Sweltering Sevilla!

Our train pulled up to Madrid at 9:00am and I found myself surprisingly well-rested from the 10 hour train ride. We found our way through the train station and to the Metro where we slyly used our last 2 passes of our 10-pass Metro ticket we had purchased the first day of our trip. Stopping at the oh-so familiar San Bernardo Metro stop, we enjoyed one last helping of gelato from Giangrossi before heading off to (almost miss!) our train to Seville.

The 2.5 hour train ride to Seville flew b as Brent and I passed time by watching a couple episodes of The Office. We arrived to a sweltering 107 degree Seville at 2:30pm and thought it would be best to quickly purchase our overnight train tickets from Granada to Barcelona. Little did we know that it would take about an hour of frustration with language barriers and full trains before we finally figured out a route that would work. As Brent so perfectly called it, our trip over the next few days is more like “Backtracking Through Europe”. Since trains from Granada to Barcelona had filled, we will have to take a detour by backtracking again to Madrid before heading out to Barcelona on the 25^th. Follow our map for more details. :)

Once we finally settled our tickets, we snatched a map of the city of Seville from La Oficina de Turismo then slowly but surely found our way through the city to our hostel. We arrived to the hostel about 5 pounds lights and after checking in and dropping our bags in the tiny room, we headed out to La Alimentacion for some ice cold orange juice. Heaven.

We strolled around the streets for a while, attempting to cross over to the shady side of the street as we tried our best to adjust to the dramatic heat spike. Later in the evening, we took our time and many pictures before landing ourselves in a romantic café, tucked neatly into the corner of adjoining alleyways. We enjoyed a relaxing meal of pan de ajos (garlic bread) and paella de camarones. Yummy! Unfortunately, my sunglasses got lost in the shuffle this first day, but if that’s the worst thing we’ve lost, we’re doing okay. :)