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duncan

18 Monday Mar 2019

Posted by azahar in food & drink, friends, gastronomy, restaurants, sevilla

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friends, restaurants, sevilla, tapas

Back in November 2010 I was invited by my friend Annie Bennett @anniebennett to join her for dinner at Gastromium. And it turned out to be one of the best meals of my life. Not only because the food was gorgeous, but the service was impeccable, with a lovely Scottish man called Duncan as our maître for the evening. It was such a memorable experience that I have kept the Gastromium post up on Sevilla Tapas, even after they sadly closed their doors and the three chefs moved on to other projects.

So imagine my surprise when I stopped for lunch at Tradevo Centro and one of the waiters said to me in perfect Spanish… hey, you have a website about tapas, don’t you? I told him my website was called Sevilla Tapas and has been going since 2007, and then he said he remembered me having dinner at Gastromium with a friend of mine. IT WAS DUNCAN. And well, we ended up having a nice chat and I thanked him again for having made that evening at Gastromium so memorable. Love when stuff like this happens.

los palcos

14 Thursday Mar 2019

Posted by azahar in sevilla

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semana santa, sevilla

And so it begins… the first Semana Santa palcos (stands) have arrived in Plaza San Francisco.

sunny sevilla

12 Tuesday Mar 2019

Posted by azahar in sevilla, spring

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plaza de espana, sevilla, weather

Sunny Sevilla…

love is all around

11 Monday Mar 2019

Posted by azahar in hope, love, sevilla

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love, sevilla, street scenes

People write songs and poetry about young love, and to be sure it’s a lovely thing. But lasting love is the one that always gets to me and lifts my heart, like today when l spotted this elderly couple out shopping and still holding hands after all their years together. ❤

another landmark gone…

06 Wednesday Mar 2019

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architecture, heritage, sevilla, tourism

So sad to see this. J.Cuevas Juguetería Técnica, a family business, has closed after 65 years. Manuel Cuevas Álvarez, grandson of the founder, cites a drop in sales due to the “avalanche” of tourists in the centre and the growth of e-commerce as the main reasons for the closure. I’m told that this landmark building will soon house a cocktail bar…

After the loss of Bazar Victoria (twice!) and Confituría Filella, this is yet another story of how tourism and greed are changing the face of Sevilla. Before long it will stop being the very thing that people are flocking here to see. Heartbreaking. Upon seeing my post of this on Instagram yesterday a friend quoted Wilde – “each man kills the thing he loves”. 😦

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