Soooooo… have been working on a blog post about tourism in Sevilla. Well, it applies pretty much everywhere I’m sure. Just putting some thoughts together about the effect of mass tourism on travel destinations, and also about how places are so often marketed in a misleading way. One of those horrid catchphrases that I’m sure you’ve all heard by now is LIVE LIKE A LOCAL.
To wit I’ve been capturing some photos of how I – a local – actually live in Sevilla. This was one of them. Funny, right? Well, apparently not. I got some serious verbal backlash when I posted this on Instagram a few days ago with #livinglikealocal and #livelikealocal hashtags. This was followed by a dozen or so “unfollows”. And I had been SO CLOSE to reaching 5000 followers 😉
I would have quoted the Divine Ms M – FUCK ‘EM IF THEY CAN’T TAKE A JOKE – but I’m sure that would have just got me into more trouble. Anyhoodle… will let you know when I finish. 🙂
I missed that! I’ve been sketchy on Instagram lately… can I tell you my loo brush story? See, it was clearly time to replace the old one so I went on Amazon and found one that looked spiffy and well designed. Fit into a canister whose lid became the hand guard on the brush when you lifted it out to use. Well it arrived — I sallied forth with great ceremony to use it for the first time — and the brush…
… FELL OFF THE HANDLE RIGHT INTO THE BOWL where I had to fish it out with my bare hand.
Turns out the whole thing SCREWED together, cheesy plastic threads at the brush head and the handle guard.
Superglue fixed this but I left a scathing review on Amazon. FFS.
All of which is to say, loo brushes are serious business and yes, wherever it is you live, you need one. That stays in one piece. I agree, fock em if they can’t take a joke.
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Nil illegitorum carbonundrum!
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It’s hilarious! And making a good point too, that it’s not all sun, sea & sangria living in a tourist destination (well, not sea obvs). I’ve just followed you on Instagram so you’ve been bumped back up by one at least. so may precious snowflakes out there!
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