Seville in the Sun

We´re in Seville at the moment. Possibly getting overcharged for the hotel as it was supposed to be 50 Euros a night but the cheapest room they had on arrival was 70 Euros. But the place is lovely. It´s called Amadeus and has the theme you would expect - including two pianos and lots of musically themed objects around the place. It´s just down the road from the old town with lots of tiny backstreets (you can reach out and touch each side of the alleys very easily). We´ve had lovely Paella for dinner with Gazpacho soup for a starter. Delicious. All enjoyed sitting outside in the warm winter air.

We had a bus tour this evening. The city has some wonderful buildings. The tour was a little disappointing as there was very little commentary. Avoid the red bus tour. The green bus tour might be better...but then again!?!

We started our travels in Jerez in the Spanish provence of Andalucia. We did this because the flights were cheap and we want to get to Estepona to see friends by Saturday. Jerez is quite nice though. We had a good wander around. One day is plenty though.

Then we went to Arcos. A fabulous hill town with winding streets again. It´s only 30 minutes away by bus. We got to have a nice meal sitting outdoors. Seems to be the thing to do in Spain in Summer.

Tomorrow we will catch the train to Malaga and then find our way to meet our friends at the airport. From there we will all go to Estepona.

The plan is to do a day trip to Gibraltor on Saturday. It sounds like we might be able to catch up with a friend (Aretha) who lives in London but is from Gibraltor. She´s going to be visiting family.

It´s great when you can catch up with friends will travelling!!!