Servilla - Day 28

Walked over to the other side of the Rio Guadalquivir to the Triana District. It was suggested that this is a good area to have great tapas as it is less touristy. It is an area where the gypsies settled many moons ago.

    There are lots of bridges of Servilla and we crossed the bridge of Isabel II also known as the Triana bridge. It is the most emblematic bridge in the city, the first metal bridge also, built in 1852.

   First stop the local markets just on the other side of the river. Very similar to the ones in Narbonnes but on a much smaller scale. 

   Iberian ham is everywhere here. It is very much like prosciutto.

   We walked around for quite some time but not much was open. Lots of restaurants and bars but not much else. Being Saturday must be the reason, maybe their day off? Will have to investigate that before next Saturday, wherever we will be. Nothing much else to do but have a cold beer next to the river looking back over the city.

We did see two weddings in the area and boy was it hot and they were all so dressed up and not travelling in airconditioned cars but open horse drawn carriages. Felt sorry for the horses. 

    Lunch back at the markets as it is a cool spot as the temperature today is 40. First and probably only paella of the trip(not as good as Sim's).

   This is typical of siesta time in Servilla, being able to stand in the middle of the road on one of the busiest bridges in Servilla.

While I was trekking back to the Cathedral to get pictures because I lost yesterday's, Mez was checking out a whole lot of commotion in the square next to our hotel. A group of guys on a bucks show having a great time.

Forgot to tell you yesterday when we visited The Cathedral we walked to the top of the tower and had fantastic views of the whole city. If your interested it was ONLY a 37 floor walk up ramps to the top, not for the faint hearted.

Servilla is a beautiful city and a must visit.

Tomorrow we pick up our first car in Spain and head to Ronda.