Yesterday, we had a royal visit here in Seville. A four-hour whistlestop tour. Prince Charles came to town, for only the second time since his visit to the Expo 92 with his then-wife, Princess Diana (much harked back to when I…
Christmas country market – seafood, pastries and archaeological jewellery
Yesterday I went to the Christmas Market (Mercado Navideño) in our local village, Valencina de la Concepcion near Seville. You can always pick up some Christmas stocking-filler type presents at these markets – I got a sweet little Fair Trade…
Festival de las Naciones in Sevilla
The Festival de las Naciones is a food and culture festival that originated as a stay-on after the Expo in 1992, which brought together people from countries all over the world - each with their national pavilions on Isla Cartuja, some of which still…
Romeria de Torrijos in Valencina de la Concepcion (Sevilla)
Today was our local romeria, the Romeria de Torrijos. I have written more about it in more detail on my other blog. A romeria (pilgrimage) is a typical event in Spain, when the people from the town or village carry…
End of the road
Today, when I was picking the kids up from school, another El Rocio hermandad was trundling sloooooowly through the village, from Gines, home to Santiponce. (It had caused a massive tailback, but luckily, I managed to do a sneaky U-turn,…