We arrived in Seville on Sunday, May 27th, 2018.
Here we found the major shopping streets and did some “window” shopping.
Come back tomorrow for more of our discovery strolls, we are going to look for this plaza,
Seville, the capital of the Andalusia region of Spain is situated on the Guadalquivir River and has six distinctive neighbourhoods.
We chose the San Vicente area based on this description ... “ a residential neighbourhood notable for its many squares and churches, located in the northwest of the historic centre. Minutes from the major sights and attractions, it makes an ideal base to explore an authentic part of the city and enjoy some of Seville's most renowned local tapas bars”.
We didn’t want to be directly in a tourist area (way too busy for our liking) and as it turned out, we chose well ... we are within easy walking distance from most of what the city has to offer.
Thank goodness for “Google Earth” ... it has helped us when planning our travels/in choosing the location for our travel accommodations!
We were introduced to the workings of our apartment by Ludovic (a very friendly French expat from Bordeaux) an employee of the rental company, Veo Apartments.
It was after 6pm on a Sunday and we weren’t certain if any stores would be open. Ludovic suggested the local Supermercados might be open. We ventured in search of this market in our neighbourhood to buy some basics i.e. coffee for the morning, some cheese, bread, fruit, ham and wine for tonight’s dinner ... we were in luck, the Mas was open until 6:30PM.
The apartment has everything we need for our three-week stay and is in a very central location.
It is located in the 19th century building, Casa Palacio with a beautiful inner courtyard.
The apartment is the perfect size for us ... with a large bedroom (euro king-size bed - maybe too comfortable we’ve been sleeping in later than normal every morning), open concept kitchen with breakfast bar, living/dining room and two large windows that lets of light in. The best rain-shower bathroom we’ve ever seen or used.
Dear Son, Michael (my plumber/contractor) if you’re reading this ... you may need to put one of these in Mom’s shower at home, please!
For our first couple of days we’ve been exploring/ discovering the local area.
On Monday we sauntered into the “Centro” Center passing thru several beautiful squares/plazas.
Señor Honey thinks I need a new hat, a fan and these red high heels for flamenco dancing!
Oh wait don’t you think I need the dress too?
I lost Señor a couple of times, he had to check out the clock/ watch shop ...
And test some fragrances at L’Occitane en Provence
I’m still enamoured with the beautiful bluish purple Jacarandas ... that look like something out of a fairytale storybook.
Come back tomorrow for more of our discovery strolls, we are going to look for this plaza,
