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hasta luego..

27 Wednesday Oct 2010

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Karin with Loki last night on the sofabed, giving him a goodnight kiss. Azar was NOT amused by this overnight guest business and spent most of the time sulking in the bedroom.

So Karin (dragonqueen) is now winging her way home – Jean-Marie (ToyBox) left on Sunday – and it’s time to get back to normal around here. Which means catching up on my SimonSeeks stuff and doing a tapas tour tonight with Spanish chef José Pizarro, who will soon be opening his own restaurant in London.

It was a great mini-meet and a fabulous trip to Granada (thanks again, K!). I’ve uploaded some photos though they are still mostly unedited. Click on the link below to have a look.

Granada 2010 Photo Album

granada!

26 Tuesday Oct 2010

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Sitting up at the Huerta de Juan Rana yesterday afternoon, enjoying the view and a cold beer (after the long walk up some cold refreshment was very welcome). Today we will be over at the big orange thing in the background, then a quick lunch and home again.

And speaking of lunch, dragonqueen took me out to a most fabulous place that had been recommended by Agustín – and it really was wonderful. Later in the evening we met up with a couple of Twitter friends John & Gail and they took us to a typical cheap & cheerful seafood bar. Photos below, with the usual warning – don’t look if you’re hungry!

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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!