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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.

Sevilla in January
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. 

Sevilla in January Museo de Bellas Artes

Sevilla in January Museo de Bellas Artes

Sevilla in January Museo de Bellas Artes

Sevilla in January Museo de Bellas Artes

Sevilla in January Museo de Bellas Artes
Time to go back home to prepare for our journey onwards on Friday.

 

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