I said some time ago that there always seemed to be something going on in Sevilla. Sure enough, there's something going on right now. The other day a friend tipped me off to the existence of a Roman themed market in the Prado de San Sebastián. I was supposed to go there with said friend but you know how it is when you decide to do something the next day while you're out and then it just does not happen. Sorry Friend (I know she's reading this, she's one of the only ones reading this.) It was only on for 3 days so I toddled on down to it myself yesterday afternoon.
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| herbal remedies for all your maladies |
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| sweets |
Like the Fiesta de Naciones last autumn the market took the form of a number of stalls, some selling foods and others handicrafts and jewellery and the like. As soon as you came in the gate you were greeted by a large grill selling meat, had I not been alone I would have tucked in but there's something about eating sausages alone that just seems sad so I passed. There were large tables selling various fruit flavoured and herbal teas as well, the smell of which made me want to go back to Granada again.
At this point you may be wondering why there was a Roman Market in Seville. To be honest I have no idea. I realise the city has Roman era history, learned that in the Antiquarium which I never got around to writing about. But why now? Why a market? Why was there a man doing falconry and a woman bellydancing to bagpipes? I find in Sevilla it is best to not question things like this and just move on. Buy some cheese or some tea and just enjoy the ride.
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| It was like a Renaissance Fair only with Romans. |
Some other issues I had with the market were the slightly anachronistic Medieval torture devices dotted around and the extremely anachronistic novelty t shirt stand. But, to probably quote some famous author, if you don't indulge in a bit of nonsense from time to time you're going to lead a very dull life. Things don't have to make sense to be fun.
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| You'd be mad not to. |
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| Ye Olde Deep Fat Fryer |
In other news, Feria is this week (more on that later) and summer has quite suddenly arrived in Sevilla. It's to get up to 30 degrees Celsius this week, I can feel the discomfort already. Enjoying a smug moment and an ice cream outside Mc Donald's at 11pm last night, my friend was in the middle of saying something about how we could never enjoy such an experience in Ireland when a cricket grasshopper monster did a kamikaze style leap from a nearby tree directly into her ice cream sundae, causing us all to leap up screaming. Ah, Spain.
Hasta luego x
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