Sept 17 2017 Seville Spain

This morning we loaded the car and headed south towards Seville Spain.  It is a two day trip down to Granada Spain where Liam and I are planning our assault on Pico de Veleta.  It is a tough 43 kms of climb averaging 6.2%.  

In the mean time I enjoyed 8 hours of snoozing in the back seat.  Liam and Suibhan taking turns driving and Agnes and taking turns snoozing in the back seat.  Kind of reminds me of that old joke how I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandmother, not screaming like the other passengers.   Seriously Liam has a very nice BMW touring car which is extremely comfortable and cradled into a soft leather seat isn’t too hard to take. 

We took the freeway all the way so apart from a couple of breaks there wasn’t a lot to see.  Taking pictures out of the car window is less than satisfying.  Most of the freeway is toll road so you have to pull in and get a ticket and then pull in to pay.  I understand that residents can get a transponder for the tolls but as Liam lives in Aberdeen he does not have a transponder.  I am not use to tolls so I cannot comment on the price of the tolls other than one section was 25.85 euros which seemed like a lot.

We stopped at about 4:00 pm for lunch at a local Spanish restaurant.  For the very nice price of only 10 euros each we each got a huge roll (more of a small loaf of bread), a bowl of soup (it had noodles in it), a tuna salad, a coke, bottle of water, pork lion slices, fries, a very nice cheese cake desert, and a Café Grande Negro (which was so strong the spoon melted). It was a very interesting experience watching the locals who were all dressed up in their Sunday best and out enjoying a family outing.  I thought that considering that not one of us knew any Spanish and the waiter no English we did pretty well.

We arrived in Seville and got checked into our hotel which is an ultra-modern Hilton.  It is a gorgeous facility and at a very reasonable price.  Liam did great.   We talked about doing a city driving tour but the bikes are on the car and nobody really felt like being in the car after about 8 hours in the car.

Not much for pictures just a couple of castles we passed on the way and the welcome to Spain signs.

Stay tuned for shots of Granada and Pico de Veleta!

Terry