The capital of Andalucia:Sevilla

On Wednesday morning, we walked along the David to the train station (Estación de Málaga Maria Zambrano) from Málaga to Sevilla. The trains are fast and comfortable, so the price is higher than the buses. If we sit inside, we pay € 69.8 per person for a round-trip ticket (can be paid by credit card). Our journey will last 1 to 55 min. (One way, there are other trains going to € 19,30 for about 2 hours and 45 minutes, but the times did not fit us.) You can check the site www.renfe.es for train times and fees.)

When the train arrived at Estación de Santa Justa in Seville, we went to the tourist office first; it was not where it was described, so we went out of the station and randomly fell down the road. I walked for a while and said a pre-emptive couple "Where is the city center?" they are understandable; I said 'city', I said 'center', they do not understand. This time we said Spanish 'centrar', the woman understood, but could not describe the way, the male told us Spanish, we continued "gracias" :-)) In the south the Spaniards do not usually speak English or even "city" She did not even know the words. And of course in English, in Spanish, and in Spanish :-)) Still, they are very sweet, trying to tell, I do not know and they do not turn away. Unfortunately, he did not speak English, as the man described, after asking a young Spaniard this time after walking for a while. Nevertheless, we understood and understood that we were on the right track.

As we walked like this, we found ourselves in the Jewish Quarter of the city called Santa Cruz (Barrio de Santa Cruz). Just as it is in Cordoba, the Jews do not actually live there, and in the 15th century these streets, where Christians live in the country, continue to protect the neighborhood. In the narrow streets of Santa Cruz, we walked around in the low-rise, beautiful white houses, beautiful courtyards, hidden courtyards, cafés ... We finally saw Giralda.

Giralda is one of the most important monuments of the city with a length of 100 meters. It can be reached up to the top to watch the view of the city. If you come to this city outside the summer season, you can try; we did not even have such a climb in our heat.

Next to Giralda is the Seville Cathedral, one of the most important symbols of the country - the street neighbor. It was thought to be the largest cathedral in the world, but we did not look at it from the outside. From the outside it is really huge; or wide deel, not too high, but wide. It contained the grave of Christopher Columbus and attracted many visitors.

We sat in the square where the cathedral was, and took the only shadow of the middle fountain to the cathedral so that we could get some rest and live the air of the square. Everyone has a look at our site :-) The weather is very hot, so there are dozens of phaetons in front of the cathedral, the drivers are trying to attract customers by calling "paseo, paseo". It's enough to say "paseo" instead of saying "Would you like to go for a ride with a phaeton" for long? :-) I do not like this phaeton business because I can not compete with horses; but many people are touring the city with phaetons, curious about these tours around 40-50 euros.

At the back of the fountain is very nice cafes, restaurants filled the streets. It's all lunch time so full. We get up from our beautiful place, walk across the street and settle in a massage we find empty. Named Bodega Belmento, the menu at the entrance of the tapas bar is hung.( To remember what the tapas is please come this way)

We also look at the menu and say a few tapas. I say paella again so that 'paella' will pass the day again :-) One of my favorite Spanish dishes is 'paella de marisco', a seafood paella. I also like Salmorejo. I think I can describe it as a creamy cold tomato soup; but there is no cream in it. Tomatoes, bread, olive oil, garlic and salt are all served on the rondodon and served with boiled eggs. Ice cold beer next to it. David says something like baked potatoes. We liked our meals very much, and it was delicious (even here at night once more).

After meals, we are starting to walk towards our real destination. Where is our target? Real Alcázar, of course. We passed through the interstate and saw the exit gate of the Alcazar, there was a tourist office there, we entered immediately and took our maps and turned left to the entrance. At the entrance, there was a long tail and extreme sun. There is no way to escape from the sun, we have to wait here in the sun. I do not know how long we waited, after a while the queue came to us and we paid € 9.5 per head and we took our tickets and entered the area.

Reales Alcázares was the oldest official royal residence in the world, built in the 14th century and still in use. The King and Queen of Spain would stay here when they were in Seville. I think they are out in the house today, their house is left to us :-)

The exterior of the first courtyard, the Patio del Leon (Patio de la Monteria), is different from each other; but we saw adjacent buildings. Left, middle and right, three doors seemed, we started from the right. There was a small museum with the stairs leading up to the top of the stairs, covered with colorful ceramics on the walls. We walked around here quickly and got down to the bottom, and this time we entered the most spectacular door.

This door took us to a big, beautiful saloon. Apart from the walls covered with colorful ceramic tiles from our boys, giant rugs we hanged on to see what was on them. One was a map from old times; but it seemed like it was hanging upside down. When we followed the road, a courtyard was opened again, but what a courtyard! There is a fountain in front of it, a wonderful stone wall behind it, water running from the hill to the pool, the lush gardens all look so beautifully so beautifully magnificent, we are just looking around. Then I started to photograph at every step, thinking how I could reflect this beauty, how I take pictures.

When we went down the stairs, we were now in lush, beautiful gardens. For a pleasant walk in royal gardens - say the room:) - you need to reserve at least one hour. We have a travel plan in our brochure, we look at it; but the gardens go so big, it does not end these beauties ... We are going for a long time, we are enjoying.

Finally, when we get to the exit, we walk towards the Plaza de España, one of the city's major squares, leaving the Royal House and its gardens, which are truly fascinating with its stunning stone workmanship, colorful ceramics and peaceful gardens.

We cross the square to the edge of Quadalquivir River and see the Golden Tower (Torre del Oro). In front of the river is a boat for the navigation. This river does not only divide the city physically; perhaps it also separates their lives and their lifestyle; because the opposite coast is Triana. This is more commonly known as the gypsy region. Flamenco, which is the symbol of Sevilla or even the whole country, is born and spreads by the dancing of the pain of the people living there. The 'El Puente de Triana', the Triana Bridge, was built in 1852, connecting the two sides. Before crossing the bridge, we go back and take a break in Plaza de España. I sit down in the trees a little bit before I fill it with water and drink it, and then I wash it almost :-) This fountain first makes us cool and then it hurts. While we were leaving the water for the last time filling our bottles with water, the phone in the hand of David fell down and the window was broken very badly and the telephone was unavailable. This situation is very bad for moralism, we do not have the enthusiasm to look at something else, we are already very tired; We go to the hostel and tell them to get some rest. We pass through the beautiful and spacious street where the tram behind the cathedral passes. We go to the hostel by walking across narrow streets with nice cafes, restaurants, shops. We only stayed one night, so we chose a hostel that was very convenient for the price, 8-10 minutes walk to the center. As for the Hostele, we met a very beautiful building with white painted, black wrought-iron windows and the inside was simple and stylish. In the reception, Elena did our work and pointed out where we could go on the map in the evening, where she was, sweet and sweet. We were so tired when we got out of the room that we immediately slept. I was rested even if I did not sleep completely.

A few hours later we got up and went out again. First we went to Triana. We crossed one of the bridges over the river and walked along the river. In fact we were looking for a local place to eat; first we did not see any places, we walked as we walked, then the main bridge, the Triana Bridge, around tapas bars, restaurants came out.

The waiter came to the edge of the river, we sat in a local restaurant, but as expected, he spoke no English except a few words. He brought us a menu, so-called English menu, but we did not understand anything. He wrote the name of the food, but he did not write anything about what their contents were, we did not know what to eat. The beer and coke we wanted before the meal was very bad - the gauze, the gas escaped - The prices in the menu were so high, we had not seen tapas so expensive in any restaurant we went to. We paid for the drinks and decided to go to Bodega Belmonte, where we ate lunch.

We knew the way now, we never did, but while we were looking around the road, we were spending a little more time watching the cathedral, street artists.

It was almost at midnight, the kitchen was closed in Belmonte, so we went to Bar Toro Toro, the only open place, and quickly said 5-6 different tapas. The waiter knew English, and the English menus were also nice. So, under the name of the food, what we wrote in it, so we had a idea about that meal. Actually, Elena in the hostel told us that the tapas bars around the cathedral were very touristy, we could eat the food cheaper and more delicious on the side of Triana, I do not know how we found the worst in the tapas restaurant. Anyway, we loved Bar Toro Toro. We ate our meals and went to the hostel for the last time in the streets of the old town, we will get up early in the morning and we will catch the Málaga train at 08:00.

Of course, the Andalusian Autonomous Region is the largest city with more than 1.5 million inhabitants. but despite the high temperatures we still have seen a lot of places where we are performing well and aiming. Adiós Sevilla!