Today we headed off to Triana again for a bit of geocaching. Triana is where the old Jewish quarter used to be. We turned left after crossing the bridge, so it was new territory for us. The 1st cache took us along the river on a trail with a stone wall. It would be a nice trail in the summer because it was mostly shaded. After finding the cache behind a loose rock in the wall we climbed the ramp back to the sidewalk. We continued on, stopping to admire the buildings that had different architecture like the cultural center and the university where lots of students were sitting outside. It is pretty easy to spot the tourists vs the locals. The tourists like us are walking around in short sleeves ( 24 degrees) while the locals are walking around with winter jackets. Some even have fun lined boots and collars on their jackets.
We stopped at the 2nd university for a couple more caches. We wondered who lived here until we saw the sign for International university of Andalusia. From the road it looked like a mansion. We visited the grounds while picking up a couple more caches and then continued on to find a restaurant whose speciality is quail. There is no chairs just high tables where you stand to eat. We ordered our quail but decided we would not eat a big lunch here since we had already walked 9km by then and we wanted to sit, The quail is tapa size and comes with a piece of bread, no trimmings. We also tried the snails which we shared but found this dish too salty and also a bit too sweet.
We
were going to eat a cold soup at the Triana market, which was on our way home,
so that we could sit and rest but none of the restaurants seemed to have any so
we purchased more anchovy flavored olives at one of the stalls and then crossed
over to our side of the river. We finally found a place that had the salmorejo
soup ( cold cream of tomato ) that we were looking for. It took us a long time
to eat our soup because we wanted a good rest before finishing our walk.
Jacques took a nap when we got back, and I just relaxed. We are not used to this heat, but it is supposed to cool down a bit next week.
Since we were rested up and we hadn’t gone out after dark except for the day that Joline arrived we decided to go for a walk to see what the Setas looked like at night. It’s unbelievable how many people were in the streets, young and old. It was as busy if not busier than during the day. We rode the escalator to the main level and sat for a while just enjoying the view. We also went down to the lower level where they have excavated some ruins that you can see through the windows. When we came back my Fitbit showed that we had walked 15.7 km today. Not bad for a couple in their 70’s.
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