We had no specific plans today other than to take an early morning walk with Neil before his calls started. He would return home to work while we continued with our day of explorations. I paid €1.80, which included access to the monastery and the Contemporary Art Museum. The kids were free. Woohoo! We had […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Italica was a town built around 200 BC, and because no modern city was built over it, it is very well preserved. It was only a 30 minute bus ride from Sevilla’s Plaza de Armas station (short walk from our apartment). Cost of the bus was €8 each way and admission to the ruins was […]
Some minor explorations after Las Setas included a visit to Alameda de Hércules, considered the the oldest public garden in Europe.
Being sleep deprived on our first full day at Spain meant that we were going to take it easy …. a 5 minute walk to Las Setas (Metropol Parasol – literally “The Mushrooms”). Of course, given this was our first day in Spain, it took us a significantly longer time to meander to our destination. […]
Our journey from Toronto to Seville started on foot, around 1:45pm Thursday June 27 2019 in Toronto, with a 15 minute walk to the GO bus stop and Yonge and Sheppard. After a 30 minute GO bus ride, we took the Terminal Link train from Pearson Terminal 1 to Terminal 3. Our first flight (Toronto […]
Major lifetime trip – renting this catamaran with Grandpa and Joan for a week in the British Virgin Islands. Summary of stops, overnight moorings at the bottom of this post. December 8: flight from Toronto to Charlotte, and then on to Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Stayed overnight at the Bunker Hill Hotel […]