Last Days in Seville

Our time in Seville is just zipping by ... our three weeks here is ending on Sunday (June 17th) when we checkout of our San Vicente apartment, pickup the rental car and head to our next destination. 

We originally planned on stopping one or two days at various locations over the course of our last two weeks here in Spain and playing tourist doing up the sights as we travelled north for our return flight. 

After living out of a suitcase in Málaga for the 3 days (not too much fun) we’ve decided that village/city hopping (changing hotels every other day) is not for us this trip and we’re going to take a vacation from our vacation! 

We will take two days to drive to our final destination, spending our last couple of weeks at the beach on the Mediterranean coast. 

The temperatures have been rising here in Seville ... today expected to reach 36°C, and just continuing to rise reaching 37/38°C Saturday/Sunday and early next week. With the sun shining brightly under blue skies and no cloud cover we will need to look for some cool places. 

Sounds like it’s time for some sea breezes! 

We will be able to explore the surrounding area from our home base seaside apartment in Torredembarra, a small town in the Province of Tarragona, Catalonia on the Costa Dorada if we feel the need for more adventure. 

I’ll be back later with updates from our time here in Seville.

We’re heading out to explore a bit more of this beautiful city! 

This was the view from on top of the El Corte Inglés earlier this week ... we could use this cloud cover today! 

Ham and Wine To Go

We are in the land of “jamon” / ham and we’ve been “hamming” it up! 

You see it everywhere in the bars, cafés, restaurants, supermarkets and specialty shops. 

It’s probably the number one item on any cold tapas menu.

On one of our first visits to the neighbourhood “Supermercados Mas”, the butcher gave Senor a lesson about this delectable nibble.  The butcher has taken a liking to us ... we’ve been treated to samples of various products and he has made suggestions about what we should select i.e. which oranges are the best, which  anchovies, meats & olives are typical/ traditional for tapas.

He has made us feel very welcome. I guess when the employees see you almost everyday in the shop, they start to recognize you and realize you’re not just here for a weekend. That is the reason we like to stay in one place longer than a few days. 

The display at the “Mas” supermarket.  

Senor checking out what’s on offer inside a café on one of the main shopping streets in the City Centre.

 

On one of our outings we were ready for a little something ... we discovered this wonderful spot “Flores Gourmet” ... a combination of a cheese, delicatessen and wine shop plus café! 

My kind of shopping.

I was in heaven! 

Here they have an employee who is full time on the job slicing the ham (jamon) with a special knife, long and narrow ... called a “jamerone”! 

Here Senor struck up a conversation with the slicer and expanded his knowledge about these hams. 

Of course we had to try the best “jamon” !

It was delicious! 

 

The display at the grocery shop in the El Corte Ingles department store. 

Some of these are like gold! 

Can you see the price?  

386.10€ @42.90/kg for 9 kgs (or 19.45 lbs) 

It goes well with our golden melon 2.2kg for 4.83€!  

There isn’t anything better than the saltiness of the ham (jamon) with the juicy, sweetness of melon.

Ham and melon are the perfect pairing! 

We love prosciutto with melon during the summer months.

Might have to take some of this “jamon” home as a souvenir.

Souvenirs, we don’t buy the traditional fridge magnets, key chains ... 

 We’ve bought some tins of “Bonito” tuna so tasty! 

Plus some bath soap ... 

And not to disappoint my sister I’ve been looking at linens, tablecloths, which is typically my souvenir when travelling but haven’t purchased anything yet ... 

lots to choose from, made in Spain!

Testing the BlogTouch App

Test post ... 

My blogger app has not been working to the point of much frustration. 

I’ve rewritten 3 different posts to date in the last couple of weeks.