09 Thursday May 2013
Every other time I’ve gone to the Feria in Jerez I’ve spent almost all my time taking photos of the gorgeous horses. This time I spent most of the day drinking sherry in the Gonzalez Byass tent with these lovely people. Well, it was different! And really nice to meet up with old friends again, as well as meet some new ones. But I’m kind of sorry I missed the horses (sorry Beth!). Hope I’ll be able to go again next year.
18 Thursday Apr 2013
Posted in animals & pets, culture, sevilla, spain
This is for Beth…
Honestly, this guy looked way more magnificent than I was able to capture. Kind of like when I used to try taking photos of Azar – the ALL BLACK thing kind of works against catching all the gorgeous details. But he was gorgeous.
The other horse of the day that I missed was an amazing creamy white albino with a stunningly beautiful woman riding him – they went by in a flash and I looked everywhere to try and find them again to no avail.
Am now home with Feria Feet and need to take them to bed… xx
16 Tuesday Apr 2013
15 Monday Apr 2013
Sevilla’s massive spring fair – Feria de Abril – begins tonight at midnight when they turn on the thousands of lights on the specially built gateway (there’s a different design each year). I’ll be going tomorrow afternoon to attend the awards ceremony for the Toro Tapas competition. Won’t be wearing a flamenco dress though. Aren’t these great? Twelve designers came up with a unique design in red for a fashion event called Pasión Flamenca that I happened upon last week. Always look in open doorways…
27 Sunday May 2012
Some pics from my first visit to the Feria de Córdoba. Another fair, like the one in Jerez, that is totally different to the Feria de Sevilla and which, in my opinion, is much better. The casetas are larger (with air con) and are open to the public. Depending on what you fancy you can opt for traditional flamenco music (sevillanas), flamenco rock, salsa, disco… the casetas ranged from fairly rough & ready tents to solid structures decorated like country homes with servers dressed in maid’s outfits. You can get some great looking food, watch the crowds or join in, or stroll the streets and enjoy the parade of horses and carriages in the afternoon.
It really felt like being at a country fair – I even went on the ferris wheel! Too bad we were just there for a couple of hours in the afternoon. I found myself wishing that I could stay to see the fairground lit up at night but duty called and we had tickets booked on the 19.30 train (which we almost missed, arriving at the station with about two minutes to spare).
Note: at 2.44 is the horse of the day – a gorgeous beast, my photo doesn’t do him justice.
casa azahar 