Our last full day in Spain and more specifically Seville started with a walk to the bus station to organise our bus trip to the southern tip of Spain, more later on.
We then decided to go to ABC. There is debate if ABC stands for Another Beautiful Cathedral or Another Bloody Church! I'm leaning towards the later.
The Seville Cathedral is the largest Gothic Cathedral in the world (and 3rd largest overall). The main features are the Tomb of Christopher Columbus, his son's tombstone, a couple of Goyas and the Giralda Tower. The tower gave 360 degree views of Seville. Instead of climbing steps as we have done dozens of times mow, there were 36 ramps. The ramps were designed for horses to go up the tower. Why? Who knows?
After the cathedral and some tapas we went back to the hotel to organize our next stage of the trip and some lounging around the pool.
For dinner we went to a restaurant called Eslava and without a doubt we had our best dinner in Spain and equal to anything we have had in all of Europe. We sat outside on stools around a small table, it was a lovely evening, temperature still in the high 20s at 9 pm. We had 2 tapas dishes each. Kristin had the cigar shaped cuttlefish in pastry and the slow cooked egg on boletus cake, both award winning dishes in Seville. Andy had the pork ribs in rosemary and honey and the tenderloins in a dill sauce. Each dish was superb. A couple of desserts and a few beers and wines made the dinner perfect. Two young American boys sitting next to us, were working their way down the menu and couldn't believe how good every dish was. If you ever go to Seville, Eslava has to be on the list.
On the walk home, we ran into the Hercules square and the city walls and had a nightcap at our favourite bar, El Roncincillo.
Thursday 25th June
Off to Morocco! We had always intended to go to Morocco but had booked anything until Wednesday! Andy doesn't cope well with that lack of planning and detail!
We caught the 9 :30 bus to Tarifa (Southern tip of Spain, not fsr from Gibraltar ). It was supposed to arrive at 12:20 but arrived at 12:40. With typical Spanish organization, the bus syop is about 1.5 km away from the ferry port. We had booked tickets for the 1 pm ferry. (If we missed that, we would have to wait until 5pm for the next boat. Kristin was panicking and Andy was hoping it would be okay. A taxi trip, where we got stuck behind a slow moving tractor just added to the tension. By the time we checked in, went through passport control and luggage scan we just made it in time. Never in doubt!
We arrived in Tangier, Morocco and began our 10 day tour. A car drove us to Chefchaouen (2 hours away), a picturesque, Berbe, painted blue town in the Rif Mountains.
We have had a quick look around the town, we have all day tomorrow to explore, and a meal at a local restaurant which served traditional food. The meal was good but a bit of a let down from the previous evening.
Not too sure of wifi coverage over the next week, do the blogs could be irregular.
Cheers,
A & K.
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