We were leaving that day for Sevilla (Seville) so I couldn't lie in bed and die like I wanted to. Instead we had to get to the bus station to take a 2 1/2 hr trip.
When we arrived in Sevilla all I wanted to do was sleep... So I did... For hours. The good thing about Spain, though, is that everyone sleeps all afternoon. While I was sleeping Ray booked us on a Tapas tour which accomplished the tasks of getting dinner, exploring our neighborhood and doing something productive so I didn't waste the whole day feeling sorry for myself.
The tour started out promisingly as we had barely sat down before food started appearing at the first restaurant, but there were lots of people on the tour and after asking for more food we were told "you won't be hungry by the end of the night". To be fair the guide was right, by the end of the night I wasn't hungry. I was so hot and tired and sick of waiting for food that my desire to leave was stronger than my desire for food. We did however meet two nice American boys who were traveling together, who we chatted to for quite a while before we finally couldn't stand the heat anymore. The heat was ridiculous on this night. It had been hot during the day but it seemed to get hotter in the evening- I'm talking 36 degrees at 11pm with no breeze whatsoever.
After a therapeutic sleep-in I left it to Ray to plan our day as I had been in charge the day before. We started with a pharmacy run, the highlight of which was finding Avene water misting spray which was to become our close personal friend over the next couple of days. We walked through the historic quarter of the city to this strange piece of architecture the locals call the mushrooms which was this weird structure made from crossing slats. We bought a cheap ticket to go to the observation deck, despite the vehement warning of the woman selling tickets that it would be very hot up there.
We continued our walk, running up to cafes every time they had their misty sprinkler things going outside to cool people down. Ray was leading us to this Spanish Inquisition museum, but when we got there it was closing as she had read the times incorrectly. Instead we walked around the nearby markets where I bought a de-skinned de-cored pineapple which I then proceeded to devour once I had made it back to the comfort of my bed and air-conditioning. After another siesta we decided to take our hostel up on their offer of an "all you can eat BBQ" on the rooftop of the building. I was craving some meat and €7 seemed like a good dinner price, but apparently the Spanish have a different understanding of what BBQ means. To me it means meat, cooked on a BBQ. To them it meant dip and salads. There wasn't even a physical BBQ up there! The Spanish also don't seem to care as much about false advertising as the poster clearly said "meat and fish with vegetarian options"- oh wait, there was tuna in the pasta salad. MY MISTAKE.
Anyway, hungry and outraged we went to the nearest store selling crepes and treated ourselves to some dessert.
The next morning we took a free walking tour organized by our hostel. After the quality of the one in Barcelona, we felt a bit let down but it was hard to tell if it was the guide or the city, as a lot of the history was delivered in a very disjointed manner but the guy was actually quite funny. We left the tour a little early to run back over to the museum from the day before. Again it was about to close but we had to go that day as it would not be open the next, luckily the museum wasn't that interesting as it didn't have much information on the Inquisition at all- more false advertising. It was mostly about the building the Inquisition offers operated out of including its ruins which you could walk around in. Luckily it was free so we didn't feel ripped off, and it was good we got to see it otherwise we would have felt like we were missing out on something.
So not the most successful 2 days, but that's what you get when you travel. The next day we went on a day trip to Cordoba. More on that and our last night in Seville in my next post xx
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