After a quick 2 hr flight and no immigration or customs (we flew from one European country to another) we were in a cab headed towards downtown. As we passed a lit-up stadium I asked the cabbie what was going on. "Sevilla versus Juve" came the reply, which I found hard to believe. But it was true - Juventus was in town for some European cup match and were still playing late at night - it was close to 10:30pm. We arrived at our hotel, dropped luggage and I convinced Pingle to go out for a bite. Just two blocks from our hotel we found a small tapas bar called Bodeguita Romero. I ordered some fish croquettes and Pingle got an order of fried prawn fritters (tortilla de camarones.) I liked mine but she didn't like hers so she tried again with an order of shrimps wrapped in potato threads. That one was a winner.
We then went wandering across the river and found a lively fair. There was plenty of drinking and partying going on. There was an official "fair wine" but we didn't try it until the next day. We simply walked around and took in the sights and sounds.
As you might expect in Spain, there was live music. We stopped near a stage at the end of the bridge to take in some singing. An older lady was belting out a typically tragic song about her lover leaving her for a younger woman, or something like that. I tried to take some video footage but I don't think you can make out much. After a while the sleepiness began to hit. We made our way back to the hotel and dropped into a deep sleep.
2 comments:
The shrimps in potato threads look awesome. How much does the city cool off at night? Could you sleep w/out A/C on a July night?
Sal, it is a true desert. During the daytime in the sun it's unbelievably hot. But once the sun goes down, the temp drops from the 100's to the 70's. It's nice in the morning, with a cool breeze. As far as sleeping without AC... I'm sure it's done, but we didn't try that.
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