Last night, we wandered over to the Triana bridge in Seville, through which we would leave the city this morning. We saw examples of a quaint custom where couples, on getting engaged, leave a padlock chained to the bridge railings. No comment!
Our first port of call was the village of Camas and then Santiponce, the home of the famous Roman ruins of Italica.
Over the years we have visited Italica several times but we are always impressed by it, particularly its amphitheatre. At the time this was one of the largest in the Roman Empire seating between 20,000 and 25,000 people. Italica was the birthplace of the emperor Trajan. His successor was Hadrian, whose wall Ana Maria and I hope to walk one day.
From Italica we continued on our way to Guillena our final destination of the day. Once again we encountered flooding on the path. We decided to try and go round it through some ploughed fields but ended up on the wrong side of the river, together with six fellow walkers and two guys on bicycles!
After some deliberation we elected to cross a muddy path and return through more ploughed fields until we were able to find the path again. This set us back one hour, and although it was a bit of a hassle, we rather enjoyed the experience. At least now we know that we are not the only ones who get lost occasionally!
Buen Camino!
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