Destination – Spain –
Seville – Hello red wine & tapas,
we’re back!
We catch a 40
minute ferry, across the Strait of Gibraltar, to the nice seaside town of
Tarifa and we are already in Spain, what a feeling! We catch a 3 hour bus to Seville and a taxi
ride away is the nice Hotel London, in the old part of Seville. We are so thrilled to be in Spain, menu del
dia, cheap good wine, cheese, ham and pates to die for, beautiful people, chicks
walking around in very short shorts, gay couples holding hands, the sexual exploitation
of good looking young people on TV, what is not to love? So much to see just by
walking around and nice, friendly people who are actually happy to take your
money and do so with a smile. Pity we
only have a few days left on our EU visa, well let’s make the most of it. The Wi-Fi at the London hotel is kind of hit
and miss so we move to the Paris Hotel just across the road. From London to Paris in 30 seconds! London is
way better than Paris but the internet works in Paris, voila!
Ok, time to go
sightseeing, the old city is just fantastic and the architecture incredible.
The Cathedral of Seville is officially the biggest one in the world and it’s so
impressive! Massive internal spaces, imposing, amazing art work in all the
little chapels, just beautiful. Oh and we also see the great mausoleum of
Christopher Columbus, a truly fascinating man! After visiting the cathedral we climb up the
34 ramps of the La Giralda Tower rewarded by stunning views of Seville. We spend our 6 days walking around the old
city, the Jewish quarter, the churches, palaces, museums and beautiful parks of
Seville. This city is so “elderly
friendly” we think we might be moving here in a couple years time… elderly
people walk around so safely and it feels like there is an entire community
looking after them. We eat, drink beer
(3 Euros for an ice bucket with 5 beers, can we have another one of those
please, yeah, in the middle of the day), have wonderful cheap red wine and get
stuffed with tapas. The tapas are
usually more for the experience than the food itself as they are mostly
disappointing, even when we hunt for the best tapas places around. Honestly,
who cares? The people are so happy and friendly you wonder if they are aware of
the financial crisis yet… The beer is nice and cold and don’t get us started on
the wine… Now we really need to leave the EU, it is time for Croatia and
Montenegro, adios Spain.
