Euro: The Euro just dropped below $1.09, to an 11 rear low. We were in France when the Euro was first introduced at around $.80, which allowed us to eat at a famous Paris restaurant for an affordable price, but since then the exchange rate has more typically been about $1.35. When we started making reservations for this trip 4 months ago, the exchange rate was about $1.27, so now we are enjoying Europe on sale.
Hotels: We have had very good luck with our hotels so far. Marge did a great job of finding the right hotels for us. All of them have been in very good locations. Our hotel in Madrid was within walking distance of the Madrid train station and crawling distance to many tapas bars. Our hotel in Cordoba was a boutique hotel with about 10 rooms, and located right in the old section of town, just blocks from the city's major attractions. Our hotel in Granada was another boutique hotel, and our room had a view of the Alhambra palace. Our hotel here in Seville is a block away from the cathedral and right in the middle of many tourist attractions, tapas bars and restaurants. Our room here in Seville is very quiet despite the fact that we are located right across the street from a busy tapas bar, which Marge thinks is a pickup bar.
The photos below are from lunch today at a nearby Italian restaurant, the best meal we've had so far. Our appetizer was a salad of avocado and prawns, although the photo was terrible so it isn't shown. Our entree was parpadelle pasta with carbonara sauce. Our dessert was a really good set of 4 cream puffs covered with chocolate sauce with a dollop of whipped cream.
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