We have decided that the weather in Seville is a lot like in Florida. It is sunny one minute and cloudy the next and then it rains for 5 minutes. It is mild today, probably in the low 80s but I’m sure it gets very hot in the summer.
We are driving around the city using the GPS and that is working well. You can’t park very close to the old part of Seville, so once again we had to do a lot of walking. Today we first toured the Royal Palace (Real Alcázar) which was originally built in 911 by a Moorish caliph. Various kings of Seville (as opposed to the Kings of Leon) ruled from there until Isabel and Ferdinand united Spain and they lived in the palace for a time. One of the trips Columbus made to America was planned in one of the rooms we visited. We then toured the Cathedral of Seville. It is the third largest Cathedral in the world and is where Columbus is buried. We closed the day with a small but excellent Flamenco show. The performers were very good and had a lot of enthusiasm for the performance. I thought the one girl had a resemblance to Jennifer Lopez (see picture).
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