31 Friday Jul 2009
Posted in clothing, photos, t-shirt friday
One of my all-time favourites. Must be more than 20 years old by now. And one of the very few t-shirts with slogans I have left – too bad I got rid of my “Bad Attitude” and “Hoax Couture” t-shirts when Susan and I did the Christmas in June thing. But they were all frayed around the neck, hadn’t worn them in years … oh well.
Other players this month include:
Sledpress
nurse myra
70s teen
Renal Failure
Silverstar
Mudhooks
healingmagichands
25 Saturday Jul 2009
Today’s Photohunter theme is “utensils”.
19 Sunday Jul 2009
I came across this wonderful Portuguese food shop quite by accident the other day when Nog & I were out for a walk and made a special trip back on Friday because I was told they have fresh Portuguese bread brought in that day. Memories of Lisbon and Tavira came flooding back after making a simple lunch of crusty bread, a selection of cheeses, black olive paste and salad.
Actually, that’s the typical starter in most Portuguese restaurants. I swear I could almost live on bread & cheese alone. Well, with a nice wine and some sort of fresh veg. But they just don’t have good bread in Sevilla. I can’t remember what it was like when I lived in Salamanca, but in Barcelona the bread has a lot more character and flavour. Maybe it’s an Andalusian thing? White “cotton wool” tasteless pap with a pale and very uncrusty crust. Bleh.
You can see more photos below (including lunch!) …
[also posted on azahar’s Sevilla]
17 Friday Jul 2009
Today’s Photohunter theme is “rock(s)”.
This is a photo of Gibraltar – aka The Rock – taken in December 2007. It was my third attempt to get there. The first time I’d left my passport at home, thinking my Spanish identity card would suffice. Wrong. The second time I had my bags packed and just before leaving I double checked that I had my passport, flipped it open … and it had expired two weeks previously! Third time lucky. And I was finally able to stock up on underwear at Marks & Spencer!
Below is another photo of The Rock, taken from a nearby village called San Roque (Saint Rock).
11 Saturday Jul 2009
Today’s Photohunter theme is “garbage”.
I ask you … have you ever seen anything so ugly? These are the garbage disposal receptacles that were installed a few years ago in the centre of Seville – the city with the largest preserved old centre in Europe. They are part of an underground “suck it up” disposal system that works okay most of the time, but could they not have designed a receptacle that didn’t look like R2D2 on a bad day? They are just so jarring to the eye in comparison to the beautiful architecture here. Ironically, newer receptacles that have been installed in other less pretty parts of town are much more pleasing to look at. Go figure.
