Empty Fountains

Today we continued our walkabout with Rachel and Taylor. We had lunch at a Mexican tapas place in the Alameda called Mano de Santo. Excellent chicken tortilla soup by the way. Maybe the best all around Mexican food we've had here in Sevilla.

Afterwards, Laura went grocery shopping and home while Rachel, Taylor and I walked over to the Plaza de España. It's a fairly long walk and we went by the Cathedral and central tourist areas. We stopped and watched a flamenco group busking for a bit:

A couple of the big fountains around Sevilla were off, including this one at the Plaza. I thought it was interesting to see the guts of the thing, but was disappointed that Rachel and Taylor didn't get to see it. Maybe it's off because we're now in the coldest part of the year, I don't know:

We went up into one of the balconies at the Plaza and looked down at the "river" and the bridges:

We wandered back home and Laura made a charcuterie board, a common entree here in southern Spain:

We went out again in the evening with the intention of seeing the 3 kings Christmas display, but also to take some night pictures:

We made it to the 3 kings display just in time to see them flashing in time with a rendition of "Carol of the Bells":