Tuesday, October 20, 2026

18 October 2026 Seville: A Trip to the Fine Arts Museum

 


The music festival was a 12 hour marathon and we knew better than to get there too early.  There was no way we could last the entire 12 hours so we added another activity.  We wanted to eat a big lunch so we did not have to eat the food truck food at the concert.  It wasn't easy as the first five places we stopped at were completely full.  We finally found a Dutch place for lunch and the schnitzel I ordered was passable, but Leslie's spring roll turned out to be a deep fried curry egg roll!  We ate what we could and then headed over to the Seville Fine Arts museum.  It was 50% religious artifacts and the rest were mostly portraits.  The real gem was the building that housed the museum!   It was housed in a former convent built in 1594.


Looking for a restaurant and this square was decked out


Grand doors


Extended balconies


A great secret courtyard


A bike used as a sign for the restaurant


We got the worst table in the place


Our bill came pout in a little wooden shoe




The museum


A fun fixture 


The building shines right off the bat


Carved wooden panels


Clearly the church was the main art benefactor


Hmmm, a severed head


Anatomically correct


When your new friends invite you over for dinner!


Mustache row


Tiles


So colorful and detailed


Ceramic and a wall hangiong


This is a serious ceiling 


So much going on


Very inmpressive



The door into the library


A sleepy little tyke


Dog wrestling


A much more friendly dog


The galleries were very well designed


A painting of an exorcism 


The little demon that emerged


An entire wall depicting the life of a saint


Another serious ceiling


Carving and more carving


Did the artist die and the angel finished the painting.  Or did the angel kill the artist and deface the painting?


A bit of period correct mucic


The townsfolk hold up a painting of Saint Francis of Paola which stops an earthquake mid-tremor  


Fine cabinetry


The center of attention


Photo realism from before there was photography


We have entered the bullfighting wing


This matador did not make it


Do not distract the matadors befor the fight


The three eras of this woman's life, single, married and widdowed


Ahhhhh the ruffled skirt


We have reached the end


Heading out via the courtyards


Back outside


Knockers


Heading back to the car next to the local market





      It has been 4 years and 126 days since we began our Migration

Monday, October 19, 2026

17 October 2026 Seville: Road Trip to See a Show


One does not take a road trip without a car to take on the road.  So we rented a car.  There were some issues with finding the office of the rental car place, its good that I sorted it out the day before.  After that, the process was straight forward, I walked to the office showed my ID and was driving away in a few minutes.  We were all packed and when I pulled up to the apartment Leslie and I loaded the car quickly and were on our way to Seville.  The drive might take 2.5 hours as the mapping software would indicate, but our drive took a bit longer.  It is not that I am a slow driver but there were bicycles that passed us because I was taking my time.  At 3 PM we arrived to the hotel, checked in and took off on a hike to the park.  Parque is what they are called here and this one was the Parque de Maria Louisa.  We strolled randomly and it was very relaxing.  We shook off all the highway miles getting our shoes vary dirty in the process.  We walked for an hour and then had our standard Spanish dinner issues once we returned to the hotel.  Restaurants were open but not the kitchen, the room service had food but limited menu items.  We went to the store and bought a few things which we ate with some of the things we brought along.  



Rest stop 


There were several buildings were built in 1929 for the Ibero-Amercian Exposition 


Back in the days where adding beauty to a building was normal


Restroom signs


Most unusual


A ball of fluff fell on my head


It fits in nicely


An askew bit on the sconce


A great day for a stroll


Manny adventures to enjoy


Is this the tunnel of love?


A gazebo on top


The palms like it here


No end os ornmentation


Frog fountain


Follow the checkerboard road


A tiny trunk house


A bigger house


Hiding in the trees


Still a 5 minute walk to the center


Horses with carriages


A 50,000 square meter area


Very fancy


Tall towers


A moat in the center


Row boat sized


A great visit


      It has been 4 years and 125 days since we began our Migration