Our last day in Sevilla and this place is becoming an oven. Going up to 37 C today. People tell us that the temperature in the summer can go up to the mid-forties. Wow, no wonder everything is closed from 2 or 3 in the afternoon until 6 or 7 pm.
Today we started on an already 30 C day at the laundromat. The last time we have to do this. Then we stopped by the basilica of Our Lady Macarena to recite the rosary and say good bye to her.
Back to the hotel to unload the clothes and then to the fine arts museum. The museum is in a gorgeous building that used to house a convent. They have a great collection of paintings from Spanish artists. Probably the best known is Murillo. They have used the old church for the largest paintings. The result is stunning.
By the time we finished there it was almost 2 pm and very hot, in the mid thirties. We walked across the river to the market for lunch. Then back to the hotel to hide from the heat.
Around 7 pm we went out for a walk, still very hot, we went all the way to the cathedral. Then on the way back we stopped to say goodbye to the owners of the bar were we usually had breakfast and then we went to the convenience store to say goodbye to Puri.
We are now packed and ready for our bus trip tomorrow to Lisboa.
At the museum we saw a statue of San Ramon Nonato. He had his lips punctured and a metal ring was put through them by the moors in an attempt to keep him from preaching. I ask tonight San Ramon to pray for us.
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