20 Monday Oct 2008
Posted in food & drink, friends, holidays, life stuff, photos, trips
The only plan for the entire trip was that at some point we had to get to Gibraltar so I could stock up on underwear and socks at Marks & Spencer. Other than that, Susan and I were free agents. Though we also had to consider the weather. The forecast said it was going to be sunny on Friday and rainy on Saturday, so we weren’t sure if it might be better to do shopping and fish & chip eating as rainy day activities. . .
03 Friday Oct 2008
Posted in food & drink, friends, holidays, rants, trips
This is driving me bonkers!
Yesterday Pipocas took me out for a lovely lunch at a new place (well, new for us) called Viniera San Telmo. It had been recommended by someone from the UK who had written to me back in August, thanking me for my tapas blog because he brings people to Sevilla for tapa tours and apparently my site has been very helpful to him. He also told me about some of his favourite places here, one of which is Viniera San Telmo. And so we tried it out and it really was fabulous. Anyhow, over lunch . . .
06 Saturday Sep 2008
Posted in cancer, food & drink, friends, holidays, life stuff
A quick postcard to say how much I’m enjoying my chemo-free pre-op ‘holiday’. Talk about carping the diem. I can’t afford to go anywhere or even do much, but I’ve been sooooo enjoying feeling relatively healthy, taking walks, being with friends, drinking icy cold beverages … heigh-ho, just another day in paradise! 🙂
01 Monday Sep 2008
That’s Sara, me and Steve
They arrived late yesterday evening and we did the usual looking around for somewhere to eat that usually ends up with an extensive tour of the Barrio Santa Cruz until we find a place with a free table. We were eventually seated at Casa Roman and had a very nice meal there. And later on we went for a nightcap on the rooftop terraza of the Hotel Doña Maria.
I’m so happy they’re here … for two whole weeks!
24 Tuesday Jun 2008
Today is San Juan , a festival typically celebrated with roaring bonfires on the beach, food, drink and friends. It is also the saint’s day of anyone whose name is John or a variation thereof – which makes it my saint’s day too! Not that I’m religious, or even own up to Spanish people that my name translates as Juan (don’t want them to start calling me Juanita – gaaaa! ), but I’m basically into any excuse to celebrate.
In Spain saint days are considered to be as important, if not more important, than birthdays. Families and friends organise special meals and gifts are given to the, um, ‘saintee’. I’ve never gone that route myself, but I find I am really hoping for some good news from The Team on this San Juan day – that would be the best present ever.
casa azahar 