nico

29 Wednesday Apr 2020

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I wrote about Nico shortly after lockdown, because he had disappeared for a few days and I was worried about how he was going to get on with fewer people in the streets to give him money. He’s my “designated street guy”. I mean, I can’t afford to be giving money to all the street people, so it’s been my thing that wherever I’ve lived here I get to know one of them a bit and do my best to help them out. Not just with money but also stopping and chatting a bit. I was used to seeing Nico every day.

Anyhow, now that I am only going out about once every ten days or so I haven’t been able to give Nico much help but then I saw him walking past my house and called out for him to stop while I looked around for a fiver. I had visions of it fluttering down onto my neighbour’s balcony so I made it into a tight square and tossed it down to him – and that worked fine! So now I have a new method of getting some cash to him a bit more often, even if it means throwing my money around.  🙂

balcony girl

28 Tuesday Apr 2020

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I still haven’t found any proper “cat protection” for the balconies, so for now the cats are only allowed out there when I’m in the room (this is the balcony next to my office desk). For the most part they are fine, but I still have to intervene when they get a bit too curious and poke their heads too far over that bottom railing grid.

Today it got up to 22º, which was quite pleasant and it was lovely to have the doors open. But apparently it’s going to be 35º on Sunday (!!!). How does that even happen in the space of a week? So it’ll be doors shut and aircon on.

sunday song – we got to get out of this place

26 Sunday Apr 2020

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And OMG we may be getting out! Have read that as of next Sunday we will be allowed to go out individually for walks. I am beyond happy about this. I mean, I am against a general opening up of shops and businesses, but I do see how simply walking outdoors and keeping away from others poses no threat to anyone. So next Sunday I’ll be walking by the river again!

noche del pescaíto

25 Saturday Apr 2020

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Right, so obviously Sevilla’s Feria de Abril has been cancelled this year. At first it was postponed until the end of September, when I think the city council thought they could do a combo thing with the Feria de San Miguel. But now… nada. In fact ALL festivals, fiestas, etc, are clearly going to be cancelled for the rest of the year, and most likely well into next year.

But tonight is the noche del pescaíto (night of the fried fish) which traditionally is the first evening of Feria before it officially opens, and everyone in their little private casetas do a pre-opening thing for their select friends, make a whack of fried fish and everyone is well and properly full of fish and rebujito by the time the alumbrado – the lighting up of the fair ground – happens, and when the rest of the public is allowed in.

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