Rosario and I slept in until 1030 and it was amazing! We had every intention to be off the ship by 1000 because that is when the shops open, but that didn’t happen. We ended up not leaving until about 1130. Our plan was to walk to one of the plazas and find a little restaurant and have some lunch, but we got a little distracted by the stores. We ended up not making it to Plaza de Flores until 1430 because we stopped in so many stores on the way there. We each bought a couple of things, but we realized wasn’t as expensive as I thought it was going to be.
For lunch we had some delicious paella. Rosario ordered one with mushrooms, sausage, and noodles, while I got one with chicken, rice and mixed veggies. Naturally, we tried each others and they were both really good. The only down side to the meal was our waiter. It was terrible service. We had to hunt him down to get our check. The French women that were sitting next to us had the same issue. It really wasn’t that big of a deal – just slightly annoying.
We moseyed back to the ship stopping in little shops that caught our eye. When we got back to the ship we both grabbed our laptops and headed back out to Plaza de Mina to use the free wi-fi. I got to talk to mom and dad so that was exciting. I was also able to upload some pics to facebook. We sat in the plaza until about 6ish and went back to the ship to change clothes and go out for dinner. We met up with Jennifer and some of her friends that she had gone to Sevilla with that day. We took the bus to the new side of town by the beach and had a dinner at a little café. I ordered chicken empanadas and it turns out that is basically chicken fingers. I got up before dinner was done and walked down to the water to take pictures of the sunset. We ended the night with a toast with sangria and a baño run at Burger King.
Before we got back on the ship, we sat in one of the plazas and chatted. It is crazy because it is 0100 and there are kids just running around and skateboarding and whatever. We had an uneventful night so Rosario and I had a movie night and fell asleep watching Take the Lead.