18 Tuesday Dec 2012
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Just came home to my Spain Holiday apartment after a fabulous day out with Justine, lots of great tapas and wine, walking and talking, a visit to the Picasso Museum, bit of shopping… and this is what I saw just before coming in. Nice innit?
17 Monday Dec 2012
So I made it! But shades of Christmas past came back to haunt me after Justine and I met up at the train station in Málaga and we went of to grab a quick taxi to the apartment. I wondered why there wasn’t the usual long queue of taxis in front waiting for passengers and then I saw The Sign. Another goddamm taxi strike! I couldn’t believe it. So we walked to a nearby bus stop and saw that it was for a bus that would take us close to the Malagueta. And then we waited. And waited. Turned out that at that very moment – lunch time of course! – there was a taxi driver demonstration going on in the centre and so the buses were being rerouted.
We finally got to the apartment over an hour later than planned – if I hadn’t overpacked (as usual) we probably could’ve walked there faster – and after dropping off our stuff we went to a near and dear spot called La Moraga for a snack of fried baby squid and their famous bulltail burger, washed down with a couple of glasses of perfectly chilled Botani. And suddenly it felt like I was home!
After lunch Justine went off to explore on her own and I stopped off at the supermarket for a few things before coming “home” to unpack and set up my little office. It feels a bit weird not staying at Manolo’s (which is just the next street over) but this place is also quite charming. Steffen from GlobalCityBreak joked that people often comment it’s like staying in an IKEA showroom, but I quite like that. Everything is bright and clean. And there’s free 4G WiFi!!! So I’m all cosy and happy that I “overpacked” because I’m listening to music on my iPad speaker dock and am comfy in my “house sweats” and slippers. This evening we’re meeting up with Fred and Arpi to try a new tapas bar. Not a bad way to start the week, especially when it was 23º on the beach this afternoon.
What are you guys doing this week?
29 Monday Oct 2012
Looks like I’ll be saying adiós to my sandals this week. Not so much because of the temperatures but, together with more rain, my feet are going to need a bit more protection from the elements. Dammit.
This is always kind of a melancholy time of year for me. The clocks have gone back, it’s only 7 pm here but now dark as night. Luckily it’s still warmish – about 18 degrees – so we will probably be able to comfortably sit outside during the first stop of my Sevilla Tapas Tour tonight.
The electric fans went into storage today and the winter duvets have been picked up from the cleaners, but still too soon to take out the space heaters.
How’s the weather where you are? I know that Sledpress is about to experience some Serious Weather, which I hope won’t cause any damage.
Me? I’ll still be wearing sandals tonight, but will take a light coat with me.
24 Wednesday Oct 2012
photo by Raúl Díaz
The word biblical comes to mind. Holy cow, it’s been raining cats and dogs all day. With intermittent torrential downpours that make it impossible to even step outside. And it looks like this isn’t going to let up until the weekend. Everyone says that this is a good thing, because Sevilla always needs rain, but I think deep down people wish it could always be sunny.
Me? I’d just like to get my laundry dried.
Isn’t this a fabulous photo by Raúl Díaz? (click to enlarge). He’s a twitter friend and “neighbour” and took this pic today in the centre of Sevilla.
You can see more of his work here:
Fotografiando
17 Wednesday Oct 2012
casa azahar 