
A few images from my quick Córdoba getaway with Peter (Seville Concierge).
Strictly research, as you can see…
Will do a full write-up soon on the Azahar Sevilla blog.
23 Thursday May 2013

A few images from my quick Córdoba getaway with Peter (Seville Concierge).
Strictly research, as you can see…
Will do a full write-up soon on the Azahar Sevilla blog.
21 Tuesday May 2013
Posted in food & drink, sevilla, spain, tapas, tapas tours, work
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16 Thursday May 2013
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Slowly evolving… a new part-time job. This is from a blog post I did on Azahar’s Sevilla blog yesterday announcing a page where I’ll list local non-touristy “alternatours” for people visiting Sevilla. Meanwhile, I’ve been working on taking this further to help people plan their entire trip. As with the Sevilla Tapas Tours, which began as a natural extension of the “hobby” food blog I unintentionally started six years ago, this new venture has stemmed from all the help I’ve been giving my tapas tour clients over the past couple of years. But rather than just help people after they’ve arrived (often with really crap itineraries) I will put together a fab Andalusian holiday for them based on my experience and contacts here. I think it’s going to be great!
22 Monday Apr 2013
Posted in animals & pets, cats, friends, health & happiness, home, hospitals, life stuff

I’m going to have to stop taking days off … they’re too exhausting. As it turns out, today is my only day off this week as I have tapas tours booked from tomorrow until Sunday (eep!). So of course today I had to GET THINGS DONE. This started off with answering a few emails (yes, work related stuff, but when you’re freelance these things need to be done) and then I decided it was a good time to wash, iron and rehang all the floor-to-ceiling white living room curtains.
That done (they look fab now!) I scooted off to the gym, thinking I’d have just enough time before heading over to the hospital for the monthly chemo port cleaning. Which I did. Just.
After that I walked over to Pablo’s to see the kittehs since he lives in the general vicinity of the hospital and I hadn’t seen the wee darlings for a week. As you can see, they are a little bit bigger now, though what you can’t see is that they are much more wide-eyed and frisky and checking things out. But it was feeding time when I arrived and they were less than thrilled about me “unplugging” them so I could hold them and take a closer look (still can’t decide which one is MINE!). By then it was lunch time so Pablo and I headed out for a nice tapa lunch in his barrio, handily a place I’d been wanting to update on Sevilla Tapas for some time, so okay, that was kind of work related, but it was also lunch.
After lunch I decided to walk home, which took a good hour or so. A lovely long walk past the park that I hadn’t done in ages. Then I stopped off at the Flamenco Museum to book and purchase tickets for one of Peter’s tours, which yeah, was kind of like working. But it was ON THE WAY and anyhow was a lovely afternoon and perfect walking weather.
Finally got back home and dealt with a few more biz emails (yeah, yeah I know!) before heading out to get my hair cut. And (just like my curtains) I look fab now! Then I had to pick up a few summer lingerie essentials and also had a quick look around to see if there were any nice summery clothes in my SIZE that I liked. There weren’t. So it was back home again to feed the cats, change my sheets (it’s Monday!) and have a second shower after all that running around.
And now, if you don’t mind, I think I shall pour myself a lovely chilled glass of rueda and put my feet up. Cheers!
09 Saturday Mar 2013
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It was a whirlwind 30 hours in Málaga and I loved every minute. I drove down with the veo gang (Markus, Joao and Domingo), arriving around 11 in the morning. Spent the rest of the day “taking care of business” until the boys headed back around 7 pm. Then I walked over to my little studio apartment and got settled in, though there wasn’t much to unpack just for overnight. Later I headed out on my own for a solitary tapeo and basically just enjoyed wandering around the old centre at night.
Next morning I met with a twitter friend Victor (@WeLoveMalaga) as he had promised me a walking tour – and we had a great time. Victor is a natural. Charming, informed, passionate about his city. The two hours flew by. We were joined by his friend Tatiana (whose holiday apartment I was staying at) and had a little tapeo lunch (Victor also gives tapas tours) and far too soon it was time for me to pick up my bag and catch the train home as I had my own tapas tour to give. Exhausted? Yep. But it was lots of fun. How’s your weekend going?