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seville concierge

25 Monday Jun 2012

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So the other day I came across a site where you could “hire a local friend” while travelling in various cities, who would show you around and make your experience less touristy, blah blah… and then I thought this would be perfect for Peter. Happily he thought so too, and so for the past couple of days I’ve been working on getting a new blog and social media stuff set up for him. Peter’s been busy writing content (not published yet) and we’ve both been talking about the various ways he could take this new venture. I mean, there are lots of different specialised outings in Seville he could offer, as well as day trips by train or bus. This is very exciting! So go on and follow his blog, twitter and facebook accounts!


Seville Concierge Blog
Seville Concierge on Twitter
Seville Concierge on Facebook

queen of tapas

21 Thursday Jun 2012

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It’s official! I am the Tapas Queen of Sevilla!

Now all I need is a crown of azahar…

I was recently asked by online lifestyle magazine Con Eñe, which writes about – and with! – La Pasión Española, if I would like to be interviewed and have my tapas tours featured. And well, of course I did!

I’ve known writer/editor María Basia on Twitter for quite some time now but although she lives in Sevilla we have yet to meet in person (though we do have a date pending so I can try the pringá at Bar Gonzalo). As we both share a love of Sevilla and cats I’m sure we’ll get along great.

Click on the link below to read the interview.
Thanks for thinking of me, María, and also for such a fun intro!

Tapas – Sevilla Style

[also posted on azahar’s Sevilla blog]

triana day trip

13 Wednesday Jun 2012

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This week’s day trip to celebrate my 20th anniversary in Spain was to… Triana!

Which may not seem odd for those of you who don’t know Sevilla, but it was actually a day trip within the city, to one of its many colourful barrios. I had some research to do and so decided to make a day of it with Peter (who is scarily on his way to summer unemployment). Here’s a glimpse of some of the places we went to.  More later on the Sevilla blog.

Do you ever go day-tripping in your own city? I think it’s a great idea.

friday foto finder – well

01 Friday Jun 2012

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This week’s Friday Foto Finder challenge is “well”.

For eighteen and a half years I was intrigued by this doorway in a small tunnel that joins the Patio Banderas to the old Judería. Well, wouldn’t you be? I called it the hobbit house and always wanted to know who lived there. I especially wanted to go inside and have a look around. And about a month ago I got my chance!

Peter had taken out a group on a Sevilla Tapas Tour – a family of four from Texas and a couple from the UK – and I ended up going to meet them at their final stop for the evening. Final? Ha! Turns out everyone was having such a good time that Paige and Keith invited everyone back to their holiday rental for a nightcap. The hobbit house! And what a curious place it turned out to be. There were four bedrooms haphazardly arranged over three floors, an odd sitting room off what everyone assumed was the living room, and a small terrace overlooking Judería street and the Royal Palace walls. Our guess was that it used to be some sort of guardhouse but now was prettied up with geraniums on the windows and made into a more or less functional living space.

But its most unusual feature was the open well in the living room.
A few more shots below – wish I’d taken more now!

Check out what other Friday Foto Finders have, um, found – over here!