Traveling to Seville

Wednesday, June 3rd:

This morning we had an early 7 am departure from the hotel to be transported to the train station for our 8:30 am high-speed train to Seville.  As expected, the train left exactly on time, had about 5 stops along the way, and travelled at about 300 km/hr (186 mi/hr) once we were in the countryside.  

High Speed Travel to Seville

 Countryside scenery changed a lot to a much more arid appearance with lots of olive trees and vineyards along the way.  We arrived in Seville at 2 pm to 104^o temperature, which is much higher than we experienced in Barcelona.  But, as they say “it is so dry!”  Our bus then took us to our hotel, the Hotel Silken Al-Andalus Palace, where surprisingly the internet worked using our log-ins from Barcelona.  Both hotels use the same internet service, kubi.  That certainly makes a lot of sense.  Why doesn’t Hilton do that in the USA? 

After a brief rest, we headed out for dinner and a Flamenco show.  The dinner was tapas with plenty to eat and drink.  After dinner, the show began and by the time it was over 1-1/4 hrs later, we were exhausted from the intensity for the flamenco dancing.  We only wished we understood the “story” that was being told.  The performance was excellent.  Then we had a brief walk to Columbus Blvd. where we had a pretty view of the Guadalquivir River and the beginnings of a sunset.  Tomorrow we leave at 8 am for the Corpus Christi celebrations in old town Seville.

Sunset in Seville

Ole!  Mary Alice