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de perdidos al río

23 Saturday Feb 2013

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louise
Another addition to my recent encounters that have been brought about by Twitter… this time I had the pleasure of meeting travel writer @LouiseRoddon who is in town this weekend doing research for an article. She had got in touch with me via Twitter to ask if I’d be available for “maybe a two-stop” tapas tour. Ha. I picked Louise up promptly at 8 o’clock and four bars and more than six hours later we finally made our way back to our respective homes down the freshly rain-washed streets of Sevilla. Of course this was all Louise’s fault for being so charming and witty and fun to be with. Well, makes a change from blaming Annie Bennett…

de perdidos al río = in for a penny, in for a pound

cooking class!

06 Wednesday Feb 2013

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cooking class
So this is what I did yesterday! For ages I have been looking for a Spanish cooking class in Sevilla that is offered in English because so many of my Sevilla Tapas Tour clients ask me about this. Then a couple of weeks ago I happened to mention this to my friend Sam @AndaluciaSam and he told me about a local company Travel & Cuisine, who have recently moved to new premises. And as another friend Fiona @Seville_Writer also has a client interested in cooking classes we arranged to take a class with T & C to see if we would be comfortable recommending them personally. And we not only had a great time – and a great lunch – but we were also very happy with the quality of the class and the great space they have. I’ll be writing more about this on the Azahar Sevilla blog, but for now here’s a sneak photo peek.

Later on yesterday evening I had a last-minute Gourmet Tapas Tour and ended up rolling home around 1.00 am. So today it was a bit of a recovery day, with a trip to the gym and a nice salad for dinner. How’s your week going?

[update: the Azahar Sevilla blog post is up! Travel & Cuisine Cooking Class]

twitter strikes again

04 Monday Feb 2013

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As you no doubt recall last Thursday and Friday was spent with food writer Kalyan (@FinelyChopped) and his lovely wife Kainaz from Mumbai. They were in town for a few days and we did a Sevilla Tapas Tour one night and Flamenco & Tapas the next.

Then on Saturday I got in touch with new neighbours and professional travellers Ang & Ryan (@JetsLikeTaxis) from Chicago who are in Sevilla for a couple of months, and who had taken a walking tour with Peter last week. I was planning on checking out a new tapas bar and asked if they’d like to join me, which they happily did. And it was great getting their input as well as just enjoying a nice lunch out with new friends.

Today I met up with world travelling podcasters Linda & Craig Martin (@indietravel) from New Zealand, who have been in Spain since last spring and happened to be in Sevilla for the day with their friend Alba from La Coruña. So we went out for an impromptu lunchtime tapeo which, as usual, got a bit carried away. You can see a bit of what we got up to in that collage. Our extended lunch also meant they missed going to the two main sites they had planned on visiting (which closed at 5 o’clock). Oops!

The thing is, none of these encounters would have happened without Twitter. Amazing, innit?

finely chopped

31 Thursday Jan 2013

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happiest man in sevillaThis is food writer Kalyan, who at lunchtime today was the happiest man in Sevilla, and I am pretty sure that he is about to become even happier. You see, tonight I’ll be meeting Kalyan and his wife Kainaz, who are travelling around Spain and are in town for a few days, and I’ll be taking them out for a tapeo.

This one is “on the house” as Kalyan (@FinelyChopped) is a friend of two Twitter pals of mine, Robin and Simon Majumdar (@HermanoPrimero @SimonMajumdar ) and I think it’s going to be a fun evening. It’s always a bit of an extra challenge when I’m out with another “foodie” and I know that Robin will be checking in to see what we’re up to. You can too on @SevillaTapas, starting around 8.00 pm my time.

So once again good ol’ Twitter is adding some great stuff and new experiences to my life. Love it.