Had breakfast at the hotel, then took a taxi to the bus station, boarded the bus to Seville. Booked the tickets the day before and that was an adventure – the online form didn’t work with the tablet so I had to use the hotel desktop, then for some reason it wouldn’t accept any of the credit cards. Luckily I have a PayPal account and it took that.
Trip took about 3 hours, dozed a bit and watched some tv shows I’d downloaded. The scenery was mostly olive trees.
Got to Seville where it was raining, which was surprising because I thought the rain in Spain fell mainly in the plain. Temperature about 15C.
Checked in then went out for a walk. The sun came out and it warmed up, we had to take our coats off and just had t shirts. Went to the bus station and got our tickets to Lagos for Sunday. Then headed off to the town centre. Very pretty streets and buildings, there is a very noticable Arabic influence. A lot of the buildings are coloured – yellow, red, orange, and have decorative features. We went to most of the attractions just by wandering around – the cathedral (Christopher Columbus is buried there), gardens, university, several churches. There are lots of narrow streets but unlike Marrakech they are clean and easy to navigate. There were lots of people around, both tourists and locals. Quite a few English, American and French, haven’t seen or heard any Aussies.
Stopped at a restaurant for tapas but was disappointed in the quality; we had a shrimp frittata, lamb stuffed with spinach and mushrooms, croquettes, pork and bull tail. The bull tail was surprisingly tasty.
While waiting for the food to arrive I checked Google maps and discovered the bus tickets I’d bought were to the wrong Lagos. I’d bought tickets to the Lagos in Malaga which was the opposite direction we wanted to go. Popped back to the bus station and managed to change it. Disaster averted; if I hadn’t checked we might not have realised until we arrived at the wrong place.
Feet aching, went back to the hotel and relaxed. Another day here tomorrow, will visit a couple of the attractions we missed.