Long Flight Ahead

This is our last day here in Sevilla, Spain.  After living here 2 months we've become kind of attached to our host family...

This is Rosa, our wonderful hostess.  She and her husband Carlo have operated this Bed & Breakfast for 3 years... leaving their former careers (he and engineer, she taught Portugese) to build and run this business.  It's much more than a "business" to them...  and they are perfectly suited to being great Ambassadors of Spain, great travel agents, wonderful chefs...  and most of all, such good friends.

 I didn't realize that Rosa had a wreath of greenery when I took the photo.  But, she is truly an angel, so I'm not surprised she'd have a halo around her head.

Carlo and their daughter, Sarah, are spending a few days at Carlo's mother's home in Italy.  So tomorrow, when we leave, it will be not a "goodbye", but, hopefully, a "See you again"  kind of farewell.

Rosa fixed a special lunch for us today...

 She told us this is fish.  I wasn't going to research it until we get back to the States, but curiosity got the better of me.

It's a plate of elvers, or baby eels... it was quite delicious!

After lunch Bill & I took one last walk down along the riverfront...

 We'd seen a mama duck earlier, and she had 6 ducklings with her then.  Today, in the very same spot, we saw this mama duck with these 10 little guys.  Look closely... hmmm.. what the heck is that little blondie doing with mama mallard?  And looking again, notice that the one just over mamas head is quite a bit lighter in color than the rest.  I know that mallards cross breed with domestic ducks, so don't know if all these ducklings belong to this hen or maybe she just adopted a few along the way.  Interesting, huh?

You know how we're always looking for different species of birds...

 This was a new "lifer" for us.

I don't know why we've not noticed it in the past, but today it just hit us in the eye!

And look at the 3 men riding on its back...  why, they must be having a ride of a lifetime!

The birds shape looks kind of like a Montezuma Oropendola...  wonder if that bird is native to Spain?

Like I'm always saying... look up, look down, look all around....  there's always something new to see out there.

Speaking of something new to see...
We saw this lion walking around on the river path...

I think this guy just got his summer "do".  His head is quite shaggy, as is the end of his tail.  I wonder if his name is "Leo"?

We had walked down the "normal" street, but turned down one of these little passageways to walk along the riverfront.  When we got home, I noticed when I downloaded my photos that Bill is headed for the Inquisicion.

I love these tiny hidden passages that lead to another street... or the river...  or...  who knows?  

They often lead us right into our next adventure!

Tuesday morning we fly out of Sevilla...  to Madrid, and then have a direct flight (yes!) from Madrid to DFW in Texas.
We'll be in good hands... look who our pilot is...

Yeah... that's my favorite entrepreneur!  
We wanted to say goodbye, and darned if he didn't have on an airline costume today!  Gave him a hug and wished him well.

We have 2 months mail to catch up on, taxes to have done, doctor appts, haircuts...  etc etc etc...

How quickly we'll get back into life in the USA again!

Thanks to all of you who have followed along on this adventure.  I've so much appreciated your comments, questions and thoughts.  And very much appreciated having you along!

We'll see what we can get into next!

That's All For Today!