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Heading home after my evening tapas tours I get to see stuff like this.
Love Sevilla. Love my life here.
heading home…
07 Saturday Jul 2018
Posted in andalucia, sevilla, tapas, tapas tours
Category Archives: andalucia
tbt – andrés maricuchi
28 Thursday Jun 2018
Posted in andalucia, Malaga, malaga getaway, throw back thursday
One of my favourite places in Malaga, Andrés Maricuchi in Pedregalejo. Took this photo in October 2011, when l went upstairs to use the loo l saw the napkins drying out on the upper floor terrace. Looking forward to going back in July.
bodegas la gitana & argüeso
27 Wednesday Jun 2018
The main reason for the latest Sanlúcar Getaway was to partake of a couple of the free bodega visits being offered during the Día de la Manzanilla celebrations. The first was the Visita Nocturna on Monday evening at Bodegas La Gitana, which turned out to be a bit of a disappointment as it wasn’t the actual Visita Nocturna (which includes tasting VOR and VORS wines). Instead it was just the regular morning tour but held in the evening. Oh well.
The second was a visit to Bodega Argüeso, which I had never been to before. Peter joined me in Sanlúcar the next morning and when we arrived at the bodega I was very pleasantly surprised to see Nuria (whom I’d first met at Delgado Zuleta a few years ago) was now working at Argüeso. The tour was fun and interesting and included stopping by the tonelería (cooperage) to see the skilled artisans constructing and repairing the sherry barrels.
You can see a complete list of all the sherry bodegas I have visited (20 so far) here…
hotel barrameda
26 Tuesday Jun 2018
I had sort of half-planned to go to Sanlúcar de Barrameda for Día de la Manzanilla (which was actually four days, Saturday to Tuesday) but didn’t actually decide until about 10.30 Monday morning. Then it all came together, booking sherry tastings, a hotel and train tickets, and by 12.00 I was packed and on my way.
I pretty much got the last room available at Hotel Barrameda (other than a rather expensive one with its own jacuzzi) and with the price they quoted I wasn’t expecting much, especially when they said it was an interior room. So I was very pleasantly surprised when I opened the door to this loveliness. It was perfect. I’ve stayed here before and, really, don’t think I’d want to stay anywhere else in Sanlúcar. The location is perfect, right on beautiful Plaza del Cabildo and easy walking distance to pretty much everywhere you’d want to go. I already want to go back. 🙂
postcard from sanlúcar de barrameda
25 Monday Jun 2018
Always a welcome sight upon arriving in Sanlúcar – the beautiful Plaza del Cabildo. Here for the last two days celebrating Día de la Manzanilla.
