{"id":37769,"date":"2020-02-22T11:47:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T16:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=37769"},"modified":"2020-02-22T11:47:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-22T16:47:24","slug":"february-22-2020-ill-hop-on-but-i-wont-hop-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=37769","title":{"rendered":"February 22, 2020 &#8211; I\u2019ll Hop On, But I Won\u2019t Hop Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe I shouldn\u2019t have walked to the expo.<\/p>\n<p>I woke up this morning with a knot in my left shin.\u00a0 It feels like how I imagine it felt for Batman when that shark latched onto his leg\u2026 only I\u2019m dangerously low on Bat Anti-Shark Spray.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CjRphRTk6EM?start=292\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After ripping apart my luggage though, I did find one small pouch of salonpas which are now all plastered up and down my left leg like a first grader\u2019s attempt to make a mummy costume out of leftover craft scraps.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_152313.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37785\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_152313-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_152313-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_152313-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_152313-660x880.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_152313-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Armed with my free Hop On, Hop Off bus ticket from the marathon organizers, I thought I\u2019d spend the morning seeing the sights from atop an open air vehicle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_105611.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37786\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_105611-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_105611-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_105611-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_105611-660x880.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_105611-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I decided I would hop on but I would NOT be hopping off until I\u2019d made a complete circuit.\u00a0 According to the brochure, it would taken a hour. \u00a0With traffic, it took about an hour twenty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_110733.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37787\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_110733-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_110733-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_110733-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_110733-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_110733-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_110733-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_110743.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37788\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_110743-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_110743-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_110743-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_110743-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_110743-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_110743-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A few highlights from my catbird\u2019s seat, from the crow\u2019s nest, from bridge of the Starship HoHo (Hop On, Hop Off):<\/p>\n<p>A view of Plaza de Espana<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111612.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37789\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111612-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111612-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111612-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111612-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111612-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111612-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111700.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37790\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111700-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111700-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111700-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111700-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111700-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111700-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s that El Cid again &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111803.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37791\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111803-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111803-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111803-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111803-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111803-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111803-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Uh&#8230; A Fountain.\u00a0 Not sure where.\u00a0 Besides, ya know, Sevilla.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111908.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37793\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111908-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111908-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111908-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111908-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111908-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_111908-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Baroque(-Down) Palace&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_112207.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37794\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_112207-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_112207-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_112207-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_112207-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_112207-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_112207-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_112225.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37795\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_112225-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_112225-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_112225-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_112225-660x880.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_112225-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Gold Tower again.\u00a0 This trip is like Alan Ruck&#8217;s in Speed when they take the bus back to the airport &#8212; &#8220;I already seen the airport!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_112505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37796\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_112505-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_112505-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_112505-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_112505-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_112505-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_112505-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the former Gypsy Quarter, there&#8217;s a statue to Rodrigo of Triana.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a big fishing quarter and this guy has a whale of a tale&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_125413.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37817\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_125413-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_125413-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_125413-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_125413-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_125413-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_125413-660x660.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_125413-450x450.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So there&#8217;s this skyscraper designed by the same dude who built the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur (Caesar Pelli, for you wannabe Ken Jennings out there).\u00a0 Anyhoo, this has a similar impact on the skyline here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_113311.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37798\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_113311-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_113311-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_113311-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_113311-660x880.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_113311-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143116.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37828\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143116-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143116-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143116-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143116-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143116-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143116-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Around a round building&#8230; inspired by Romans, now used to feed the politicians I think.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_113504.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37799\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_113504-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_113504-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_113504-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_113504-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_113504-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_113504-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Euro Rocketship!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_113824.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37800\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_113824-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_113824-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_113824-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_113824-660x880.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_113824-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143306.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37829\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143306-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143306-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143306-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143306-660x880.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143306-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure I can convey this in these photos but we drove through an area built for the 1992 500th Anniversary celebration of Cristobal Colon heading to the Indies&#8230; and stumbling onto &#8220;The New World.&#8221;\u00a0 Afterwards, the place was retrofitted into a high tech corridor&#8230; and the pre-recorded tourist spiel raved about its commitment to quality and excellence&#8230; but with the graffiti, overgrown weeds, and general sun-bleached decor, it felt&#8230; less than well kept or thriving.\u00a0 But who am I to judge?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143334.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37830\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143334-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143334-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143334-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143334-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143334-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143334-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143355.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37831\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143355-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143355-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143355-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143355-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143355-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143355-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143358.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37832\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143358-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143358-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143358-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143358-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143358-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_143358-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_114054.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37802\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_114054-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_114054-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_114054-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_114054-660x880.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_114054-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_114927.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37803\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_114927-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_114927-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_114927-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_114927-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_114927-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_114927-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I want to say this was the rechristened Parliament Buidling that used to be&#8230; something Spanish.\u00a0 Oh!\u00a0 I just googled it &#8212; it was the Hospital of the <i>Cinco Llagas<\/i> (the Five Wounds), built in 1546 and used as a hospital continuously until 1972 (that&#8217;s quite a run).\u00a0 Anyway, in the 1980s it was repurposed as the Parliament of Andalusia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37804\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115005-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115005-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115005-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115005-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115005-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115005-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We headed into Macarena, named after the grieving virgin Mary and NOT the song&#8230; which I guess I never really thought about WHAT the Macarena was other than a ploy to get permanent playlisting for weddings and family reunions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115047.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37806\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115047-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115047-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115047-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115047-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115047-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115047-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115238.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37807\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115238-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115238-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115238-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115238-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115238-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115238-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ok, so &#8212; this is now a camera obscura and tourist trap observation tower.\u00a0 But back in the day, it was a munitions manufacturing tower &#8212; they&#8217;d drop the lead from the top and let gravity extend and stretch it into proper shapes to be cut for bullets.\u00a0 Or at least, that&#8217;s what I heard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115307.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37808\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115307-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115307-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115307-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115307-660x880.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_115307-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We passed this place.\u00a0 This is not my El Pollo Loco.\u00a0 And on top of that&#8230; it can&#8217;t decide if it&#8217;s Loco Pollo or Pollo Loco.\u00a0 It also didn&#8217;t seem to have anything to do with chickens and appeared to be more about gelato.\u00a0 I may do more research and recon later.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_120331.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37811\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_120331-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_120331-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_120331-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_120331-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_120331-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_120331-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I posted this to Instagram already but seriously, kid, keep your arms, hands and feet inside the &#8220;Hop On, Hop Off&#8221; Bus at all times&#8230; and just because those oranges grow on trees, it doesn&#8217;t make them free!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_121038.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37813\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_121038-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_121038-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_121038-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_121038-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_121038-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_121038-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_141006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37824\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_141006-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_141006-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_141006-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_141006-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_141006-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_141006-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_141027.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37825\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_141027-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_141027-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_141027-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_141027-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_141027-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_141027-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And for you more motion picture-ly inclined, 57 seconds of a bus-tling Sevilla:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8qocODJ51UY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After I hopped off, I did wander back to the Plaza de Espana to read a book for a while and try not to move my leg.\u00a0 To be honest, I am worried about the gait I have at the moment &#8212; there&#8217;s a lot of limping shuffling and odd twinges of pain as I walk about.\u00a0 I&#8217;m going to take it super easy the rest of the day, in a profound 180 degree flip from my snarky attitude toward my tapas companion wanting to avoid foods and distances prior to the race.\u00a0 Maybe she&#8217;s on to something&#8230; but, honestly, one shouldn&#8217;t do anything new on race day&#8230; so by that logic, <em>mas vino<\/em>, yeah?<\/p>\n<p>As for the other Spanish I recall, here&#8217;s a tribute to all the first year phrases we learn in ANY language&#8230; I think because if you can make it to the library, there&#8217;s a world of information and help to be found there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_142558.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37827\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_142558-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_142558-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_142558-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_142558-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_142558-660x495.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200222_142558-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I joke to hide the pain.\u00a0 I joke to hide the fear.\u00a0 Hasta manana&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe I shouldn\u2019t have walked to the expo. I woke up this morning with a knot in my left shin.\u00a0 It feels like how I imagine it felt for Batman when that shark latched onto his leg\u2026 only I\u2019m dangerously low on Bat Anti-Shark Spray. After ripping apart my luggage though, I did find one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}