córdoba getaway 2024

04 Monday Mar 2024

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A quick overnight getaway (with dodgy knee) to attend the Premios Andalucía Gastronomía in Córdoba, presented by the Academia Andaluz de Gastronomía y Turismo. They actually had activities and events planned for the whole weekend but I’m saving myself for the main event today. Got into town yesterday and, thinking I might not be able to move around a lot, decided to splash out a bit in case I had to spend most of the time at the hotel…

cordoba hotel h10

Actually got a good “winter travel” price for one night so what the heck. It was also Peter’s birthday on Saturday so this trip is his birthday present. During the last Córdoba Getaway (June 2022) we walked through this square on the way to our pokey hotel and I had to stop in and have a look inside… vowed then and there I would stay at the H10 Palacio Colomera one day. Anyhow, more on Córdoba and the event after I get home.

new washing machine!

01 Friday Mar 2024

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Back in October 2022 (while I had Covid) the washing machine that came with the apartment suddenly flooded everywhere so I called the landlord and he showed up with a replacement machine the next day. Except it turned out the problem wasn’t the machine, it was a backup in the drains. But by the time we realised that they had already swapped machines so I ended up with a different second hand one that frankly didn’t work as well as the original one. Boo.

Fast forward to January this year and suddenly the machine was making a noise during the spin cycle like a 747 about to take off. Landlords didn’t seem too keen to do anything about it as long as the machine was still working but then a couple of weeks ago it started leaving grease stains on our clothes.

Long story short… got this brand new machine installed this morning, after agreeing to pay half. I just wanted to get the crap one replaced asap rather than wait for them to do something (or maybe bring another crap second hand one) and I didn’t want anymore clothes/sheets ruined. So that’s done! I’m hoping this means they plan on keeping the apartment (with me in it!) when the contract has to be renewed this summer. And now I just have to figure out why an “Eco Wash” takes over 3 hours…

helen

29 Thursday Feb 2024

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I have known Helen @HelenORahilly for YEARS (virtually) and, although she has been to Sevilla and hereabouts several times, this was the first time we actually got to meet up in person. And really it felt like meeting up with an old friend. First a bit of sherry at Manolo Cateca and then a fab tapas lunch at Taberna Zurbarán. This is why I still hold on to Twitter. I’ve met so many amazing people there, and we are still there. At least for now. Anyhow, Helen is off back home to Dublin tomorrow but it was great having an afternoon out together (also enjoyed our whatsapp chats while she was out and about here this week). Hope she’ll be back soon.