11 Tuesday Feb 2014
Posted in sevilla, spain, tapas, tapas tours, work
Went to the press conference announcing the beginning of Orange Days in Sevilla, which I just had time to attend before racing off to a lunchtime Sevilla Tapas Tour. This year I’ve been asked to be one of the judges for this event. Love my job… 🙂
10 Monday Feb 2014
09 Sunday Feb 2014
Posted in welcome
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Albéniz premiered Sevilla himself in a piano performance on 24 January 1885 and dedicated it to the wife of Count Morphy. Since it has been transcribed for classical guitar it has become one of the most important works of the classical guitar repertoire.
Many thanks to Sledpress for sending this to me!
30 Thursday Jan 2014
Posted in Florence, food & drink, friends, sevilla, tapas
My English travel writer friend Nicky Swallow and her Italian photo journalist husband Luca are visiting Sevilla this week and yesterday we met for a bit of lunch. I met Nicky in London a few years back when we both were hired to write for SimonSeeks – a job that, at the time, truly saved my financial butt. Last time we met was a couple of years ago when she and Luca were here on holiday. Nicky keeps saying I MUST come to Florence off-season and stay at their holiday rental apartment… she may yet wear me down. 🙂
27 Monday Jan 2014
Posted in death & dying, friends, sevilla
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I just found out today that my friend Antonio Cid died on January 3rd. Well, we weren’t close friends, but I’ve known him for years and we just kind of “clicked” somehow. We used to see each other more often before I moved away from barrio Santa Cruz, where he worked part time at a bar near my old place. I hadn’t seen him in a couple of months and I think our last “encounter” was a jokey thing said on Twitter. And now I’ll never see him again. How can this be? Antonio was a kind and gentle soul, and also a gifted photographer. Have a look…
… because here comes the rain (again).
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