Sevilla in January Day 7 Museo de Bellas Artes

On Thursday Andrea’s temperature is over 39°C so we decided to take action. Theoretically EU nationals can access the public health system in other European countries but it transpires that there isn’t the equivalent of the Italian Guardia Medica-turistica in Spain. I try the chemist’s, who sends me to the local health centre where people scowl at me, demand forms and photocopies and generally make it clear what they think of a tourist trying to access public health care for a non-emergency. I give up and go online, where, within one hour and paying 25 euros Andrea gets a video consultation with a doctor in Spain and a prescription for antibiotics. He takes the first one at 12 o’clock. At least there's a bit of a view from the apartment of the church in front.

After lunch I go the Museo de Bellas Artes, which is very nice. First of all, it’s housed in an ex-convent and church, so there are pretty patios, painted ceilings, a splendid staircase. Secondly, the pictures are really rather nice, some medieval and also later painters, with some nice pictures by both Zuburan and Murillo who I maybe didn’t have the energy to appreciate at El Prado. The sculptures of the Martyrs are unusual too. There are very few people, it’s quiet and relaxing, an ideal temperature. I sit and rest in one of the patios a couple of times and generally do justice to the exhibition. 

Time to go back home to prepare for our journey onwards on Friday.