Seville: Monday 19th February 2018

This morning we woke up to a lovely sunrise - it was our last morning in Cordoba before we headed off to Seville. 

 

Sunrise view from our apartment in Cordoba

 The train journey only took 45 mins and we were in Seville by early afternoon. Our apartment in Seville is right in the centre, very close to the Cathedral, and has a lovely terrace which is nearly as big as the actual apartment!  The weather is so warm (sorry to rub it in!) that after going to the shop to get some groceries we spent a couple of hours relaxing on the terrace.

 

Our terrace - with the Cathedral in the background

Relaxing on the terrace

This evening we went out on a tapas tour! There was a small group of 7 people - a couple from Yorkshire, a couple from Washington DC and a lady from California plus our very animated Spanish guide Lydia.  Our first stop was at the oldest tapas bar in Seville that had been around for 300 years and had been in the same family for the last 200! We tried sweet red Vermouth which was 15% alcohol - I hadn't had much to eat that day and I already felt it going to be head after a couple of sips but they soon brought out some tapas - croquettes and Iberian Ham which soaked up the alcohol!



Our first stop - a very traditional bar

Iberian Ham, with our last dregs of Vermouth!

Our next stop was a typical 'hole in the wall' bar which was so busy!  It was tiny and everyone was pushing and shoving to get to the bar - wherever you stood you were in the way.  We said we would never have thought to stop here if we had not been on the tour and we tasted Manchego sheeps cheese and some delicious pork, all washed down with Orange wine.

 



Hole in the wall bar - barman pouring our orange wine

We then went on to another crowded bar where we tasted some sherry and had more tapas, and then ended up at a local restaurant where we sat down and shared a number of delicious tapas.  It was an enjoyable evening and everyone got on well - it should have only been 3 hours long but we didn't finish until 11.30pm so we over ran by 90 mins as we were having a good time.