View Single Post
Christien Christien is offline
<insert witty title here>
 
Christien's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Hamilton, Ont.
Posts: 7,000
Garage
It was awesome, of course! I might have already told you, it was our second time there. We went to the Costa del Sol for our honeymoon 10 years ago. We did a day trip to Seville and said we absolutely have to come back. So for our 10th anniversary we did just that. 4 days in Seville, 2 in Carmona at the Parador, and 5 in Barcelona. Barcelona was cool, but I wish we'd spent more time in the south and a few less days in Barcelona. Seville was just great - as wonderful as we'd remembered it. The Parador was of course awesome, but I really liked Carmona. Our 2nd evening there we sat in the main square and watch the locals for a couple hours, drinking sangria. How perfect is that?

Here are a couple pics:

Me at the Parasol Metropol, a massive modern art structure over top of some Roman ruins in Seville. We didn't know about this place (it was built since our last trip there) and just stumbled across it by accident - absolutely awesome.


Stef sitting at a fountain somewhere in Seville:


The afore-mentioned Sangria in the main square in Carmona, with some salmojero on bread. This is a tomato/bread/oil/garlic/vinegar soup/spread that I fell in love with. In fact, I just made some this afternoon, which wasn't too bad for a first try! After this we went for a proper dinner. The appetizer was salmojero, which was the best I had the whole trip. Entree for me was bull steak which was excellent. Dessert was white chocolate "soup" as they called it, with mango and cloves. Absolutely to die for. And more wine. I don't really remember going to bed that night


Stef at the original city gate to Carmona:


Stef posted a whole bunch of pics on FB. If you can't click through from my profile, send her a friend request. She'll know exactly who you are because she spent 2 days singing your praises while we were at the Parador!
__________________
Current: 1987 911 cabrio
Past: 1972 911t 3.0, 1986 911, 1983 944, 1999 Boxster
Old 08-18-2012, 12:34 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #7 (permalink)