“I'm not in Seville every day.”

Seville, Spain

 

Travel memory: In Seville we did have torrential rains. The heavens opened and all that. In the pictures you will see us sheltering in some shop doorways etc.

Travel memory: It was in Seville where we had, in my opinion, our only 'dud' of a local guide. He met us and then we walked no longer than 5 minutes when he declared a 'break time' for 15 minutes.

Hmmmm????? Deal with the shop keepers?

This is even more suspicious when he particularly asked us if the shop keepers were good about letting us shelter there after not showing up again for 40 minutes! 

I exaggerate not. Tour member T.J. commented on it wondering whether he had nipped away to go for a beer.

Our wonderful Antonio wasn't around to keep things going either – he was involved on an errand of mercy accompanying one of our tour members to the pharmacy to translate and ensure the medicine needed was obtained.

THEN the tour guide was curt and tart with another one of our group when she mentioned we hadn't needed a break only 5 minutes after starting, etc.

Anyway, my only complaint. (I don't think this tour guide did well when it came to tips.)

Travel memory: After the tour of the Seville Cathedral we could choose to either return to the hotel for the afternoon or stay in the downtown, historical area for more sightseeing. The rain was pounding down BUT:

Plucky fellow tour member Darlene, older than myself and who had earlier in the tour fallen and hurt her leg, turned to me and say brightly, “Are you still game?”

In light of her motivation and energy, how could I say not?

In any case, I didn't want to. After all, I am not in Seville every day. 

 

Who cares if it rains?

“YES, I”M GAME!”

Surprisingly only 5 of us in total decided to stay and explore. Kathy and Richard also thought along the same lines saying they wanted to make the most of their trip here. Cleopatra also stayed in town. We all wanted to see the Seville Alcázar palace complex.

Later Darlene and I also visited the General Archives of the Indies, the little movie very interesting.

And do you know the rain stopped for the most part. Except, that is it returned during our wait for Antonio. He had graciously returned with Fernando, our bus driver to take us back to the hotel. Above and beyond what is required, I believe.

See next post for the Alcázar pictures.

In these pictures – we hovering in the rain, peeking into a few garden courtyards as well as a few pictures from the park near our hotel.