Destination: Seville

With a little time on my hands before Australia I have decided to fit in week in Seville. I leave a week Tuesday in search of warmth and culture. I have booked a return flight but I may not use it. A oneway flight was £49 and a return £79.80, so I've booked a return should I decide after a week to return, but I am tempted to take a train up to Madrid and possibly Barcelona and extend my stay. I hear the weather isn't all that great (rain) but I hope it is in a warmer atmosphere. Certainly today it was as I met a friend for coffee overlooking Swansea bay. It truly is a great sight (even if the light was fading and the sky overcast) - with a little sun it would be a perfect place to call home. Sadly, with it being winter those happy days of glistening waters, yellow sands and warmth of the summer are over for another 6 months at least. I believe it is true what they say, that there is no place like home, but to know that I also believe you have to experience something else before you can say with conviction. Paolo Coelho wrote a wonderful book entitiled "The Alchemist" which explores that very idea. A story of a Porteguese sheperd who leaves for the desert shores of North Africa in search of treasure but ulimately ends up discovering himself, and where he belongs.