“Settling In” in Sevllie

Our train ride through the Spanish countryside (miles and miles of olive tree groves) from Málaga to Seville was relaxing and on time!

We arrived in Seville on Sunday, May 27th, 2018.

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.

Here we found the major shopping streets and did some “window” shopping.

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,

Blogging Blues

Okay I have written several posts over the last week, some several times with much frustration.
Not sure what is happening/ is wrong with the program/app I’m using.
Hopefully, I can figure it out soon or I’ll not be blogging about this adventure while we are travelling.

We are now in Seville.

Hopefully I’ll be back soon! 

Part Two - Multi Málaga Experiences

We had front row seats to watch the procession from the restaurant and the entrance of our apartment building. 

The procession was a 150th Anniversary celebration full of regal pageantry, music, candles and religious incense. 

“on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the patronage of Santa Maria de la Victoria a procession will be celebrated with the participation of all the canonically crowned images of the city of Malaga”. (info from a brochure I was able to get) 

We stayed up to see 5 of the 10 floats. Each carried by 210 to 320 men depending on the size of the individual float that was in honour of a specific Canon. 

At one point it was raining peony and rose petals from above. The family with young children next to us had fun playing in the flower petal pile, just like you would in the fall in the raked leaves. 

The procession continued until past midnight, but we didn’t and luckily we weren’t disturbed by the noise from below. 

Next morning (Sunday) we had a quiet walk in Málaga. 

We were packed up and didn’t need to rush, checkout not until 11 and our train wasn’t until 2.

 It was the first and only time that we saw the city not bustling!

Next stop Seville ...


 I’m sure we will be back to Málaga, this beautiful port city on the Costa del Sol in Southern Spain has so much to offer.

Loved it here.

I’ll remember the beautiful Jacarandas ...