Struggling to sustain our lavish lifestyle of hostels, bocadillo´s, and a bottle of vino. We cut short our stay in Spain with two days in Sevilla and one in Madrid and headed for Quito, Ecuador.
The final stop of our tour de andulacía was the regional captial of Sevilla. As per the prior stops, it was once the heart and soul of Moorish Spain until falling in the reconquista around 1300. The hallmarks of winding arabic streets, magnificent castles, ever present Spanish and arabic ceramics were all there. Our main site, was the ancient castle of alkazar and enourmous gardens. Remarkable by it´s size and location, walled the heart of town, you would not imagine it´s splendour withour a few hours inside.
It´s difficult to rate a city after one night, but, with everything seemingly going our way, from the hostal, to the gigantic El Prado museum, and the ease of travel; we could´ve both easily spent another few days with a looser budget. It was interesting to note that two of our american dormies, in tow with a backpack and suitcase were living off 8 euros less per person that the both of us.
After a terrible flight on Iberia, we hit Quito and our $US12 per person room. With an airport pickup, tv, double bed, central location, free city tour, and our best breakfast since Eijsden, we´re living like kings.
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