Day 6 - 8 May, 2006: Carmona
Somewhere along the road from Puerto Lumbreras to Ceuta, we gave our trusty steed, Patsy, a pretty good boo-boo. We put a pretty hefty gouge in her right-front fender. Don't really know when or where, or who was driving, but it was a doosy. Anyway, we noticed a pretty big Renault dealership in Seville, so we were going to try to get some touch-up paint to make an attempt at fooling the Hertz people when we returned her.
If felt real good to sleep in this morning. We all met up around 10 or so for breakfast. Honestly, it feels like our vacation is finally getting started. Even after 4 days in Spain; it's just been so hectic that to be able to unpack and just take it easy is really nice.
After a quick jaunt into the outskirts of Seville to the Renault dealership, and after coming up empty on the touch-up paint idea, we decided to go back to Carmona and see what it had to offer. See, most museums in Seville are closed on Mondays, so to spend today in Seville would have been less than productive.
Back in Carmona, we hit the terrace of the parador for a wonderful lunch consisting of huge queen olives, some ham and cheese sandwiches and some ice cold cervesas and sangria. After lunch we headed out for our exploration. The timing couldn't have been worse. Damn those Spaniards and their siestas! The little town of Carmona, at least the historic part, was beautiful. There were huge fortified gates at the base of the hill on which the old town was built and at the other end of the town below our parador.
It was so hot today; at least 90 with absolutely no shade. It was kind of funny really; we would walk down the street on whichever side had the most shade, and when the shade changed we would all switch sides.
The women-folk found some nice looking shops; but of course they were closed for their siestas; somewhere to go after dinner. Speaking of dinner, when we drove into town last night, Adam noticed a place that was the namesake of one of his favorite Mexican places in Atlanta, El Potro. It was our first taste of "locals only" Spanish fare; and our first exposure to the classic spanish dish, Paella. Until I almost ate the shrimp head, it was fantastic. Even after the near-head experience, it was delicious.
Today was a wonderfully relaxed day. Tomorrow will be a little less so, since we're going back into Seville to tour the Alcazar, the Barrio Santa Cruz, and the Cathedral.
If felt real good to sleep in this morning. We all met up around 10 or so for breakfast. Honestly, it feels like our vacation is finally getting started. Even after 4 days in Spain; it's just been so hectic that to be able to unpack and just take it easy is really nice.
After a quick jaunt into the outskirts of Seville to the Renault dealership, and after coming up empty on the touch-up paint idea, we decided to go back to Carmona and see what it had to offer. See, most museums in Seville are closed on Mondays, so to spend today in Seville would have been less than productive.
Back in Carmona, we hit the terrace of the parador for a wonderful lunch consisting of huge queen olives, some ham and cheese sandwiches and some ice cold cervesas and sangria. After lunch we headed out for our exploration. The timing couldn't have been worse. Damn those Spaniards and their siestas! The little town of Carmona, at least the historic part, was beautiful. There were huge fortified gates at the base of the hill on which the old town was built and at the other end of the town below our parador.
It was so hot today; at least 90 with absolutely no shade. It was kind of funny really; we would walk down the street on whichever side had the most shade, and when the shade changed we would all switch sides.
The women-folk found some nice looking shops; but of course they were closed for their siestas; somewhere to go after dinner. Speaking of dinner, when we drove into town last night, Adam noticed a place that was the namesake of one of his favorite Mexican places in Atlanta, El Potro. It was our first taste of "locals only" Spanish fare; and our first exposure to the classic spanish dish, Paella. Until I almost ate the shrimp head, it was fantastic. Even after the near-head experience, it was delicious.
Today was a wonderfully relaxed day. Tomorrow will be a little less so, since we're going back into Seville to tour the Alcazar, the Barrio Santa Cruz, and the Cathedral.
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