Seville - Part 2
Day 2
We went for breakfast at Billy Brunch. It was a really cheap and I finally got my freshly squeezed orange juice.
Pancakes with fresh fruit, cream and maple syrup
Eggs Benedict
All this came to €12.10 - £10.38!
We walked to Plaza de España - it looks amazing but wasn't fully sure on what it was.
Plaza de España
It was built to basically just show off Spanish architecture. It's free to just wander around it and you can hire a little boat to row on the water.
After we went to Setas de Sevilla aka The Mushrooms
Setas de Sevilla
There were still cones as it looked like they were painting bits but it was rubbish. Such a waste of €13. It's not that high so the view isn't that good - would not recommend not worth the money.
Got churros from this chain - Kuku Churros - got 5 for €3 but they weren't good. They weren't even the ones I wanted but the guy said the ones I wanted were sold out. Tbh think it was cos he'd just made these for the people before and had some left over so just gave me this. It was just fried greasy dough with no flavour. It was like the Chinese ghost sticks you get when you have congee. It was better when I sprinkled sugar on them but not the churros I was after!
Got a Mito gelato to dip it into to make it better - Coconut and white chocolate Nutella
We walked to a nun convent as they bake stuff and you can buy baked goods through like a hole in the wall. There's a poster with all the stuff they sell and the price. You ring the bell and you say what you want, then they speak back to you to say if they have it. Put it on the lazy Susan then you put the money there and that's it. You don't see them.
We got Tortas de Aceite - a light sweet flaky biscuit that has sugar and anise seeds. When I was a kid and went to Spain all the time we used to get them. The nun's probably didn't even make these. They're probably just repackaged and charged us €4 for them when they're half the price in the supermarket but the novelty element was fun.
We went back to the hotel to shower and wash our hair as we booked a Flamenco show.
We went for dinner at one of the restaurants we seen earlier that looked alright.
Chorizo Tortilla
Was dead dry
Shrimp Croquettes
These were alright
Codfish
With a mango sauce and tomato jam - Couldn't taste any mango and the fish had bones
This was over cooked and dry - barely any meat
The food was bad. I went to the toilet after and the kitchen was next to it and it was tiny. So doubt any of this food is actually cooked. Just all re-heated as it all came out super quick as well. Definitely do not recommend.
Finally tried an Amorino gelato - Pistachio, peanut and coconut - €4.70. It melted super quick. Couldn't eat it quick enough!
We walked over to the flamenco show which was at 8:45pm.
You're allowed to film and take photos in the first 15 minutes then no phones out. It was in a like a small school theatre set up with the seats going up. So even if we sat in the cheapest seats at the back we would have still been able to see.
It was good but not what we were expecting at all. There was a lot of singing and solo dancing. They also didn't wear the fancy dresses you see. Like like some of the outfits just looked like normal dresses and only used the castanets once!
After the show we went back to the hotel for bed.
Day 3
Last full day
Went for breakfast at Mokambo as I wanted waffles.
Waffle with seasonal fruit with 100% Canadian maple syrup - €14.90
The maple syrup was warm and not as nice as the one we had in Billy Brunch which was from Costco. (Seen a big bottle of it)
Eggs Benedict with Iberian Ham - Two poached eggs (free-range hens) + long fermented sourdough Mokambo toast + real hollandaise sauce (no mayonnaise) + green mixed salad - €17.50
Breakfast was a lot more expensive than Billy. I did get my freshly squeezed orange juice again.
After we went back to the hotel as we were having a pool day. We just chilled and sun bathed. I didn't get a photo of the pool as there was too many people. It got super busy as everyone else must have been having the same kind of day.
We went back to the room as we had a cooking class booked for 6pm.
It was so hot when we walked out of the hotel. It was 39! We didn't realise it was that hot as by the pool was hot but not this crazy hot. Good job we did have this pool day and why everyone else was too.
We stopped and got a gelato from Mito but I couldn't eat it quick enough. It was melting everywhere it was that hot!
It was horrible. Was sweating so bad. We had to walk to the river and was at the market which we did walk through the other day but we got there when it was shutting so didn't get to see any of the stalls and they were all shut again so missed out.
We were learning to make 3 different things. The first was a Gazpacho - basically the ingredients were already on the table and we just had to chop them and then they got put in the blender. Then it got put into the freezer.
The next was spinach with chickpeas - Diana boiled the spinach then the other stuff got cooked in a pan in the middle and people took turns going up to cook.
Then we got taught how to make a chicken paella. She showed us how to take a chicken apart and how to debone the legs and thighs. We got to take turns to stir the pan and cook it.
The paella was done by 8:30pm when we finally got to eat.
Gazpacho
Wasn't a fan. It was refreshing but definitely not something I would order or make. Basically a tomato smoothie.
Spinach and Chickpeas
I also didn't like this as it tasted like a curry as it had cumin in it.
The paella was good! We learnt that you don't put chorizo in paella or peas which I have definitely eaten and have put in myself when I've made it. But now I know how to make a traditional Valencian paella!
The cooking class was fun. Different to the pasta making class we did last year in Florence.
We left at 9pm and it was still hot out.
When we crossed the river there was loads of people just everywhere. We thought maybe they were coming out from the bullring as it's just over the river but we seen a poster and there was nothing on for the night. We ended up asking the receptionist when we got back to the hotel and he said there was a protest against immigrants. Good job we were at the cooking class and not around the centre being caught up in it!
Last morning
We had time to have some breakfast so we went to this café that was near the hotel.
We got brunch #3
I got a smoothie
Salmon bagel with avocado
It came on toast though but left it and didn't change it.
Holly got
Bagel avocado
She said no smoked salmon and it came with salmon
The guy taking the order didn't write the orders down so here we are.
We both got the Acai bowl
It wasn't the best breakfast and came to €18.75 which isn't too bad but not as cheap as Billy Brunch.
We then went back to the hotel to grab our stuff as checkout wasn't till 12pm. We got a taxi to the airport.
We boarded the plane really early as the flight from Liverpool landed early but the captain said there might be an hour delay for take off but then we ended up taking off on time. Felt like he said that just to wind us up.
When we got back to Liverpool we were out with our hold suitcase within 15 minutes. No-one else had landed and our bags came off the plane straight away.
A week after this I went on a cruise to Italy and the south of France and I'm going to Lisbon in 2 days. So a lot more travels to blog about!
