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too many hobbles

04 Wednesday Jun 2025

Posted by azahar in health, knee saga, knees, Malaga, sevilla, spain, trips

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health, hospitals, knee, sevilla

I think I really overdid things this past week. I mean, I try to get out for a hobble each day, as well as doing my chair workouts five times a week. But between Málaga-Marbella and Jerez I worry that I may have actually done some extra damage to The Knee. Because now it seriously hurts (even more) like fuck. Today I wanted to go to the market and gave up half-way there. The thing was, once out and about you just kind of have to keep going. Especially if you are in the centre of pedestrianised Málaga (no taxis!) or when your lunch location in Benalmádena ends up being at the bottom of a very steep foot path (ouch!).

But I persevered then took a couple of days off before heading to Jerez. I don’t know if that was a mistake or not, or if all of it was wrong to do, but dammit I’m so tired of not being able to do things. And with NOBODY helping me with info about what I should or should not be doing (other than go to the pool, ride a bike, lose weight). Not one doctor has told to either keep walking or stop walking. And so I keep on, not exactly walking, but hobbling on my trusty crutches. Clocked over 15,000 hobbles in Málaga and another 12,000 in Jerez. And each one hurt so much. I just want my life back.

tapas bar royalty

02 Monday Jun 2025

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casa morales, medalla de la ciudad, reyes morales, sevilla

So pleased to see my friend Reyes Morales receive the Medalla de la Ciudad 2025. Upon receiving this recognition for her iconic tavern and her place in the history of Sevilla she said it was also a tribute to those who are no longer with us.

“It moves me to talk about this because my family lived through a civil war, a postwar period, very difficult years… And now it’s my turn to collect this medal, it’s an immense honour. For them. For those up above.”

You can read my article on Casa Morales here…
Casa Morales – Celebrating 175 Years

jacarandas

27 Tuesday May 2025

Posted by azahar in seasons, sevilla, spain

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jacarandas, sevilla, spain

I love jacaranda season 💙 💜

caracolia 2025

22 Thursday May 2025

Posted by azahar in food & drink, health, sevilla, substack

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festivales, festivales gastronomicos de sevilla, health, sevilla

Sadly it looks like I won’t be making it to this year’s Caracolia festival, one of the three annual outdoor food festivals I mentioned here the other day. Turns out two of the three days I have sherry tastings booked at midday (yay! work!) but this also means I will be too exhausted to go out again in the evening.

These days I can usually only manage to get out once a day, and it’s usually in the early afternoon. After that I just run out of steam. It’s just too physically hard and painful to drag myself around on the crutches for any extended time. Which makes me feel a bit nervous about my Málaga-Marbella trip next week but at least I’ll have friends helping.

I really miss my old life, when I could go out any old time. And you know… WALK. Also this is the first time I’ll be missing one of the Festivales Gastronómicos since they began three years ago. Dammit.

down… again

20 Tuesday May 2025

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internet, movistar, sevilla, spain

So just a couple of weeks after the gran apagón large swathes of Spain lost their internet connection. The 5G still worked (at least here), but no WiFi. Apparently Movistar/Telefónica had updated blah-blah on their whatever and blam! All shut down. It wasn’t as serious as the apagón but certain emergency services were out of service for a while. About 18 hours after it began things were back to normal. But once again people were left feeling vulnerable, realising how dependent we’ve become on these services. Which clearly can just be removed at any time. Hmmm.

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