In Sevilla, it appears that residents walk their garbage and recycling down to the street corner. We did this too – the apartment has no garbage chute or garbage bins. The kids were endlessly fascinated with the bins and very curious as to how they would be dumped. One morning, as we were heading out […]
Browsing Month: July 2019
Side streets, segway trials, and alleys
The old streets and buildings are so fascinating, we had to take another day to just meander. We picked the narrowest and windiest ones to follow to see what we would find. Total distance walked: 15.7 km without use of a map and without a destination. The kids lead and we change direction if someone […]
Explorations
Today, while Neil worked, we simply wandered through the narrow streets of Sevilla for many hours, just absorbing the historic city and hoping to find the Jewish Quarter (Barrio Santa Cruz). After a break at the apartment and dinner, we were back out exploring, this time with Neil. Total distance covered for the day: 15.6 […]
Torre del Oro
The walk to the Tower of Gold was along the river, passing the famous Triana Bridge that started out as a bridge of pontoon boats (more of this in another post). The tower was given its name for its golden hue. Views from the top of the second portion: There was a lot of info […]