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the view from here

18 Friday Jun 2010

Posted by azahar in life stuff, Malaga, musings, travel, trips, work

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Malaga, sea

A couple of iPhone shots taken yesterday from the apartment terrace … the beach when I arrived and the port just before I went to bed. I can’t imagine coming to Málaga and not staying here at Manolo’s place. It really feels like home. And it isn’t just the terrace views that are different – I feel different here. Maybe it’s the sea?

Anyhow, very busy day as I am just about to go meet Victoria, spend the morning at the bodega and then head out to the vineyards at noon to meet with the American group. More later…

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trains

17 Thursday Jun 2010

Posted by azahar in Malaga, travel, trips

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Malaga, trains, travel

So I’m hopping the train to Málaga this morning…

I always get a bit nervous before a trip, even a short one like this. I guess because I don’t do it very often. But this time I am taking the bare minimum since it will probably be just overnight (slight chance of staying until Saturday). It’s kind of nice travelling so light. Well, except for Shadow, who is rather heavy. But I couldn’t leave home without him.

And I was thinking how travelling by train is my favourite way to go. Planes terrify me, buses make me sick, cars are okay in that you can stop whenever you want … but for straight A-to-B travel I really think trains are the best. And notice I didn’t even mention boats.

What’s your favourite way to travel?

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pain in the ash

19 Monday Apr 2010

Posted by azahar in friends, holidays, travel, trips

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ash cloud, volcano


Yes it is awesome and quite breathtakingly beautiful, but…

It has also screwed up the travel plans of thousands of people, including my friends Teuchter and her husband J, who should have arrived in Spain last Saturday. For months they’ve been planning their tour of Andalucía, which would’ve also included a couple of days in Sevilla. We’ve been emailing back and forth with different plans and ideas. It was all very exciting because the last time T&J were here was five years ago and we were so looking forward to getting together again. Bum.

Been following the stories on Twitter, of people who are either stranded elsewhere or stuck at home. It really is unprecidented and in a way quite fascinating. But what a mess.

Anyone you know get stuck or stranded?

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christmas angel

13 Sunday Dec 2009

Posted by azahar in christmas, fiestas, friends, holidays, home, Malaga, neighbours, sevilla, spain, travel, trips

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angels, christmas, neighbours

In case you’ve never seen an angel before…this is Isabel.

If you haven’t read the story about Isabel’s wonderful generosity and how she totally saved my holiday in Málaga last weekend, you can find it here. Someone asked if I had offered to pay her for taking me to the train station, but I knew she would have never accepted money and so I got her this lovely box of Belgian chocolates while I was away. And it was hard enough getting her to accept those! She kept waving them away and telling me not to be “tonta”. And when I asked if I could take her photo and told her that she was already “famosa” on my blog, she turned to the shop assistant and said, “I just did the tiniest of favours for this girl and she’s making such a big fuss over it!”

The tinest of favours. Yeah right. She only saved my holiday and renewed my faith in human kindness with her very spontaneous act of generosity.  No big deal.

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nice to be home…

09 Wednesday Dec 2009

Posted by azahar in animals & pets, christmas, holidays, home, Malaga, sevilla, spain, travel, trips

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cats, christmas, holidays, Malaga

Got home from Málaga yesterday evening … I was so excited to see Azar again! As soon as I opened the door he started MEOWING like crazy. Then he ran under the bed and pretended to sulk. But unlike other times he only managed to sulk for about three minutes before coming out and allowing himself to be snibbled. That was when I saw that he had managed to keep himself amused during my absence by dragging clothes out from the storage boxes under the bed and making mincemeat out of a roll of paper towels that had been left on an end table in the livingroom (and not for the first time).

After much snibbling and rolling around on the bed with small black cat I started on the first of several loads of washing that need doing and then … I put up the Christmas tree! Right on schedule.

Today I’m going to work on my Málaga photos and will hopefully have them up on Fotki to show you all a bit later. It was a wonderful long weekend and great to get away, but also so very nice to be home again.

[very cool tea towel was a gift from alejna]

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