Seville "fun" Event

Like all working trips, they have to entertain us at least a little. For our afternoon of entertainment, we went on a "historical rally" in the centre of Seville. The idea was we split into teams and then had to follow clues and play little games and things to win coins. The winning team got a prize at dinner on the last day.

I was lucky enough to be a team captain. We were Team #16, the Purple team.

First a woman in costume at a podium gave us direction in "hilarious" fashion.
We were told to follow our clues blah blah blah like I just said, and also to watch out for the pirate villains, who would try to steal our coins. They are also dressed in "hilarious" costume.
Then we all went off in a sea of straw hats to perform our tasks.
Some of the highlights of the rally were:

A station run by a smiling woman in costume who taught the women in our group how to be "Spanish Ladies" You can see my colleague Nataliya doing her best.
Another one had a "blind man" who we had to help by identifying things blindfolded. Here you can see Leobert playing. (Claudia's favorite colleague of mine)
Another station was of course based on the Barber of Seville. At this one we can see Christian giving Susanne a shave.
Then we had to learn about Spanish fans, I am not sure why wigs were involved, but the ladies seemed to like it.
Another famous Seville location is the tobacco factory where the opera Carmen is set. So there was a station which had people racing to roll cigarettes. Not exactly politically correct these days.
I think that is enough fun for one day. Oh, my team did not win. bummer.