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Category Archives: spain

zahara apartment

16 Sunday Aug 2009

Posted by azahar in change, health & happiness, holidays, spain, travel, trips

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terrace sunset 1

All settled in now and really feeling at home. This is a photo of my first sunset in Zahara, as seen from the terrace. Agustín & Elena have a great place here with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, nice living/dining area and – the best part – a terrace that is almost as big as the apartment! Except for mid to late afternoons when it’s too hot, I can pretty much live out here. It’s especially nice for breakfast. Having my coffee out here while checking email, twitter and blogs and looking out at the sea is pretty much a dream come true.

My companion Mini – I keep telling her we are just two fat old broads at the beach – is sweet, despite having to mop up after her almost constantly. Poor old girl. I’ve known her since she was a pup and now that she is 14 it’s a bit sad to see her having such a hard time. And that Agustín! Before they left on Friday he slipped me another “vacation donation” trying to pretend it was in case Mini needed anything, but then said I should just go out and have a few nice meals on him. And so I shall – just watch me!  🙂

More apartment pics below…

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málaga apartment

04 Tuesday Aug 2009

Posted by azahar in change, health & happiness, holidays, spain, travel, trips

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livingroom
Nice, innit?

Imagine our delight yesterday when Nog & I got to the apartment and saw how lovely it was. First thing we checked out was the view from the terrace and found there were two: one of the port and another partial view of the sea. Very nice. I can listen to the waves as I sit here writing this out on the terrace after a two-hour siesta. Heaven.

The apartment is also BIG. At least, a lot bigger than casa az. There are three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a bright pretty kitchen with a little workroom off it and a huge living/dining room area. We’re on the top (13th) floor of the building so there is tons of light. And we’re about a ten-minute walk to the old town centre. It really doesn’t get much better than this.

And the price is right!  😉

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going to málaga! (part 2)

02 Sunday Aug 2009

Posted by azahar in friends, health & happiness, holidays, spain, summer, travel, trips

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suitcase & sunglasses

It’s been just over two weeks since I wrote this post telling you all about my friend Manolo offering me the use of his beachfront apartment in Málaga in August. It’s been like waiting for Christmas but finally today is the day! Nog and I are going to leave just after lunch, catch the train at 3pm and should be at the apartment by 6 o’clock. In time to unpack and get settled in and then hit the streets early evening in search of tapas…

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garbage

11 Saturday Jul 2009

Posted by azahar in photohunt, photos, rants, sevilla, spain, wtf?

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garbage

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.

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food porn

06 Monday Jul 2009

Posted by azahar in cancer, food & drink, health & happiness, photos, restaurants, sevilla, spain, tapas

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romero prawn nests

I don’t know how many calories these babies have and I don’t care.

After doing some Saturday morning errands and a bit of grocery shopping the other day, Nog & I stopped in for a tapa at one of our favourite bars, Bodeguita Romero. Everyone there knows about the cancer so, as I hadn’t been there in a few months, a full health update was required by the bar staff and Pedro Romero, the owner. After that was taken care of we tried something new on the menu – these really fabulous prawns wrapped in crispy fried potato threads. Then Pedro gave us a free sample of another new tapa they are trying out (see below). Little brie-filled pastries, kind of like spring rolls. The one on the left has spinach and the other one leeks. Also very nice.

All of this reminded me that I have been neglecting my Sevilla Tapas site, which still needs a lot of work done on it. So that is going to be one of my projects this week. In between yoga and breathing and walking and healing…

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