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back to ads, sorry guys

14 Monday Sep 2026

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I’m not sure if this will even matter to anyone, but today my WordPress.com Personal Plan expires and goes back to the regular free version, which means I will lose my azahar.me domain and you guys are now going to see stupid random automated ads throughout all the posts here. I don’t remember when they started charging to have an “ad-free” version, but I decided to pay for it because, frankly, the ads are ugly and distracting. But that was before I started up Sevilla Tapas and all the other blogs and websites I now self-host. And to be honest, I need to start trimming expenses wherever I can.

50€ a year (+ 25€ for the domain) may not seem like much, but added to all the other “small fees” I pay for various other domains, and the actually quite hefty annual fee I pay for hosting, and streaming stuff, music, and and and… yes, it all adds up. Anyhow, I am now saving 75€ a year and you are now going to see ugly ads. Sorry!

sunday times travel mag

03 Tuesday May 2016

Posted by azahar in blogging, tapas tours, travel, work

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st magazine

I hope I never get so jaded that I don’t get SUPER THRILLED to see my name in print, talking about my Sevilla Tapas Tours. Whether it’s in a fab blog like Becky’s Have Paprika Will Travel (who posted this photo on Instagram – this article is in print version only) or a prestigious publication like the Sunday Times Travel Magazine. It’s always so exciting. More here…

Sevilla Tapas in the Media

on helping…

20 Wednesday Apr 2016

Posted by azahar in blogging, food & drink, internet, sevilla, spain, work

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help line

Don’t get me wrong… I love helping people. And I love sharing my knowledge about Spain. Which is what led to the labour of love that is Sevilla Tapas and its various offshoots. Which then led to me offering food & wine tours, and later on personalised travel planning. Meanwhile, I keep updating my websites as best I can, as time (and money) allows, so that others can also enjoy and benefit from my experiences.

But what I don’t get are the people who email me saying what a nice website I have and then ask me to recommend specific tapas bars for their short stay in Sevilla, or hotels that would suit their particular requirements, local sights they shouldn’t miss, or possible day trips they should take while they are here, etc…

Guys! All that info is there. It has always been there. It’s there for you to use and – I hope – will be useful. Happy to share and all that. But please don’t ask me to take time out of my busy day to organise your holiday with “my favourite picks” based on your special needs… you can actually find that out yourselves by spending some time on my sites. I did all that research so you wouldn’t have to start from scratch. If you’d like a personalised holiday itinerary, or a fabulous food & wine tour, then I also offer those services. But you do have to pay for that. I’m not complaining, but I always feel a bit mean when I don’t have time to get back to these people.

Have to say though, that it always makes me happy when I get an email from someone recently back from a holiday in Sevilla who tells me what a fabulous resource my sites were for them, how they helped them have a much better time than they would have managed on their own. That makes my day!  🙂

new looks for sevilla & spain sites

27 Friday Nov 2015

Posted by azahar in blogging, internet, sevilla, spain

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azahar sevilla After recently jazzing up my tapas sites (as well as this blog and We Love Tapas), I had a look around for a new look for my travel sites. I wanted some continuity between them, and also a functional and easy to navigate theme. So far I’m happy with these, which I tinkered with a bit more this week. What do you think? Click on the pics to visit the sites.

azahar spain

casa az is 9!

11 Monday May 2015

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blogging, blogoversary, blogs, casa az, friends

9

Well, nine years and 10 days to be exact. I actually forgot my blogoversary this year but was reminded this morning when I saw my friend Craig’s Facebook post about how he met me (and many others) on H2G2 14 years ago. So yeah… 9 years and 10 days ago I started my first ever blog, which has since turned into my daily scrapbook. Since May 1, 1996 I’ve had almost 734,000 visits, with 1885 followers (who are all you guys?) and I’ve published 3238 posts. And, like Craig, I’ve met some pretty amazing people.

Cheers everybody! Thanks for sticking around.

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