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,…
Shopping in Seville
I love shopping. And I love writing. So writing about new shops is heaven for me. Here are a couple I was recommended recently (I won't claim to have discovered them myself, much as I'd love to – "I just…
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…
Back to the blog
Now that I have an official, paid blog, about living in Andalucia , it has finally spurred me into action to revive my own personal one, which I have been incredibly, shockingly lazy about writing. It's been years now since…