Brevity is the key to a good blog, least I bore anyone. Last night was lights out at 1:15. The major problem with hanging out with people half my age is tolerating their excess.. Youth is wasted on the young. Nevertheless, I rallied this morning and took the walking tour of the city lasting four hours. Sevilla has a rich history spanning the Romans, Northern European tribes, the Arabs, Moors and finally the Spanish Christians who expelled the Moors in in the thirteenth century long before 1492 when the Moors were pushed out of Spain altogether.. The architecture reflects all these cultures. Sevilla is a city filled with parks, a stunning cathedral, plazas everywhere. There is a nice unhurried way about the place. The city was laid out by the Romans but the small streets cobble stone streets meander so as to lose your sense of direction. There are many restaurants and outdoor cafes to choose from for lunch or dinner. However, don’t count on eating diner anytime before 7:30. I could easily spend a month here every winter. The summer is a furnace.
Nick and I dined at a small restaurant where we shared three small entrees topped off by desert and a local grappa. Before diner, in the late afternoon, I laid out my route tomorrow, south to Cadiz. 125 K so I will stop off somewhere in between. The trick will be navigating out of the city onto the small secondary roads.
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