Seville Snapshots: Summer Nights at Plaza del Salvador

There was already a chill in the air this morning. I dragged the blanket from the end of the bed up to my chin, falling comfortably into the dreamy-morning doze again after a packed weekend.

Saturday was another one of those perfect sevillano days – my morning café con leche stretched into a stroll around the shops became a pre-lunch beer followed by tapas and copas and ending the night at Carlos Kiss, 17 hours after I left my house. Unwilling to let go of the summer time and its long, sunny days, it seemed like the entire city took to the streets.

As the song says, el sol duerme in Triana, y nace en Santa Cruz, and the salmon-colored church of San Salvador acts as Seville’s solar clock. According to the time of day, the temple is lit in a different color, but none as lovely as the setting sun over Triana. Since the facade faces west, it catches the last bit of sunshine every day.

On this last warm weekend before Autumn hits, I brought a scarf and cardigan, but didn’t need it midday as we toasted to the end of summer in Salvador and a day with no rain. Soon, the rain will hit, my ganas to be in the street will fade, and we’ll stop making gazpacho every other day. But for one afternoon, the streets were ours.

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About Cat Gaa

As a beef-loving Chicago girl living amongst pigs, bullfighters, and a whole lotta canis, Cat Gaa writes about expat life in Seville, Spain. When not cavorting with adorable Spanish grandpas or struggling with Spanish prepositions, she works in higher education at an American university in Madrid and freelances with other publications, like Rough Guides and The Spain Scoop.

Comments

  1. Lovely!!

    I too have a cardigan at the ready…
    robin recently posted..El ConsumismoMy Profile

  2. How much of a chill in the air is there in Sevilla? Just curious what this Chicago gal thinks of as “chilly” nowadays, hahaha. It’s still getting up to 23 C every day in Madrid. I’m ready for nights where it dips below 0 C!
    Kaley [Y Mucho Más] recently posted..So You’re Dating a Spaniard—PaigeMy Profile

    • Sunshine and Siestas says:

      You’re ready for that?! Really?! I think my body has acclimated enough to the temps here that even 20C seems cold.

  3. There is finally a chill here in Nueva York, though you wouldn’t have known last week with temperatures soaring into the 80s. Just as well since Halloween would feel weird with warm weather
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