Seville - Day Two

So the last time Joe and I were in Spain, we made fast friends with our tour operator, Rosa.  We've kept in touch over the year, so when we decided to stop in Spain on the way back from our trip, I contacted Rosa to see if she could take a day off and come to Seville and play with us.  She could, and she did!  And she brought her SO, Steve.

But first I have to show you our hotel room at Hotel Casa 1800

We met up around 1pm and headed straight for Casablanca, a tapas bar on the Ave. d. l. Constitution, for some drinks and lunch.  It was great catching up with them, and we enjoyed the outside cafe and the delicious food.

About 3pm we left Casablanca and strolled over to an historic hotel, the King Alfonso, XII.  It's a Marriott luxury property (note to self to start saving points), but it's VERY Sevillian.

It's just beautiful, and the drinks and service were fabulous!

We had coffee and cava (Spainsh champagne), Joe and Steve had gin & tonics (with gin from Leopold Brothers - a distillery in Denver!).  It was all very good and so relaxing in this lovely space.

We bid goodbye for a bit at about 6pm, Rosa had made reservations for 9:30pm at a local restaurant that she and Steve like.  It was delicious - ribs, salmon, potatoes...so good.  After we took a walk back to our hotel's neighborhood and went to a rooftop bar for more drinks.

From the rooftop bar

Adios Rosa & Steve, hasta pronto!  They left on Monday to go back to Cordoba...and back to work.  We slept in and then went on another hunt for tapas.  We waled across the Guadalquivir river and into Triana - sort of the left bank of Seville.  We went to the market and to a giant ceramics store.  We decided to take a boat tour - about an hour seeing the sights, but mostly just relaxing.

Didn't expect this, but then no one really does.

Statue of Mozart in front of the Seville Music Hall.

Tonight we have a Tapas and Flamenco tour - a walking foodie tour ending with a Flamenco performance at a local teatro.  Can't wait!