We had quite an adventure finding our hotel in Seville,
Spain. Our flight from Lyon arrived at
around after 10pm, so it was quite late by the time we had all our bags and got
the car organised. The car had a GPS
which spoke in English, but I am not convinced that GPS is the best way to
navigate a new city. We were ready to
throw her out the window if she told us she was recalculating the route one
more time. At one stage when we were
trying to work out which direction we should be going in the police stopped to
help us. They said, “follow us” which we
did until they admitted they were lost too!
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| Reading a good book |
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| Still reading a good book... |
We slept late in the morning, but we were by no means the
last to breakfast. After breakfast we
set out (by cab this time😉) to explore a little of the old city. The taxi took us straight to la Giralda and the
Holy Cathedral. These remarkable buildings
date back to the 12th and 14th Century respectively – so this
is ‘heritage’.
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| At la Giralda |
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| In the courtyard of Alcazar on our way to the river |
It was hot after our stay in France, so we walked past the
queue to the Alcázar and down to the river to find some shade. We walked along the river and through Maria
Luisa Park to Spain Square (it sounds better in Spanish – Plaza de Espána). Another beautiful landmark. As we walked around we came across a flamenco
dancer and her band. The girls were
amazed by the dancing.
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| Where we are going |
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| Plaza de Espána |
We made our way back to la Giralda via some back streets
where we found a tapas bar and icecream shop.
Refuelled, we walked back to where we started, jumped in another cab and
whizzed back to the hotel where we had left our rental car. Time to drive to the boat!
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| Stop for tapas |
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| Back to la Giralda |
Raftkin is moored in Gibraltar, approximately 3 hours drive
south of Seville. The drive was
fantastic – no GPS recalculating required! I was amazed by the similarities between the
Spanish countryside and Australia. We
arrived in Gibraltar in the early evening and squeezed our way through the busy
streets down to the marina. Hayley and
Megan were so excited (I may have been too!) and tried to run with cello and
violin in hand.
Hello Raftkin!
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