Yesterday, as part of Architecture Week here in Seville, I went on a guided tour of the main offices of Abengoa, the technology company which has used innovative new methods to build ground-breaking solar power stations, such as Solucar, near…
The Wedding of the Year: the view from la calle
Today was the Wedding of the Year in Spain. The Duquesa de Alba, Spain’s richest woman, who has one of the finest private art collections in the world, married her third husband. She is a very popular figure in Spain…
Mushrooms and frozen yoghurt
Yet again, I’m squeezing in there at the last minute, on day four of my A Post a Day month. Blogging comes, er, last in priority after (in chronological order): 1) shopping, 2) day job, 3) panicking about finances, 4)…
These are a few of my favourite… places in Seville
I have been toying with writing a post about the challenges of combining social media, writing and children, but guess what? I never got around to it. Because of the aforementioned three items. So instead, here are some of my…
Science, tantrums and darkest Peru
This week has been an in-between week for us: my son had finished his school term, but hadn’t yet started his activities programme. So we’ve been swinging between these scenarios: him, TV (Clan), me, computer (work); him, learning how to…