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a very sherry tuesday

22 Tuesday Feb 2022

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sherry tuesday

So this happened. Started the day with a private sherry tasting by Bodegas La Gitana at Las Teresas (the rep had seen a post of mine on Instagram and invited me) and, since I also had a last minute tapas tour booked the clients met me at Teresas when the tasting finished. Win-win. The clients were friends of my Twitter pal (and fellow sherry educator) Ruben @sherrynotes and both the tasting and tour were great fun (and delicious too).

sherry tuesday (1)Simón & Javier from Bodegas La Gitana

sherry tuesday (2)An & Erik from Belgium

orange harvest 2022

21 Monday Feb 2022

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For some reason I haven’t come across any groups of orange harvesters this year, but I did happen across this skip outside the Patio de los Naranjos. Many people think these oranges are used for marmalade but in fact the city harvest (approx 6 million kilos from 50,000 trees) is not consumed due to its constant exposure to pollution. It’s used to make fertilisers, cosmetics, fodder for goats and, since 2020, to generate biogas, which is obtained from the juice and used to purify wastewater. Thus endeth the lesson. 🍊

excessive?

16 Wednesday Feb 2022

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Here is the weekly Wednesday antigen test. Once again looking good. But today someone told me that doing a test every week when I have no symptoms seemed excessive since there is no protocol in place for doing so. What do you think? I think most “official” protocols are politically-based, rather than science-based. I also think that taking a weekly test isn’t just about me feeling safer, it’s also about being responsible, for my clients and also for my flat mate, now that I am sharing my home again. And now that the price of a test has been government regulated to just under 3€ it’s not exactly a financial issue, and it only takes 15 minutes.

My feeling is that people so desperately wanting to get back to “normal” haven’t yet grasped the fact that that ship has sailed, and that “living with Covid” means that many things that were normal before are going to have to change and will probably be changed forever. I’m okay with that. Why wouldn’t I be? How about you?