Giberaltar

And so we set off for Seville- 20 passengers, one tour guide, one coach driver and me. We met a second guide in Seville who would talk us through our visit to the cathedral. I spent most of my time rounding up stragglers in the group, particularly those who were engrossed in photographing everything they saw. So I didn’t learn much more than on my last visit back in September.

We followed our cathedral tour with a walk through some narrow backstreets until we found ourselves under “Rosina’s balcony”. The significance of this balcony was a bit lost on me but I dutifully took a photo of it and Googled it later.

Apparently I need to see the opera “the Barber of Seville “ to fully understand the importance of the balcony. As it happens I’ve given up opera ever since “The Marriage of Figaro” at the Edinburgh festival last year so I’ll need to resort to reading Pierre Beaumarchais’s comedy on which “The Barber of Seville” is based.

After that it was lunch at El 29 Restaurante. The food was lovely- here’s a sample.

We also had a very nice white wine they served, perfectly chilled. I took a photo of the label,hoping to set my sommelier the task of finding it but as it is made specifically for the restaurant that might prove difficult even for him.

Whilst the meal was nice we did spend more time than anticipated at the restaurant, meaning we had only a fleeting visit to the Plaza De Espana, which left most passengers a bit disappointed

Anyway we were back onboard at 18.00 – when I should have been going to dinner but since I felt like I’d only just had lunch I decided not to bother. I spent the time getting the room ready for the evening bridge session instead.

We left port late evening and headed for Gibraltor. Denis and I have never been, but the mere mention of it as brings a smile to our faces as it reminds us of Denis’ mum who always added an extra syllable to its name.

So Giberaltar here we come