Archive for July, 2013
Friday, July 26th, 2013
[caption id="attachment_11518" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="An English soldier who fought with the Spanish forces against Napeoleon's occupying troops, is buried in the Seville town of Alcala de Guadaira, part of the region's close ties with the UK."] [/caption]
The history of Andalucia stretches far back to early human habitation, with Copper Age ...
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Thursday, July 18th, 2013
[caption id="attachment_11499" align="aligncenter" width="578" caption="Tiles from the Cartuja monastery, home to the Pickman ceramic factory in the 19th and 20th centuries."] [/caption]
[caption id="attachment_11496" align="aligncenter" width="578" caption=" Fountain in Parque Maria Luisa, site of the 1929 Expo."][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_11479" align="aligncenter" width="578" caption="Courtyard of the soon-to-open Centro Ceramica Triana, with an original wall ...
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Wednesday, July 10th, 2013
[caption id="attachment_11379" align="aligncenter" width="433" caption="The ten glasses, filled with sherry and ready to be tasted."] [/caption]
[caption id="attachment_11377" align="aligncenter" width="578" caption="Master Winemaker Antonio Flores seduces us with tales of his love for sherry."][/caption]
Last week, I was lucky enough to be invited to a sherry tasting by Bodegas Gonzalez Byass, which took ...
Posted in Events, Food and drink, Sevilla | 12 Comments »
Monday, July 8th, 2013
Guest Blog By Annie Bennett
There are not many people who make you smile whenever you think of them, but Rod Younger was definitely one of them. His positive outlook, enthusiasm for whatever he was involved with, vast knowledge of Spanish history and culture and, of course, those twinkling eyes and ...
Posted in Living in Andalucia, Media, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Thursday, July 4th, 2013
[caption id="attachment_11317" align="aligncenter" width="433" caption="Now the tallest building in Seville, after 800 years with the Giralda dominating the skyline: the 178-metre Torre Pelli."] [/caption]
Last week saw two of Andalucia's UNESCO World Heritage sites in the news for two very different reasons: Seville, whose new (and first) skyscraper, the Torre Pelli, ...
Posted in Agriculture, architecture, Huelva, Nature, Our Environment, Sevilla | No Comments »
