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balcony girl

28 Tuesday Apr 2020

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I still haven’t found any proper “cat protection” for the balconies, so for now the cats are only allowed out there when I’m in the room (this is the balcony next to my office desk). For the most part they are fine, but I still have to intervene when they get a bit too curious and poke their heads too far over that bottom railing grid.

Today it got up to 22º, which was quite pleasant and it was lovely to have the doors open. But apparently it’s going to be 35º on Sunday (!!!). How does that even happen in the space of a week? So it’ll be doors shut and aircon on.

sunday song – we got to get out of this place

26 Sunday Apr 2020

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And OMG we may be getting out! Have read that as of next Sunday we will be allowed to go out individually for walks. I am beyond happy about this. I mean, I am against a general opening up of shops and businesses, but I do see how simply walking outdoors and keeping away from others poses no threat to anyone. So next Sunday I’ll be walking by the river again!

noche del pescaíto

25 Saturday Apr 2020

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Right, so obviously Sevilla’s Feria de Abril has been cancelled this year. At first it was postponed until the end of September, when I think the city council thought they could do a combo thing with the Feria de San Miguel. But now… nada. In fact ALL festivals, fiestas, etc, are clearly going to be cancelled for the rest of the year, and most likely well into next year.

But tonight is the noche del pescaíto (night of the fried fish) which traditionally is the first evening of Feria before it officially opens, and everyone in their little private casetas do a pre-opening thing for their select friends, make a whack of fried fish and everyone is well and properly full of fish and rebujito by the time the alumbrado – the lighting up of the fair ground – happens, and when the rest of the public is allowed in.

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lockdown day 42

24 Friday Apr 2020

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This is a photo of Plaza Salvador on a typical Saturday afternoon. So as you can see, right now during lockdown is a far cry from Sevillana life as we know it. It’s not only that, like everywhere else, people are staying at home, cooking at home, eating at home, actually living at home. I think perhaps it’s a more accutely felt change here because Sevillanos tend to spend a LOT of time out in the streets. Dinner parties at home are pretty much unheard of and if there is anything to be celebrated then we like to do it outside. Streets are usually crowded and happily bustling and there is little reason to go home because we have almost everything we need outside our homes. And even though I’m someone who loves an evening in Netflixing with the cats, I do also enjoy, love, need (and now crave) the energy that being out in the streets gives me.

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