24 Friday Aug 2018
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One good thing about having a house guest is having to properly clean your house, which is how I spent most of this week. For example, you can see that the chair and cushions are actually RED, now that they’re not covered in ginger and white fur. Anyhow, here’s Loki getting another start on the fur thing – for some reason the guest room is where he prefers to hang out.
21 Tuesday Aug 2018
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I first met Becky, Scott and their 4 kids in December 2015, after they had taken a We Love Tapas Tour with the fabulous Delia. And that Christmas Day I spent a wonderful afternoon with them. Then in the spring of 2017 Scott came back to Sevilla with a friend and took a Sherry & Tapas Tour with me. The family has been back to Spain a few times since then, but this time Becky was passing through Sevilla with three of her brood (husband and eldest stayed home this trip), and we got to meet up for a lovely lunch.
Wow, what a difference 2.5 years have made, as you can see from the two photos above. Honestly, I love these kids (NOT a phrase you hear me say often 😉 ). They are so inquisitive and fun to be with. And of course, it was great to catch up with Becky. After lunch we stopped at Rayas for ice cream and then it was time to say “hasta luego”. Plans are afoot for a return visit to Sevilla in October. Can’t wait!
13 Monday Aug 2018
Remember Martha? We first met in November 2014 when she came out on a tapas tour and, well, she just keeps coming back! In fact, she has rented a lovely apartment in barrio Santa Cruz which will become her “second home” over the next year. I had gone over to check the place over before she signed the lease and (thank god!) she loves it. Her long-term plan is to eventually retire here, so she wants to spend as much time in Sevilla over the next year to get a real feel of the place, which is made easier because she is able to work remotely.
So we met up yesterday for a short Sunday afternoon tapeo. The first of many to come, I’m sure. It’s great having a new neighbour, even just part time…
31 Tuesday Jul 2018
Say hello to this dapper gent. Today Peter @SVQconcierge bought his first ever hat! Well, a flat cap really. All thanks to me (of course) because I’ve been noticing some skin damage on the top of his baldy head and, since he never remembers to use sun block, suggested he should get a hat. It took a fair bit of shopping around to find one that looked and felt comfortable, but suddenly it was like he had always been wearing this cap. Suits him well, don’t you think?
18 Wednesday Jul 2018
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John, Peter & Finn
Unlike our first two action packed days in Granada, our final day there was entirely unplanned, other than we wanted to go back to a tapas bar that we had always loved, Taberna Gamboa. Which we did, after a nice pre-lunch walk down from the Alhambra, but we were sadly disappointed. The food wasn’t as good as we remembered and the service was worse. Gayle told us it had recently changed hands, so perhaps that’s the reason. Oh well.
Our friend John and his nephew Finn joined us for lunch, finishing with a pen̼ltima at Alameda. In fact, Alameda was our pen̼ltima stop each of the three days we were in Granada Рsomehow we never got around to actually having a meal there. But I have to say that the complimentary tapas there were some of the best we had.
Peter and I left Granada at the same time but in different directions. I headed to Málaga to continue my little holiday, and he returned to Sevilla to cat and house sit. It was a really good visit and, thanks to Peter’s planning, we got to do a few things there we had never done before.
disappointing food at Taberna Gamboa
excellent complimentary tapas at Restaurante Alameda
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