Day 4

Well it serves me right - eating 4 steaks then going straight to bed is a ridiculous idea 

So, come the morning I was feeling a little tired and had the prospect of shopping to look forward to

Luckily there was breakfast beforehand - croissants filled with cheese and Iberian Ham and freshly squeezed orange juice - lovely

We then did some souvenir shopping before calling into one of our locals for a well deserved beer





We still haven’t quite worked out the bar etiquette but it seems that you just order and they remember what all your drinks have been and you pay at the end - probably 

We did a little more shopping before Joss got hungry so we found a place for us to try our first ever tapas

And the good news was that they also served proper sized beers !!!





How pleased was I 

Here’s our tapas



The only thing missing from the picture was the potato omelette but from top to bottom we have mini steer burger, aubergine and tuna pasta bake, cheese croquettes and chips and spinach with chickpeas

All absolutely delicious 

We then had a wander and found the El Salvador church

Don’t let anyone tell you there isn’t money in religion 







Although their ode to Dr Who needed a bit of work



We then meandered through the gorgeous streets



Until we found where Boris comes for his holidays



That got us all hot under the collar (now 31 degrees) so we stopped for a beer



...before heading home for a little siesta - when it’s this hot you really do have to think the locals have a point 

After getting ready we trotted off to the flamenco show (via a bar) only to find that a queue had already formed

We were still in good time though and we were this close to the stage



The show was very good with this time the bloke being the star whilst the lady was not as good as the one from the last show

The wailer was better but I reckon I could still beat him ....

We then walked round for a bit and destiny dragged us back to our favourite restaurant where we both had meatballs



Which were delicious 

Joss was not happy about leaving Seville tomorrow



We then walked back to “our little pub” through the backstreets



And had one last glass of wine



A great ending to a lovely day




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