Sun 05.May.2013
Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain
Dang. I almost catch up on photos, and then bingo, another round of trains and
this post is now a portrait from the past. Pretend we are still in Sevilla, folks,
if only because Sevilla was warmer than Paris where I am typing this while I am still
awake.
Gotta put my Spanish back in the closet to gather dust for another year,
while I fake it for a couple of days in French before plunging so far into Germany
that I will be a leisurely hour's ride from having to fake it in Czech if I decide
to go that way a week from now.
Set the Way Back Machine for Spain...
Don Juan again. A portrait view in a landscape mode photo.
Moon over Puerta de la Carne street.
A curious name for an ATM network; Klau means "Theft" in German.
My educated guess: that key logo is the clue. Barcelona is a major banking and commerce
city. Betcha Clau is Catalan for "Key".
Torre d'Oro, the Tower of Gold. This riverfront tower marked the seaborne
entrance to Sevilla in Rennaisence times.
Two angles on a fairly cliche-ed monument to somebody on horseback, in the
Plaza Nueva
In the twisty, colorful, medieval maze of Barrio Santa Cruz
T-shirt giggle of the week.
Suds and ripples in a fountain pool in the Prado de San Sebastian, one of
a string of continuous parks and gardens that fan out from behind the Alcazar.
A very
thoughtful touch for joggers and walkers; I was far from the only one making use of them.