Saturday in Seville

Saturday, May 27, 2017--Seville

It was another day with lots of walking.  First, we headed across the street into the Parque de Maria Luisa.  We walked to the Plaza of the Americas which is where the exhibits from American countries were located during the 1922 World's Fair.  Most are now museums, and some of them are impressive buildings.  (The link also shows the big building of Plaza de Espana which is far away in another part of the park.)

We crossed the bridge there to go to Triana, the city on the opposite side of the river from Seville.  We walked near the river there going through its main shopping district and stopping at sights such as the Capilla del Carmen, the Mercado de Triana, the Corral de las Flores (a central entrance courtyard surrounded by multiple apartment entrances), the Centro Ceramica Triana, the Parroquia de Santa Ana, the Esfera Armilar (the zero mile marker to represent where Columbus started his voyage), and eventually reached the Museo de Carruajes on the 1992 Fair Grounds which was an old monastery and porcelain factory and is now a contemporary art museum).

After seeing the art, we crossed a bridge back to the old town of Seville and wandered through narrow streets including through the old Jewish Quarter of Santa Cruz.

After shopping and having happy hour in the room, we went out again around 21:00.  We watched an open-air production of Cinderella at a Children's Festival and wandered around streets again before returning to the hotel.

Note about computer problem last night:  An update didn't get completed.  When I tried to reboot, the operating system would not complete its opening.  It hung and stayed there.  I had to reinstall the operating system to get it to work again.