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12 Tuesday Oct 2010
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11 Monday Oct 2010
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Squeaked in with two hours to spare last night, meeting my first SimonSeeks deadline. Got all 25 hotels up and, although there will probably still be a bit of tweaking to do (waiting to hear back from my editor), the first leg is finished and I can breathe a sigh of relief. Also very importantly – I can now send in my first invoice!
Two more deadlines to go: November 5th for restaurants and November 26th for all remaining copy (museums, attractions, nightlife, shopping, etc). Anyhow, check out the hotels page and let me know what you think – feedback, constructive criticism and suggestions are most welcome.
Seville Expert’s Top 25 Hotels
cata de jerez
08 Friday Oct 2010
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Last night Jessica and I went to a fabulous sherry tasting (cata de jerez) at La Azotea Vinos & Más, which was both fun and educational. I’ve never known much about Spanish sherries and so it was great that José Argudo from Bodegas Gonzalez Byass took us through the whole sherry-making process while we sampled ten – yes that’s right, ten!! – different sherries. From the palest driest mosto to sweet musky fino/oloroso blends, we sipped our way through it all, even sampling some lovely 30-year-old wines.
Afterwards Juan brought over a jamón from their La Azotea restaurant across the street and we all had a bit to eat, though not nearly enough for the amount of wine we’d had, so Jessica and I went off to the Alameda for a late night snack, ending up at Al Aljibe.
We had a great time catching up on all our news and I’m really glad that Jess is going to be in town for awhile and not out doing field work in Doñana so much. It’s nice having her “home” again.
[also posted on azahar’s sevilla blog]
las casas del rey de baeza
06 Wednesday Oct 2010
Posted in holidays, restaurants, sevilla, spain, work
As you all know, I don’t get to travel much, and certainly not nearly enough as I’d like to. But the other day I got to take a “day trip” to a beautiful hotel (with the longest name ever – try tweeting that several times a day!). The hotel Las Casas del Rey de Baeza is part of a chain called Hospes Hotels, but they are a very exclusive chain of luxury hotels, most (all?) of which are restored palaces. I have to say that it was interesting to see – and experience – how the other half lives…
getaway
05 Tuesday Oct 2010
Just home from a fabulous 24-hour getaway with Nog at the gorgeous Hospes Casas del Rey del Baeza – yet another wonderful thing that has happened to me because of that “useless waste of time” Twitter. Anyhow, am going through the 156 photos I took and trying to write up a proper report of my visit before this evening’s Tapas Tour, but here is just a taste of it. Meanwhile, you can check my tweets from yesterday on my SevillaTapas and SevilleExpert Twitter streams that also link to iPhone pics I took. We had a great time.
When and where was your last getaway?
casa azahar 