Hermano from El Sol This afternoon I persuaded my long-suffering family that we should make our one-and-only Semana Santa visit together to Seville. The last couple of days were total wash-outs, with every one of the pasos due to make…
Brrrrr
It's very cold here in my house at the moment. We have radiators and fan-heaters, but the stone floors are freeeezing. We've had a few glimpses of sun in the past few weeks, and the little bright yellow flowers than…
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…
Spring or summer?
I was inspired to make my blog a bit more visually interesting by a great new blog by another expat mum in Seville, digamama. The author has put some excellent Feria pictures on hers, and when I get a bit…
Whinging about the heat
I´m too hot, I want to go back to England. Our flight (me and toddler) is only nine days away, but they are nine tantalising, torturous days, nine days of 40-degree-heat-without-air-con, nine days of listlessless and drowsiness, nine days of…