Majan did not sleep at all last night. Must have been the excitement of a travel day to Madrid!
We were up early as I had mucked up the car/train booking. So we needed to get the car into Sevilla by 9:45, but our train did not leave till 13:40 (Spanish style time). So we drove out through the rural dawn, stopped at a servo for a coffee...Marjan had two....the second means she has a very hairy chest!
Got the car to Santa Justa train station, on Avenida Kansas City ...yeah go figure....apparently a sister city relationship.
Anyway the train station had a Left Luggage office to leave our luggage, and a helpful info man, who told us all about the buses, so we made the most of our sojourn by riding into town and visiting the Plaza España. Nearly every town in Spain has a Plaza España, but Sevilla's is special for a few reasons. On a personal level, I recall the girls, particularly Anna running around here 20 odd years ago. It is also an amazing building, built for the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition. Finally it has a little alcove for every province in Spain.
Marjan and I enjoyed a walk around the shady bits, reminiscing about our trip 20 years ago, and getting photographed in our region.
Eventually it was time to head back, get our luggage back and board the train for Madrid.
We got to Madrid without incident, found our digs, literally a ston'es throw from Sol. For those who don't know Madrid, Sol is the centre of the known universe for madrileños, it is kilometer zero for Spanish roads, pretty much in the centre of Madrid, which is pretty much in the centre of Spain and constantly abuzz, and constantly under construction. So nice accommodation. We managed to do a grocery shop and are awaiting the first of our daughters who will join us for some family time.
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