Sevilla-June 20, 2012

We started our day on the right foot-churros.  I was told that when the King is in town, he sends someone to get him churros from a stand by our apartment. We found the stand, although it does not have a sign or even a name.  We bought a half kilo. of churros (they don't do chocolate).  Yummy!  My boys and I agreed that they were great, but we need a little chocolate with ours.  Personal preference, as these were really delicious.  We walked back over to Parque Maria Luisa, so we could spend some time at the Plaza de Espana taking pictures of all the tiled benches that represent all of the provinces in Spain. We cut through the old tobacco factory, which is now part of the university.  It is a really interesting building with an incredible history.  It housed the tobacco from the New World, which was treated like gold.  The building even has a moat. Once at the park we ran around taking pictures and enjoying all the tile work.  The park is huge and if you keep reading this blog, you will find that we come here a lot.  We had to rush back because Amy and Tom were joining the Woodberry group for a wine class.  I stayed in town with the kids.  We had fun playing soccer in Plaza Nueva and then we went food shopping.  I asked them want they wanted and they chose jamon iberica (fancy Spanish ham) and manchego cheese....good taste.  We had a great lunch of pasta, ham, cheese and popsicles.  The kids enjoyed a lazy day together playing on the ipads and computer (school math games, in fact) and playing cards and hide and go seek.  We rested and geared up for a night of flamenco at La Casa De Memoria (Andrew's friend, Ana Real, was the singer) followed by a dinner at A Medina for amazing Moroccan food.  Long day-good friends, delicious food and rich culture.