remember the rubbish photo i took of me feeding chocolate to a squirrel
on xmas day in regent's park ?
luckily jess got a better shot so here's 2011's first photo of my favourite subject...
i'm the one on the left.
Monday, 3 January 2011
Sunday, 2 January 2011
xmas in seville
xmas in seville observations...
i like that the best shop in seville is english
even though it's maybe the equivalent of say john lewis or debenhams.
lots of banners of this little baby everywhere in seville.
also lots of 'belen's
a belen is a nativity scene and it seemed that every church, shop and public space had
it's own belen. the people of seville would queue up to have a look at the belens.
even though they were pretty similar, the different belens were really attracting big
crowds. some places even charged to see them !
here's a video of a belen in seville which i just found on youtube...
my favourite belen was in a military surplus shop window
isn't it great ?
i'm definitely making a belen at whitfield towers next year. possibly using
my collection of kicks.
the baby seemed to be getting good treatment in seville.
which is more than you can say for father christmas...
of a house just around the corner from my hotel. hmmm...
delayed trip to seville
as you may know. the whitfield xmas trip to seville was cancelled by
british airways, who joined the apple i-pad on my enemies of carlotta list.
in a shock move ryanair came up trumps and a few days later than planned
we were all packed and waiting in the lobby for sick-cabs to take us to stanstead.
we decided to travel light and bought matching muji carry-on cases.
( a special prize will go to whoever identifies which case is mine and gives the
correct reasoning )
i tried for an upgrade on ryanair but they weren't having any of it and put me above
the wing as usual. ah well, it made for an interesting shot as seville came into view.
at our hotel during check-in, i noted the receptionist's nails... very nice indeed.
he was a very helpful bloke too, and recommended a nearby tapas joint to us.
what ?
chocolate y churros
on new year's day just before heading to the airport
we tucked into chocolate y churros at valor
our waitress looked like susan sarandon... but i didn't get a photo of her.
i did take a photo of my second coffee of 2011 though...
it was ok-ish, but i would have to say that coffee in spain is not great.
first coffee of the year
my first coffee of the year was in one of only two places on san eloy which were
open on new year's day.
it wasn't great but it hit the spot.
gracias.
gracias.
feliz dos mil once
feliz dos mil once ( as they say in seville )
on new year's eve, the custom in spain is to eat 12 grapes during the final 12 seconds
of the year. you are supposed to make a wish as you eat each grape.
it's a big thing in spain, for instance the tv presenters who are hosting the new year
programmes eat 12 grapes live on air. the shops also stock up on grapes.
the corner shop near my hotel sold small tins of 12 grapes especially for the occasion.
happy new year everybody !
Wednesday, 29 December 2010
a message from seville
guess what ? i'm in seville !
a week later than planned the whitfield family are in andalucia.
bit of a schoolboy error though, i forgot to bring the cable that lets me download
photos from my camera to this laptop so blogging is more or less over until jan 2nd.
i will try to post a few pics from my iphone, but you know how i feel about the iphone's camera.
please keep checking for seville nonsense, but serious blogging will resume on january 2nd 2011.
here are some of seville's most famous residents...
here is my breakfast this morning...
a bit of cathedral...
and some more naranjas...
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