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…
Paso a paso
Last night I was fortunate enough to be out in Seville. It was a beautiful spring evening, very mild, with an atmosphere of excitement and anticipation as the first Semana Santa pasos (floats carrying statues of Jesus and Mary) made…
A brace of duchesses
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…
Ancient history underneath the mushrooms
I spend weeks at a time thinking, I must write a post for my blog, but I never seem to manage to get around to actually doing it. Until I see a good Seville blog, which makes me think I must…
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…