Sevilla 2024

This past week in Sevilla has been a mix of sunny days and days of scattered showers (but warmer than the week before)! 

We missed most of the rain! We went to a flamenco show - Tablao Flamenco "Orillas de Triana" - which was great! All 4 performers excelled - the guitarist spanned the emotions, from sad to excited; the singer carried us along with her fabulous alto voice; the 2 dancers were elegant, sensual, and athletic!

We spent an afternoon at Plaza de España, exploring the architecture and mosaics

And we spent a morning at the Mercado de Triana - after such a sparse selection of fresh vegetables at our local market, I was thrilled to find asparagus, green beans, cherries, and black beans! Besides fresh produce, the market also has restaurants, meats, and leather goods! We stopped across the street for a light tapas lunch and some Chinese takeout for dinner later. 😋

One strange thing I can't quite wrap my head around is the parking situation - here's the street outside our apartment. The motorcycle is the only vehicle moving! The rest are parked - perpendicular, but then other cars park parallel, blocking them in (and it's not just for 10 minutes!). The blocking cars don't get tickets, and we don't hear horns blowing... Maybe the ones "legally" parked just never move?

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For more photos, see the Sevilla 2024 album