Good morning and welcome to a holiday of travel with Simon
We're saying farewell to Toledo and heading first to Madrid changing train
and then heading south to Seville, Surville, Seville as usual
I don't known how to pronounce these names must get someone to teach me
anyway first up beautiful morning after the train station fast train goes back
to Madrid takes 30 minutes such a fast train and hardly anybody on the train today
pretty much got a carriage to myself then I've got to I've got like 40
minutes in Madrid the main railway station there to find my express train
that goes south. So let's go to the south of Spain
Train Announcement "we remind you that smoking is forbidden throughout the Train"
Train announcement in other languages
Here we go back at Madrid railway station
off the train, again a nice easy journey
so clean and quiet these trains
and now I've got to find out where my train to Seville goes
so let's go get my ticket get a train and go on our next journey
okay this is the downstairs part of the station
I'm gonna go up to platform 1 to
find my train
okay so arrived on the downstairs part of the station there's two levels
gotta go up upstairs to print my ticket
find a platform find my
train and maybe pick up some snacks for the train, it's not a long journey two hours
it's nice to have some snacks on the way and probably cheaper than what's
available on the train so let's find a notice board
let's find out any idea where I am okay no idea
don't see any notice boards either, ah over there
first off all I've got to get my ticket out, this is where I got in a muddle last time
I think it's this way
good morning
thank you, coach number 2
okay let's get the train
with any luck next to coach 1will be coach 2
there it is
coach 2
and, not tourist,
preferente
don't know what seat number I'm in yet
this person will stand right the doorway
now let's go and find seat 7A
and welcome to Sofia
very easy smooth and fast train ride
turned up at the station
got off the train, made my way down the platform
find my way out
get a taxi to my accommodation
I did have a little nap on the train
but they looked after you well I travel this
time Preferential class
ooh, not tourist class
and I got snacks. sandwiches, chocolate bars,
coffee wine...
and a slightly bigger seat
it was quite busy though
but very pleasant
really should have woken up sooner
tried to do some filming through the window but the
train was going so fast I just saw green countryside lush and beautiful
anyway let's take you out of the station
I know that was a quick train but Kansas City?
Welcome to the sunshine of Seville!
quick ride in the taxi that I got at the station nine euros got here took me
about eight to ten minutes and now beautiful accommodation a little bit out
of the center it's going to be about a fifteen minute bus ride but let me show you around
got this lovely location here
I've got a little garden flat here's my place
that I'm staying at, nice little garden here is a big house where the owner lives and
I'm staying in the garden flat
got a little seating area outside here where or I
can sit in the afternoon in the evening it's got toasty so I'll appreciate that
this evening, not gonna sit out in the sun
and here is my accommodation, I'll just turn all the lights on for you, there we go
and it's got big double bed, towels provided, sofa which I think is also a
pullout bed and another single bed so you could sleep quite a few in here it's
just to me though for tonight so I can sleep two hours per bed then I've got a
fridge freezer hob microwave basin just for putting things in and here's the
bathroom here okay so it's the toilet
shower and then wash hand basin and mirror, soap provided.
Towels also provided
they are on the bed
very nice spotlessly clean lovely and
cool inside which is great is getting hot outside so it'll be nice and cool
for a cozy night tonight
welcome to Sevilla, Seville,
hmm still have to work out I've heard it said both ways anyway so the plan
now is to have a bit of a washing and a change
takes something for my head I've got a
cracking headache
then I'm gonna organize myself and
see if I catch a bus into town to show you a little bit of Sevilla town tonight
and get something to eat because tomorrow
I'm gonna pick up the car hire and then
we'll have another look around Seville before we go off exploring in the car
so tempted to just
have a sit down there get a few cold drinks
the sky is so blue, I mean it's blue blue