25 Saturday Aug 2007
Is there ever a good excuse? I rather don’t think so.
In keeping with this Freudian foot fetish thang I apparently have . . . recently on an h2g2 thread someone asked why socks and sandals were considered unstylish. And I decided the only possible rebuttal was to provide photo evidence. And here it is . . .
Warning: these images are not for the faint of heart
19 Sunday Aug 2007
Tourist sites ‘prove turn-offs’
MOST DISAPPOINTING SIGHTS
UK:
- Stonehenge
- Angel of the North, Gateshead
- Blackpool Tower
- Land’s End, Cornwall
- Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain, London
OVERSEAS:
- The Eiffel Tower, Paris
- The Louvre, Paris
- Times Square, New York
- Las Ramblas, Barcelona
- Statue of Liberty, New York
Well good. Maybe more of them should stay home then . . .
Living in the centre of Sevilla, tourists are regarded as a kind of necessary evil. Sure they bring in lots of cash but tourism is also responsible for my neighbourhood changing from a barrio with family run corner shops and bars, greengrocers, bakeries, bookshops and newsagents, to chain-run ‘typical tapa’ bars and practically every storefront selling exactly the same crappy souvenirs. And every day I have to plough my way through herds of tourists blocking the sidewalks and even the entrance to my front door.
Anyhow, what did you think of the article? Have you ever been disappointed by a world famous tourist attraction? What are the most impressive sights you’ve ever seen while travelling?
14 Tuesday Aug 2007
Posted in culture, miscellany, rants, video
If only this would happen more often . . .
‘borrowed’ from Metro
11 Saturday Aug 2007
Posted in blogging, culture, food & drink, sevilla, tapas
Yikes – it’s another blog!!!
As many of you know, about a year or so ago I started a page here called sevilla tapas which included short write-ups on some of my favourite restaurants and tapa bars that also linked to photos on my Fotki page.
This morning I was adding to and reorganising the Fotki tapitas album and I got to thinking that it might be more interesting to have everything together. So what I’ve done is start a new blog that is set up so that each restaurant and tapa bar has its own category. You can click on the drop-down widget on the right and find all posts relating to a particular place there. Each place will have at least two posts to start with – one with general information and the other will be for photos.
I’ve only got one category finished so far (for Modesto Restaurante) if you want to check it out and let me know what you think. I’m planning to write a longer ‘review’ for each place – the one there for Modesto at the moment was just taken from the page here to use as a temporary example.
The link below will take you to the welcome page. On the sidebar widget look under Restaurant and Tapa Bar Categories for Modesto and check out the posts. Each post has a link to the other.
07 Tuesday Aug 2007
So, these guys are playing underneath my balcony right now,
Tuesday night at 10.30 pm…
Quite a nice surprise to come home to after the usual evening walk. I first came across these guys playing in a square near here last November. A fun (and very loud) mix of stuff – kind of a cross between a New Orleans jazz band and Los Fabulosos Cadillacs. Lots of horns and percussion, singing done through a megaphone. Very theatrical, like street cabaret.
Anyhoo, so much for watching Chinatown tonight . . . 🙂
Here is their website: Banda de la Maria
