Its hot!

After Lisbon we moved on to Faro on Wednesday where we spent a relaxing five hours at the beach. It was great to have some time to chill after being so busy but it did come with a slight downside. When we got back to the hotel we both discovered that, despite lashings of suncream, we managed to get some very patchy patterns of sunburn! So we have been incredibly careful ever since. lol. We had a great meal in Faro at night - which also included a litre of white wine for 3.50 and then a wander by the harbour.

And so to Seville. We got the bus at 8.30 to arrive in Seville by 12. As we were traveling we watched as steadily the temperature gauge climbed from 22 degrees up to 39 as we arrived in Seville. Yesterday it hit 42 in the afternoon and its been the same today. We are literally melting but having a great time still.

Seville is gorgeous. Yesterday we explored the city a bit ourselves seeing the cathedral (but not inside because it was closed for a festival) and various Plazas. We asked for a recommendation of where to go for lunch and headed to a very popular restaurant "Coloniales" for some tapas where we had four generous plates of tapas which, in Gerard's words, made the tapas in Madrid look like McDonalds. Andalucia is meant to be traditionally well known for its tapas.

We had planned to take a tour of the city but it was cancelled at the last minute but the guide did invite us round to another hostel later on for some free sangria, which naturally we took him up on and Gerard happily managed to get through 5 glasses of it, meaning we didn't have time for dinner before we headed to a bar for a free flamenco show, but given that lunch had been so late we weren't that bothered. The flamenco was really fun and we're hoping to go and see another show tonight.

Today we did manage to get our tour of the city which was again very interesting. After lunch the heat got a bit much to handle so we headed back to the fan in our hostel bedroom where I then learned that I got a 2:1 degree which I am ecstatic about so we definitely have to celebrate that tonight!