Once again outside, we hopped aboard a city tourism bus that took us on a circuit of major buildings and locations. It was a nice, sunny day and we chose the top deck as the bus rolled by buildings and futbol stadiums and other sites which were explained thoroughly via available earphones and which all of us immediately forgot. But we enjoyed the ride and after our walk to the museum and the open-air bus we had a pretty good feel for the place.

Every now and then we saw some examples of Moorish architecture, reminding us of the Islamic influence in the first millenium. The bus conveniently stopped at the Puerto del Sol so we jumped off and had plenty of time for a rest before our evening appointment with "The Chairman" …...