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slow travel

22 Monday Dec 2008

Posted by azahar in blogging, culture, food & drink, friends, holidays, photos, trips

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Slow Travelers go to Europe to experience different cultures and lifestyles, but they do it differently than most tourists. Instead of staying in hotels or B&Bs, they stay in vacation rentals – apartments, cottages or houses that you rent by the week. Staying in your own temporary “home”, even if just for a week or two, lets you experience a place more intensely because you get involved in the community where you are staying. You shop for groceries and supplies in the local shops, stop at the same cafe every morning, see the people in your village or neighborhood each day.

About a year ago I was looking at the Live Traffic Feed on Sevilla Tapas and saw that someone had visited from a place called Slow Travel. So I went and checked it out …

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necessary angels

16 Tuesday Dec 2008

Posted by azahar in culture, health & happiness, life stuff

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necessary-angels

Necessary Angels

They are not doctors. They are not nurses. They are illiterate women from India’s Untouchable castes. Yet as trained village health workers, they are delivering babies, curing disease, and saving lives—including their own.

~ from National Geographic via Nag on the Lake ~

cancer etiquette

15 Wednesday Oct 2008

Posted by azahar in cancer, culture, friends, health & happiness

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I came across the following on the Colon Club discussion forum – a list of seven things you shouldn’t say to people with cancer. I thought it was pretty good, though some don’t really apply to me. And I’ve added a couple more at the end.

Hearing that a loved one has been diagnosed with cancer can cause anyone to be anxious. You begin to think about all the right things to say in your anxiety and oftentimes end up saying the worst. Although the objective is not to cause harm to this person, ultimately you can, with your words, end up doing just that and cause your loved one to plunge further into depression. No doubt hearing that “C” word turns a lot of us into fools, but if you find yourself in a position where a family member or friend has revealed that they have cancer, here are some things you might not want to say. . .

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la tomatina

27 Wednesday Aug 2008

Posted by azahar in culture, food & drink, spain, video, weird

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According to this Wikipedia article…

La Tomatina is a food fight festival held on the last Wednesday of August each year in the town of Buñol in the Valencia region of Spain. Tens of thousands of participants come from all over the world to fight in a brutal battle where more than one hundred metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes are thrown in the streets.

The week-long festival features music, parades, dancing, and fireworks. On the night before the tomato fight, participants of the festival compete in a paella cooking contest.

So today is the day, and here is a video of it from the Grauniad…

Pulp Friction

Does this sound like fun to you?

the alcázar

31 Thursday Jul 2008

Posted by azahar in culture, home, photos, sevilla, spain

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aka the royal palace and gardens

The Alcázar (pronounced al-KA-thar ) is about a three-minute walk from casa az. It is also free to residents of Sevilla. I only have to show my ID card and don’t have to pay the 7 euro entrance fee. And yet I can’t even remember the last time I was there. To remedy this shameful situation, Nog and I decided to spend the morning at the Alcázar and it was lovely, especially as there weren’t as many tourists as usual. And so I’m planning to make this a weekly outing. I mean, it’s crazy not to.

I also took some photos and started a couple of new Fotki albums. One for the Alcázar and a separate one for the fabulous ceramic tiles (azulejos). Here are the links – I recommend the slideshow option as the colours show up really well against the black background. Below the links is a bit of a sneak preview. . .

~ Alcázar photos ~
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Azulejos photos ~

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