We spent our final day here without any specific plan. We’d wanted to visit a church that was converted from a 13th-century Jewish synagogue but discovered that it was closed today, no doubt due to preparations for Semana Santa. Without that to do we ad-libbed the rest of the morning.

Preparations for Holy Week are going on everywhere and the streets are absolutely jammed with visitors, here for the week of events. We came during Easter once in the past, and it was a wonderful experience, albeit frequently inconvenient due to the crowds. Everything was just too busy. But it’s nice to see people hanging their red and gold banners on their balcony railings and a palm frond in preparation for the parades on Palm Sunday. There is even a channel dedicated to the processions on Spanish cable TV.

After finding a New York Times, we walked across town, went over the Isabel II bridge, and crossed into Triana, the “poor sister” on the other side of the river. Known for its pottery production and sailors, it is distinctively working class and far less touristy than the Sevilla side. We normally go over there for a romantic dinner but we didn’t find the time on this trip.

Crossing back to Seville, we took a break before one last dinner at Bar Casa de la Moneda, a cool little “date quality” restaurant located in a corner of the original Royal Mint complex. Solomillo, Croquettes, and two fine Spanish wines put a nice cap on this visit. From there, down to the benches at the end of Constitución where we spend the end of every evening watching the world pass by.

Today’s gallery of “the stuff we saw” with no particular theme. Some architecture and some details, because Sevilla is full of both.