This year we stayed right around the corner from the Catedral de Sevilla.
Our apartment was quite nice but there were 20 flights of stairs (well, maybe 3).
Plaza de Santa Cruz
In the Jardines de Murillo, we found this monument to Christopher Columbus.
Monument to Christopher Columbus - the other side
Fuente de Catalina de Ribera, but it was not fuente-ing (fountain not working: La fuente no brotaba.))
We went on a "secret food tour". Our guide was surprised at the first "secret" stop when we told him we sometimes ate at El Comercio Bar Café because the…
Then we stopped at Casa Morales on the food tour. I am not at all sure what was stored in the giant vats. We had Montadito de pringá and Tortilla de patatas…
After we stopped at a shop to learn about jamon (which, of course, is far more than just ham) Elio (our tour guide) took us across this bridge to Triana.
At Las Golondrinas we had Champiñones con alioli, Pinchito moruno, and Chipirones a la plancha.
The Chiparones a la plancha
The outside of Las Golondrinas
Our final food stop was Casa Cuesta. There we had Espinacas con garbanzos, Salmorejo and Carrillada al PX. You can see that it had been raining on and off…
We could see the Catedral across the Guadalquivir.
On C. Agua. On the other side of the wall are peacocks and the gardens of the Alcázar. We stayed in the building on the right on a previous visit and had a…
We saw a good flamenco performance at the small La Casa de Flamenco. That is the cantaor Pepe de Pura in the center.
Monumento a la Inmaculada Concepción on the walk home from flamenco with the Alcázar in the background.
Top of the Monumento a la Inmaculada Concepción
This looks like it might be a protest, but it is an enthusiastic football rally.
Tile plaque for "our lady of the sea" is on C. Laraña.