ANDALUCIA, Spain
Day 44, 45
After missing out on seeing the flamenco two previous times - once because it was full and the other time because we arrived from Portugal and didn´t realise Spain had day light saving, we finally got to see the Flamenco! And it´s so beautiful, what a treat!
We arrived at the El Arenal Tablao Flamenco Restaurante a little earlier to find everyone else had arrived at the same time..so we lined up..and as we were approaching the door this young spanish trio turned up to go to the front of the long queue and just as we were wondering what made them so special....we were told they were part of the show! Ooops.
Anyway..we got seated, in the very front row, and a guy came and put a serviette on our knees, expertly flipped out...and started serving Tapas. In our €53 we had tapas included..
They were prawns and fish and like an entree...two more plates of these came...chicken etc and finally a dessert. We watched a couple attempt to eat the more expensive meal and decided it was a good thing to do...not have the dinner. Especially seeing the show started at 22.30!
The main act was fabulous, included an older female and male flamenco singer, 2 flamenco guitarists and 2 main male flamenco dancers and 4 main female dancers. So much passion, clapping from soft to loud and energetic, to singing, to clicking with the tongue..to just the expression on the faces.
A wonderful night! Good Food, good wine, good dancing!
Seville (Sevilla as they call it here) is such a beautiful city. Founded by the Venetians and has a long history of takeovers from Roman to Iranian to Spanish.
We did a city tour and went on a ferry cruise..saw a perfect boat for Sam sitting in the marina! Princess Mariana. Luxury boat that has a helicopter and launching pad!
We´ve been lucky..the weather was beautiful, the place is beautiful. And a city we´d definately love to come back to .. to experience Holy week and the Abril Faire.
