they were Christian.  We were shown all these tell tale signs.

The photo shows a snow covered mountain and Alhambra across the gully taken during the walk.  The photo does not do the sight justice I am afraid.  It was a spectacular view.

We finished the tour at where Isabella and Ferdinand, the creators of modern Spain were buried.  It was they who commissioned Columbus to sail and return with all the riches of the New World.

This morning (Thursday) is a bus tour of the highlights of the city of Seville and this afternoon is optional tour that we are not doing.  A quiet day won't go astray. Yesterday weather was a mixture but fine weather around 20 degrees is expected today and even warmer tomorrow for the trip to Madrid.

Our accommodation remains 1st class! And hopefully the Cold Tablets will get Trish back to100% again quickly.