I think we need a complete down day. Luckily we are only 2 days away from our beachfront weeklong hangout. The Alcazar, a moorish castle, which is supposed to be the jewel of Seville was mostly a bust in my eyes. Perhaps it was because we got a late start yet again and visited in the heat of the day and unlike yesterday’s cathedral, the Alcazar offered little escape from the heat. Lots of interesting architecture, room after room of it.
With a few paintings and trinkets in between, but few gems for the kids.
A couple of highlights
1) The water reservoir converted to a decorative pond with huge carp
2) the garden maze that for the most part kept us out of the heat
That’s about it. The heat was just too much today. We saw 38 celsius when we left the hotel at 6:30 pm, which means the high was probably 40+. That’s 104 fahrenheit plus! Tomorrow’s high is a predicted 104 fahrenheit too. YIKES!
I’m relieved to see the highs in Fuengirola, our next stop, are literally 20 degrees fahrenheit cooler!
We made it back to the hotel without melting and settled in for Siesta. I listened to a radio station on the TV as I attempted to doze off….
Smooth Operator – Sade.
Video killed the radio star – The Buggles
Wouldn’t it be good – Nik Kershaw
Nothing like a good 80’s station to put me in a melancholic mood. I’m starting to fear returning back to life as we know it. The hecticness of it all, and the continual march of time. Wasn’t the 80’s just yesterday? Soon the kids will be grown and gone. Enjoy them while you can, right?
Zeke, Jane, Maeve and I rounded up groceries at the store down the block. Zeke doing some serious extra-credit Spanish language work to get mom an ice cold diet Pepsi. Here’s Maeve enjoying her desert and Theo showing his full tummy in the background…
Later the 2 of them getting each other clean…
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