Seville

Hannah and I walked the streets of Cadiz looking for just the right place for dinner. It is quite difficult when you want something specific, but we eventually found a restaurant with fresh fish that we could recognise and we both had a nice meal. After dinner we did some more walking, looking at all the preparations for the ´Carnaval´. We looked into staying another night but the hotel wanted 300 euros for one night and we decided that price was a little steep.
The following morning we went out for breakfast, a walk and back to the hotel to collect our bags. Our bus trip to Seville took around 4 hours. Seville is a very pretty town and typicallly 'Spanish' looking we think. The countryside all around is very green, flat, with few hills, unlike the east side of Spain. Our hotel would be best decribed as 'faded grandeur' and I had some interesting moments after my bath, when the water started bubbling up through the grill in the floor. I had to put my foot over the plug to stop the flow of water, while bending over to grab my now wet clothes off the floor and call out to Hannah to come and help. The water was seeping out of the bathroom under the door!! It was quite late so I didn´t call reception, plus Hannah was in bed and it all seemed like too much trouble. I left the bathroom floor covered in towels.
We splashed out while in Seville and went to a Flaminco Show which included a 3 course meal and drinks. Our table was relatively near the stage and we had a great view. Our waiter was excellent, especially as Hannah ordered 'special' meals at each stage - no sauce, anchovies one the side, white wine not red for me (after another waitress had already opened and poured us red wine)... we had a great time and thought it worth the money.

We did the usual bus tour which gives us our history lesson and also explored a lot ourselves. There is a castle in Seville that we think is the equal of Granada. We of course have hundreds of photos!! The cathedral was really close to our hotel and is truely magnificent. Last night it rained, so we were pleased to find a restaurant really close to the hotel for dinner. Hannah has a cold/cough so we didn´t stay out late.

Today we have travelled to Cordoba, our last city here in Spain. Once again, our hotel is close to the action, right next to the Mezquita, we look out our window and see one wall and a tower. It is as close as our garage is to our house!!!! We had an interesting trip on the local bus to the hotel, as we didn´t get off when we should have and ended up miles away from where we should have been and on the other side of the river. After a chat with the bus driver, we stayed on the bus for the return trip and this time were successful, admid much hand waving and gesturing.
There were no internet cafes in Seville that were open, so we have come out this arvo to catch up on the news. we also bought another small suitcase to spread the load, will probably put all the books from school in Madrid, and other stuff in it. We also booked two seats on the AVE train back to Madrid on Wednesday. So, until later Hasta luego