Les poissonniers

An early start this morning and the market is still setting up as we trundle our cases up the street to get to Porte Maillot and our Ryanair flight to Seville from Beauvais (the Avalon airport of Paris). Despite the horror stories, we find it fairly painless provided you read all the fine print and display boards. It is nice to be on an Irish airline – first cider I have seen for over a week.

According to WikiVoyage Sevilla is Spain’s fourth largest city, on the banks of the “smooth, slow Guadalquivir River.”

An upgrade in accommodation at Tryp Macarena to the junior suite is very roomy after the ‘cosy’ of Paris. Air conditioning is the feature most appreciated at this stage.

Seville Cathedral

The public transport specialist works out the bus system which passes the front door and Seville Cathedral is an easy trip away. It makes much of vying for the top three cathedrals in terms of size, winning in the Gothic division and it is certainly vast. Not sure how it works if full, but it takes quite some time to visit each of the 80 chapels and finally to climb the 34 tessellated ramps to the top of the Giralda tower. Wikipedia tells us that Giralda is a UNESCO World Heritage site, and it is certainly a personal highlight so far.

View from Giralda

Taking our siesta rather later than the locals, the little streets are quiet and we aren’t tempted by any shopping. At 8.30pm we head across the road and through the city wall [started by Julius Caesar] and one street back find a likely looking bar. Amazing food – tortilla, prawn salad, potato salad, a warm veal and mushroom dish plus much needed beer. And tonight we remember we are barracking for Espagna – who unfortunately get done by the Netherlands while we walk down to visit the Guadalquivir.

Guadalquivir River, Seville

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