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the things I do for my public…

01 Wednesday Aug 2012

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Yesterday I had a free morning so I suggested to Peter that we visit a couple of places we’ve never been before, something we’ve been doing a lot of recently to do research for azahar-sevilla.com, the blog and Seville Concierge. And of course we often stop off for a tapita somewhere, which is good for Sevilla Tapas. So off we went to check out Espacio Santa Clara, a relatively new arts & culture space housed in an old renovated convent. Got there to find a CLOSED sign on the door, but I could see someone inside so I went in to ask why they were closed and why it didn’t say so on their website. He said they weren’t closed, but the closed sign was there in case they needed to close. Huh? Anyhow, we were told we could look around but there weren’t any exhibits on in July & August and the lights weren’t turned on either. Okaayyy…

It turned out to be an interesting visit just to see the building itself and to find out more about the “hidden tower” inside that really is closed (they don’t expect to finish restoring it for many years). But I got some photos and Peter got some info for a blog post, and then we headed out to see the Torre de los Perdigones, where they used to make lead shot by dropping hot blobs of lead from the top of the tower into a vat of water. Now there is a camera obscura on top and a narrow ledge going round it that you can walk along and look out all over Sevilla. See photo. Then picture me standing on top of this tower in a panicky sweat trying to take some pics without totally flipping out. No doube you are asking yourself … why does she keep doing this?? Dear readers, I do it for you.

[more about The Two Towers on Seville Concierge]

trial run tapas & market tour

25 Wednesday Jul 2012

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So remember how I came up with the idea to start doing Market & Tapas Tours? This actually came about a couple of weeks ago after getting together with Lauren from Madrid who has just started doing food tours there. We spent an afternoon going out for tapas here in Sevilla and talking about our tours and various foodie projects, and that’s when I started thinking about doing something similar here, but as a combination of a market and tapas tour.

Last week Kathy came out with me to do some “market research” (heh) and it was after we finished and were out having tapas together that the Ronda weekend plan was hatched. Anyhow, even though I had figured out where I wanted to take people I still needed to do a “trial run” to work out timing and pricing. But of course I needed guineapigs volunteers who would be interested in doing a tour at cost price (just paying for what was consumed). But as almost everyone I know in Sevilla is away on holidays at the moment I reckoned I’d just do a trial run at the beginning of September, since so many market stalls are closed for summer holidays in August.

Then I got a request for a Market & Tapas Tour from someone who’d seen them mentioned on my website. Well, duh!  I had forgotten to say they’d be starting in September. And I was about to write Lauren back and tell her it wouldn’t be possible and then I thought… hey! Maybe they’d like to take the very first Market & Tapas Tour at “cost price” with me and Peter? And it turned out they thought this was a great idea and so off we went this morning. Kathy was also able to meet us briefly for a snack and a chat before leaving us at our second market stop.

I think it went really well, though of course there are things I want to fine-tune, and going out with visitors rather than residents was also a real bonus. Lauren and Peter were great company and were also very interested in the food culture here, and so asked loads of questions. So I think it was a win-win thing for everyone concerned, and I also realised that this new tour is going to be a LOT of fun!

market & tapas tours

17 Tuesday Jul 2012

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 Are there no limits to my talents?  😉

Take a look at my latest venture… Market & Tapas Tours! I was out doing research on this today with a friend and plan on a “trial run” soon with a few willing “guinea pig” friends. Really very excited about this as it’s something that can be done in the morning and won’t leave me wasted so I could still do an evening tapas tour. And it’s also something fun and different. Whaddaya think?

where the hell is matt? (2012)

07 Saturday Jul 2012

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Wow, a lotta time has passed since I first came across Matt dancing his way around the world. His style has changed and the snippets are much more choreographed. I think I preferred the simpler version, but am quite pleased to see Seville in the opening scenes of this video (taken in the square next to the cathedral and the old casa az).