Believe it or not, the last day of the trip, I did not take any pictures. Part of it was convenience -- it was easier to keep the camera packed away. Part of it was laziness -- I had already taken over 3,000 pictures (and no, they are NOT all on the blog). And the final part is, we did more than I expected we would do.
Carol and I scavenged a breakfast, and then we headed over to Plaza de Espana. Built in 1928 for the Ibero-American Exposition, it is perhaps most famous for being one of the crappy Star Wars, Attack of the Clones. (That's one of the ones where future Darth Vadar and future mom of Luke Skywalker and Princess General Leia have a stormy relationship, and a bunch of clones attack, kill, and get killed.)
(One more parenthetical on that -- the mom is Padme, which I always thought was a type of Thai food. I've always been surprised some restaurant never came out with a "Padme Thai" tie-in to the movie. Okay, "always" might be an exaggeration.)
It's a very cool setting, with elaborate Moorish influenced tiles everywhere, a beautiful fountain, and benches featuring major (and, admittedly, minor) Spanish cities. Even the horse-drawn carriage operators were not that annoying, pitching for business.
And then it was time to leave Seville and head for Madrid.
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