We said goodbye to Madrid and jumped on the AVE to Seville. The train got up to 195 km/hr (121 mi/hr) and we made the 300 mile journey in just over 2 hours. The train is so smooth it puts you right to sleep. Seville is a city of labyrinthine, winding walls, but somehow we are able to explain to the taxi driver the relative location of our hotel. When we arrived, we found our room which was amazingly smaller than our room in Madrid. It did, however, have a full terrace with a view of the Catedral de Seville. (Cathedral) We asked for a tapas recommendation, and wandered across the main tourist area and off a side road to enjoy some local sherry, Jamon Jabugo (from the black footed pig), Espinoca con Garbanzo, and, of
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