My 8:30 breakfast was in the hotel this morning, in a small area off the lobby where they have a few tables and a continental buffet. I was the only guest there, perhaps because most Spanish tourists stay out late drinking and don’t want to get up early. Or perhaps there are only a few guests in this small hotel.
It was overcast to begin the day, but later changed to partly cloudy.
I joined a free walking tour of Seville that gathers people from area hotels by 10:30 a.m. and then segregates this large group by language into smaller groups. My English-speaking group was about 20 in number, led by Ruben, a native Sevillano with passable English and a man bun. (He probably would have benefited from some time in Vaughan Town.) We followed Ruben and his purple umbrella around for the next 2.5 hours and he told many interesting stories about the history of the city. We ended up at the Plaza de Espana, built for the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition, and the location where some scenes of Lawrence of Arabia and the second episode of Star Wars movies were shot.
After the tour ended, I bought a sandwich for lunch at a restaurant we had passed and returned to the hotel for a siesta. Here is another photo of a typical street near my hotel in the Santa Cruz area of Seville.
My dinner was simple fare bought from a little grocery store nearby: a small, fresh baguette, some cheese, and an apple. Sadly, no wine. But I learned of a sweet wine made in Spain from oranges, vino de naranja, that I want to try and find tomorrow.
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