I’m not sure that we intended the Triana Market as our destination today, but that’s where we ended up. We were looking to explore out of the downtown/tourist core. Triana is a neighbourhood located on the other side of the Guadalquivir river and is known for its ceramics and for being the headquarters of the Spanish Inquisition.
We started our explorations with churros with chocolate. We later discovered there are two kinds of churros. These ones are crispy. Unfortunately the chocolate is out of a box so it’s not great.Rowers training – note the flag on the oars on this one.The kids’ favourite playground.Lunch spot for the dayView from our lunch spotPaseo Nuestra Señora de la O became one of our favourite ways to get to Triana Market.It ends at the Castillo de San Jorge (remains of an old castle and the headquarters of the Spanish Inquisition). Puente de Triana, which started out as a bridge of pontoon boats, is the oldest bridge in Sevilla. The original bridge of pontoon boats was built by the Moors in the 12th century and was only destroyed and replaced in 1852.Fish and ducks beneath the bridge.
Following is a small sample of the stores we found in the Triana Market. I wasn’t too comfortable taking pictures of the little eateries that are the same size as the food stores so you’ll have to imagine how tightly the tables in the eateries are squeezed together. The more traditional tapas places are standing only, which makes sense as it uses much less space.
We returned to this fish stall multiple times. For our first time, we only bought merluza – the must-try fish while in Spain. It truly is amazing – tender and buttery! He took great care to fillet our fish – we took the bones and tail home to save for stock.Many of these stalls gave samples of fruit to passersby (especially to kids). Our haul – the freshest foods I’ve ever bought! Right at the top are some containers of Spanish paprika (pimiento), one dulce (sweet) and one picante (spicy). Just in front of the pimiento are figs (too dark to see them properly) – these are unbelievably fresh and so yummy!! We ate so many! In front of the figs (behind the walnuts) is a package with two links of chorizo.In the evening, the whole family did a short exploration – just so Neil could go outside for the day!We wandered into Tarico and the owner taught us a few things about olive oil and provided some tastings. He explained that the taste of the olive oil depends on the type of olive used, the climate in which the trees grow, when the olives were picked, and the age of the trees. Olives picked just before peak ripeness produce the most expensive oil – a lot more olives are needed to obtain an equivalent amount of oil as when olives are picked when ripe.We were to smell them before trying them. From left to right, the oil got more expensive. The owner indicated that we should buy what we liked the taste of as the “best” olive oil is not simply the most expensive. You would also use different olive oils for different purposes: dipping with bread, cooking, or making salad. The first tasted and smelled like the standard olive oil from the grocery store. The second was very smooth and buttery, with a tiny bit of spiciness at the end (this is the one the kids liked the most and the one we bought to dip with bread for breakfast). You could really taste the olives in the third bottle and the last bottle was pungent and slightly bitter.I think she likes it 🙂 The kids were excluded from the subsequent Sevilla orange wine tasting. Note the differences in what was bought when Neil goes shopping with us 😛 First tall bottle on the left with the tag beside the peanut butter is olive oil that we’ve been using for our bread and olive oil breakfasts. The last bottle on the right is a Seville orange aperatif.
Total distance for the day: 11.2 km
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Glad that Neil gets to go shopping too. Different idea of restaurant eating. Really old city
Glad that Neil gets to go shopping too. Different idea of restaurant eating. Really old city