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spanish lunch

25 Monday Oct 2010

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Yesterday’s fabby lunch at home… Karin (dragonqueen) had asked about where to find a good paella here, and the answer was pretty much nowhere. So then I thought I’d make one here, throw in a tortilla, and call it lunch.

Turned out great and it was the last lunch with all of us together as Jean-Marie (ToyBox) had to leave at 3pm to catch his plane.

And today Karin and I are catching a 7am (aaack!) train to Granada…

Though we’ll be staying here (Karin’s treat) which I know will be lovely as that’s where Nog and I stayed when we went to Granada back in 2005 – pre-digital camera – and so that should help take the edge off having to get up so early.

Stay tuned for Granada pics!

casa az

22 Friday Oct 2010

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Spent most of yesterday morning tidying up as company was coming (for the Sevilla mini meet). Mostly this meant a bit of frantic haphazard dusting and shoving stuff into cupboards, but I thought it might be a good time to show you my home. Apologies for the rough look of the video, but I still haven’t figured out how to edit so it had to be a spontaneous all-at-once take.

And so here you go – here’s  casa az!

cata de jerez

08 Friday Oct 2010

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Last night Jessica and I went to a fabulous sherry tasting (cata de jerez) at La Azotea Vinos & Más, which was both fun and educational. I’ve never known much about Spanish sherries and so it was great that José Argudo from Bodegas Gonzalez Byass took us through the whole sherry-making process while we sampled ten – yes that’s right, ten!! – different sherries. From the palest driest mosto to sweet musky fino/oloroso blends, we sipped our way through it all, even sampling some lovely 30-year-old wines.

Afterwards Juan brought over a jamón from their La Azotea restaurant across the street and we all had a bit to eat, though not nearly enough for the amount of wine we’d had, so Jessica and I went off to the Alameda for a late night snack, ending up at Al Aljibe.

We had a great time catching up on all our news and I’m really glad that Jess is going to be in town for awhile and not out doing field work in Doñana so much. It’s nice having her “home” again.

[also posted on azahar’s sevilla blog]