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Monday, 23 December 2019

SEVILLA, SPAIN. TAPAS

What possibly started out as a ‘small plate covering your glass of Sherry between sips ‘ (so as to keep the flies out) the cuisine of Tapas have become a prized culinary export of Spain.
Even reaching as far as Kingston, ON. 
We’re thrilled with the locale of our accommodations as it has placed us in the middle of the everyday life of Sevillians. This very much includes gatherings of friends and families spilling out of the tavernas onto the narrow streets, mostly for the customary mid afternoon tapas lunch or perhaps their late supper.
With our agreeable weather, all standing outdoors around small tables sharing these small plates. 
Most engaged in animated conversations.
Most toasting and sharing in this traditional Spanish social scene.

Traveller’s note: Especially in Mid-America, don’t go to a place that advertises Jumbo Tapas.










Sunday, 22 December 2019

SEVILLA, SPAIN. FLAMENCO

 Similar to Canada and many countries we’ve travelled to, Spain is no different in the way its made whole by it’s collection of autonomous regions. 
Here in Sevilla and the region Andulicia they staunchly lay claim to the home of bullfighting and the birth of the Flamenco. 
A folkloric style of both music and dance.

 “Light my Fire”











Saturday, 21 December 2019

SEVILLA, SPAIN. MERCADO LUNCH PESCADO.

Somewhat waving the flag blanco of surrender to the onslaught of churches, museums, city tours, ……..we’re directing maximum resources to exploring and savouring the local gastronomic. Soon we’ll join in the tapas crowd that spill daily onto the streets. Here we’ve gone to the city mercado for provisions and entertainment. We were quickly invited by friendly locals to join them at the tables of this favourite restaurante de pescado. 

Our lunch pasted us twice. Once fresh coming from a market stall. Then sizzling to the plate.








Friday, 20 December 2019

SEVILLIA, SPAIN. AN EARLY LOOK ABOUT.


 What started out as product of logistics and economy, soon to be elaborated upon ,trip to Gibraltar.  Sevilla, Spain has turned itself  into a found gem. Knowing little if nothing at all (other than the unsettling trivia of some “barber” in “Sevilla”) soon to turn into a like and love far beyond any destination city we’ve travelled to. A city core of barrios primarily navigable by an endless maze of friendly/welcoming/confusing pedestrian alleys, laneways, passages, one lane streets, pathways, dead ends…..
All being criss crossed by locals and travellers alike. All leading to famous, and best liked by us, the daily, and most importantly, the evening life of Sevilla. 









Thursday, 19 December 2019