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21st anniversary celebration

17 Wednesday Sep 2014

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21st celebration
So okay, I did say that it was fitting to celebrate my 21st anniversary of moving to Sevilla by working (tapas tour!) and I did have a great time with my group, toasting ME at every stop. But I still wanted to do something personal. So as the following day was a “day off” I met my dear friend Edu for lunch and we visited a few places in my old barrio, stopping for wine and snacks along the way. This also seemed fitting, to go back to where it all started. And one of our stops was even where Sevilla Tapas began. It was fabulous afternoon of the old and the new, as we finished off for a last drink across the street from my first home, where Bar Campanario used to be and where La Azotea is now. Perfect.

21 years!

16 Tuesday Sep 2014

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21 yearsLua in my first Sevilla home

At about 8pm on September 21st 1993 I drove into Sevilla with my two cats Lua and Sunny and all my worldly possessions. A friend had brought us down from Salamanca in a borrowed car and we timed our arrival to meet with the landlord at my new home to pick up the keys. Well, we were there on time, but my landlord wasn’t, so we spent the next three hours parked out front (those poor cats) ordering food & drinks from the bar across the street, which ended up becoming my “living room” over the next year (my new place was very nice but also very small). Wow, 21 years ago.

So much has happened since then, lots of it I’ve shared with you guys here over the past 8 years. Today I’m celebrating my anniversary by … working! I have a tapas tour in a few minutes. But really, it’s a fitting way to celebrate. I arrived in Sevilla with no money, no job and not knowing a soul. It was pretty tough going at times but I never gave up, because I knew I’d found my true home in the world. And I still feel that way. So I shall have a cheeky glass of cava tonight and be thankful that I’m working at something I love in a city I adore, and look forward to a bed full of cats when I get home. Life is good.

getting into hot water

09 Tuesday Sep 2014

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hot water
Every year the gas people come around and do an inspection, and there is also an obligatory one every five years that is required by the government. This year the two inspections came very close together, and the annual one was yesterday. I normally just watch the guy do his stuff, thank him, and that’s that. But this time it occurred to me to ask him if he knew why the hot water always cut out during a shower, while washing up, etc.

Some of you already know that the thing I like least about the present casa az is the poky “under the stairs” bathroom. And what makes it even worse is the crap water pressure and this annoying problem with the hot water. Well, I can’t do anything about the bathroom but the gas guy fixed the hot water problem by simply TURNING UP THE TEMP on the water heater. Like duh. This means the water runs hotter so that cold water must be used, which means more water pressure, and no temperature variance. Now I just need a bigger bathroom!