Seville

We left Alijar after Lyn, Kevin and Damien had a walk around town and I had a swim. We were on our way to Seville and parking proved to be a bit of a nightmare. We managed to find an underground car park then walked to the very unhelpful Tourist office. We decided to stay across the river from the central part of town due to where the car was. Lyn and I had a break in a cafe which Damien and Kevin braved the heat to find us a hotel room as lots of the accommodation was booked out. They managed to find something so we then had coffee and sandwiches for lunch, and because we were in Spain, a siesta. In the afternoon we all had a walk around town. Lyn and Kevin decided that they had had enough for the day and headed back to the hotel whilst Damien and I headed to a bar for dinner. It was a relief when we finally made it back to the hotel and into bed. Travel is exhausting!

The next morning everyone was still a bit tired but we got up for breakfast in a café next door to the hotel. It was then time to hit the food market for fresh fruit and have a look in all the ceramic shops. Kevin decided he would like a tile of a castle to take home as a souvenir. It was then lunch time and then Lyn and Kevin went to Plaza de Espania whilst Damien and had a wander around the Jewish quarter of the city. Again a siesta was necessary before we had drinks at one of the river bars. Kevin decided it was Chinese for dinner then we all headed to a Flamenco show. This was in a bar around the corner from our hotel. It seemed to have a combination of local people and tourists so the place was packed. The band consisted of three men who all sang as well as two of them on guitars and one on a strange sort of amplified box thing. As the night progressed a lady joined in with the singing and some people did short dance performances.