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31 Thursday Jul 2025

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the usual long queues for the 27 and 32

Four lifeline bus routes to the centre of Sevilla from outlying barrios are about to be cut off so that tourists in the 5 star hotels in this central area can be “serviced” better. It’s all for them. I have been hearing rumours for a while about plans to pedestrianise the street between Plazas del Duque and Encarnación (Las Setas) and my first thought was wtf were people who rely on the 27 & 32 bus routes (myself included) supposed to do? But it gets worse. The other day I saw an article about the latest plans for the “reurbanisation” of the three squares next to the main Corte Inglés department store: Plazas Duque, Concordia and Gavidia. And this is the first evil step, because it means those bus routes are never coming back to us. Work is to commence in 2026 and finish sometime in 2027.

The announcement came on this cringe video on the Instagram account of the Diario de Sevilla, not even mentioning the removal of these important city bus routes, instead a perky woman is saying “oh wow and we will have the new “Transibus” to take people to the Santa Justa train station. This only takes into consideration a relatively short trip (6 stops) of one of the four routes (the 34). The others will have their central stops eliminated.

Here is the affected area for the 27 and 32 routes (green line outgoing, blue line incoming). Both routes share the first/last two stops, shown arrow to arrow below. It’s about a 15 minute walk if you have no mobility issues, aren’t carrying shopping or feeling tired, can’t afford a taxi…

And here is where both routes go out to… the 27 to Sevilla Este and the 32 to the end of Nervión. I know these maps won’t mean anything to most of you but you can see that these are VERY LONG routes servicing outlying neighbourhoods and these buses are jam-packed day and night.

The other two bus routes affected, the 13 and 14, will soon have to turn around at the end of the Alameda, cutting out one very long stop to/from the centre. This is about a ten minute walk, if you are young and able bodied. And again, not carrying shopping, or in a wheelchair, etc.

These routes go north. the 13 to Pino Montano and the 14 to Poligono Norte (the 13 is the longer route but both are essential). I personally use this service less often but it’s sure come in handy since I’ve been on crutches, especially to get to my health centre. I take it two stops from Duque and it really makes a difference.

My feeling is that because there are so many elderly people taking these buses, and they can travel for free after age 65 (hey, like me!), the city doesn’t consider them of any value. I see them in the queues, with their shopping trolleys, their canes and walkers, even wheelchairs. How the hell are they supposed to get to the centre from the Alameda or Ponce de León, walk those extra 10-15 minutes, which will be either much longer or impossible for them? You know, to do their shopping, to come into town to have lunch with a friend, to basically ENJOY THEIR CITY.


Day or night, these four bus routes are always in demand, there are always queues of locals coming and going from the centre to their barrios. They are crammed full. Often they run as “only drop off” during the routes because they can’t take on any more passengers. “Replacing” them with one minibus, for just one of the four routes, that only takes tourists from their 5 star hotel to the train station, I mean what the fuck.

They did something similar with the Plaza Magdalena a few years ago, removing the “offending” bus stops so patrons of the new 5 star hotels there wouldn’t have to see us, you know, living our lives. Now the 40, 41 and 43 routes to Triana and Los Remedios stop a little further down San Pablo, but only maybe a five minute walk away (if you can walk). Still sucks. One thing I’ve noticed since this change is that the queues have diminished, not so many locals are using the service because, frankly, it no longer serves them. I think that’s really sad.

Anyhow, not sure what is going to happen with this latest “reurbanisation” plan but none of it sounds good for us. It never is. Meanwhile, saw another article reporting that oversupply is reducing demand re: bookings for tourist accommodations in Sevilla. I mean, ya think? Also it’s fucking 42º here this week. Nobody in their right minds should be visiting Sevilla June-August. Just stop coming here please…

PS. If you’re a total bus route nerd (like Peter) you can find them online here: TUSSAM LÍNEAS

third time lucky?

17 Thursday Jul 2025

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So after getting a call from the Cardiologist at the end of April telling me I HAD to start taking this and that IMMEDIATELY, well, I started taking them. But I didn’t start taking the third one (beta blocker) listed because he didn’t mention it in the call. Anyhow, I wasn’t happy taking the Flecainide from the beginning because it kind of scared me, also I wasn’t feeling well on it, having several of the side effects listed here.  So after going to the hospital to try and speak to the Cardiologist and also going to see my GP I ended up with TWO Cardiology appointments. I went to the first one in June and got my prescription somewhat changed, starting with the beta blocker and getting the Flecainide dosage halved. But things still didn’t feel right.

Luckily I held on the the second “bonus” appointment and took advantage of it to go and talk to the Cardiologist again today. Except it wasn’t the same affable guy I’d been seeing, it was very brusque woman. At first I thought she was kind of unfriendly but it turned out she was just no nonsense. The first thing she said was… what are you doing back here? You were just here last month! So I had to explain it was about the prescription (didn’t mention the bonus appt) and told her that even on half-flecainide I was still feeling wonky. She told me flat out that none of the side effects I described were typically caused by Flecainide  (well OTHER THAN ON THIS PAGE) but said if I thought it was making me feel bad that she would cancel that prescription and I could continue with the other three. Just like that. Um… okay. I asked if I should have a revision in case the tachycardia started up again and she said “well, yours seem to be quite caprichoso, not constant, so check again with your GP if you notice any changes”. 

I mean, I have to admit that I haven’t had any tachycardia moments since starting on the Flecainide, and both my BP and pulse have dropped… but I mean by a lot. Meanwhile the inside of my head feels bruised and I get dizzy, pressure behind eyes, sometimes blurry vision. Anyhow, now that I have the specialist’s permission to stop taking scary drug (for now) I will see how it goes over the rest of the summer. I feel more relaxed about this. So now it’s just the same old BP meds I’ve been on for years, the blood thinner and the beta blocker (but half dosage). And apparently I can take them all at breakfast, so no more morning and evening pill popping. More news as I get it.