Southern Europe - Day 19

Brilliant day today covering 2 countries and one superb city. And the sun shone bright and hot all day.

We woke in Portugal but quickly were on the road and into Spain. We headed for Cadiz on the coast and TomTom routed us via Sevilla. When we reached Sevilla we figured we'd have a peek about the place but almost gave up when parking was a struggle. Then we found an area of open ground and free parking so were set. And we're so glad we did!

Sevilla's central area is mostly pedestrianised. Apart from the horse drawn carts and trams of course. Once in the centre we quickly decided that paying for a horse drawn tour of the main sights was more value than going into the cathedral and the castle and about the same price. It was a luxury sitting back and being taken around the city with the sun on our faces and seeing all the attractions the city had to offer.

The Plaza de Espana was absolutely stunning. It was built in 1929 as much of Sevilla's important buildings appear to have been, for the Ibero-American Exhibition. It has an array of fountains and bridges and looked glorious in the afternoon sun.

We finished our horse drawn tour back at the cathedral where we indulged in some scrumptious tapas sitting outside being baked by the sun. Lovely!

From there we wandered through the old quarters of Santa Cruz down to the world famous bull ring and took the tour. What a fascinating place. We would both dearly love to come back and watch a bull fight one day, although Mrs Blakey would be cheering for bulls.

Sevilla was a wonderful city. Easy to get around - the bike tracks are everywhere - and well kept besides. It really notices that we've left Portugal behind.

Cali thought for the day: I'm impressed with the tailgate. We have two bikes on there with the default VW bike rack and the tail gate holds them up without needing help. It just sits at 90 degrees no problems.

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