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Here’s a small sample of what we ate while in Seville. Even though we only ate out a couple of times, we were able to sample quite a few new foods!

This museum opened in 1841 with works the state confiscated from convents and monasteries. It’s even in a building that used to be a convent. Today, its exhibits still contain the confiscated materials along with private donations and acquisitions. The works in Room 3 focused on artists in the 16th century. Room 4 focused on […]

The plan for the day was to visit the museum of ceramics in Triana. Triana was an important hub of ceramics from the 12th to 20th century. As usual, we saw a lot of interesting things on the way. Neil came along for a morning walk as far as the Torre Sevilla before returning to […]

“Rides” in the Plaza de Armas. Street flamenco just across the street from our apartment.

The Castle of San Jorge was a fortress on the Triana side of the Puente de Triana that was used as a headquarters and dungeons for the Spanish Inquisition. In 1823, the Triana Market (the market we frequented during our stay) was built on the site, while below the market, archaeological excavations were continued over […]

We decided to take the high speed train to spend the day in Córdoba. Total walking distance for the day: 34.4 km. 7 L of water drunk due to the blistering heat.

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 […]

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 […]