Today was our group’s last full day in Sevilla.
After a free morning, we had a lovely farewell lunch in our hotel (mmm … paella) and then some of us walked over to the feria and others took a taxi. Walking gave most of us the opportunity to see a multitude of horse-drawn carriages driving in traffic, headed to the feria with full loads of passengers.
While we were waiting to cross a street near the fairgrounds, a coach that we had seen yesterday morning drove by. I was actually trying here to take a photo of the next vehicle in traffic behind the coach, but it turned out that Andrew was simultaneously pointing out the Park Drag:
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After we’d all walked around for a bit, admiring the sights, our host from yesterday morning’s visit stopped his horse at the curb where several of us were standing and invited our group for a ride on the Park Drag in question. There were nine of us standing there at the time, so eight filled the seats on the coach and, well, I took a few pictures.
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Later in the afternoon, I was fortunate to be able to sit in the shade and enjoy the parade of horses, carriages, and people — accompanied, of course, by the sound of hooves and carriage wheels on cobblestones, music, singing, laughter, and conversation.
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May 15, 2011 at 6:10 pm
Yes I was in Seville in 1980 and visited the feria one day. Wow what a sight to behold. So many men women and children in Spanish costume travelling by horse back or carriage up and down the streets of the feria. On the outskirts there were gypseys with horses hobbled camped out .