No, it’s not an Apple. I’m not going to launch into a paean of praise for Steve Jobs, although I have owned an imac and an ipod, both of which I found very user-friendly, and I had been pondering whether…
Getting ready for our local fiesta
This weekend is our village’s big local fiesta: the Romeria de Torrijos. The streets are decked out in bright orange and green paper decorations (green for the Andalucian flag; not sure where the orange comes from), with some fancy Christmas-style…
Solar power and Moorish pools
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)…