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Escape from Corpus Cristi 2007

Seville, 8 June 2007

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Calle Sierpes is covered with romero. We will watch the Corpus Cristi procession from our office window on the first floor. (The small window without decoration, which you can see to the right.)

David and Manuela have already arrived. To see Corpus you must get up very early.

A view of calle Sierpes a few minutes before the procession.

Members of a brotherhood passing with candles.

The first float, which shows Santa Justa and Santa Rufina, patron saints of the city.

Looks like a Chinese umbrella...

The second float.

The third float looks very much the same...

David is getting impatient and wants to leave for breakfast.

The fourth float shows San Fernando, patron saint of Seville.

We leave the office before the end of the procession. Manuela will stay to answer some more emails.

We pass by Plaza del Salvador. This is the second largest church in Seville, and currently undergoing renovations.

Having a late breakfast with David at 11:30.

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Two hours later Manuela calls: The men who painted the stairs in our building have managed to lock her inside the office. She cannot get out... Today is a holiday and we can't reach anyone to let her out!

Manuela in the window. A locksmith will charge 150 Euros on a holiday. But we have an idea... We talk to the workers of the truck who are collecting the chairs from the procession.

A ladder from the top of the chairs to the window does the trick. Not as safe as professional firemen, but faced with spending an entire holiday in the office Manuela takes the risk and escapes a longer than normal Corpus!

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