12 Tuesday Jun 2012
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Every time I go to Granada I have to have a drink on this terraza at El Huerto de Juan Ranas, which is next to the San Nicolas lookout at the top of the Albaicín. That’s the Alhambra over there in the distance (wonky panorama distortion but what the heck). I’m still sorting through my Granada photos – getting the work-related ones organised first – and hope to have my personal ones up on the photo blog soon. Just not enough hours in the day…
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08 Friday Jun 2012
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This week’s Friday Foto Finder challenge is “age”.
Can you guess the age of this gnarly pomegranate tree?
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06 Wednesday Jun 2012
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04 Monday Jun 2012
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granada, Holiday Apartments, sevilla, travel, trips, veoapartment
So tomorrow I’m going to Granada and this is where I’ll be staying!
As with my recent day trip to Córdoba this trip to Granada will be part of my 20th anniversary celebrations but will include doing some research for my own websites and also for my friends at veoapartment.com. Markus very generously offered to split the cost with me by providing the accommodation, and well, just look at it! Small and perfect and in a dead-centre-of-town and easy-to-get-to-everywhere location. I couldn’t be happier.
At first the plan was to just stay overnight but it turns out that not only is it Feria in Granada this week, but also Corpus Christi, which is apparently a huge deal over there. Seriously, even more than here where they spend weeks erecting a couple of elaborate arches for a 3-hour procession…
Anyhow, I now have two nights in Granada! So I’ll be leaving at the crack of dawn tomorrow (it’s a three-hour train ride) and will spend the day meeting old Twitter buddies John (aka @benzo8) and his wife Gale. I’ll also be meeting a new Twitter friend and travel writer Molly (aka @piccavey) and possibly also with fab photographer Fred Shively during my stay. Peter is also coming but will be taking a later train tomorrow because he has an English class in the morning. He’ll also be leaving earlier, on Wednesday evening, because Azar really can’t be left on his own for more than one night. Still, it will be a nice break for Peter, and he can also help me with some of the research stuff. Win-win!
If you want to feel reallly envious check out the veoapartment “apartment tour” video of my fabulous get-away place here…
27 Wednesday Oct 2010
Karin with Loki last night on the sofabed, giving him a goodnight kiss. Azar was NOT amused by this overnight guest business and spent most of the time sulking in the bedroom.
So Karin (dragonqueen) is now winging her way home – Jean-Marie (ToyBox) left on Sunday – and it’s time to get back to normal around here. Which means catching up on my SimonSeeks stuff and doing a tapas tour tonight with Spanish chef José Pizarro, who will soon be opening his own restaurant in London.
It was a great mini-meet and a fabulous trip to Granada (thanks again, K!). I’ve uploaded some photos though they are still mostly unedited. Click on the link below to have a look.
casa azahar 