So, when you leave things too long the news seems so old and dusty. a lot of things seemed to have happened since we last spoke. Let me begin near the beginning. Feria came and went. We did get geared up lovely and did go. It was interesting, loud, crowded and very cultural and traditional with most of the laaadies in traditional Flamenco costumes and even the boys looked very handsome. Lots of horses, lots of splendour and colour. It´s very loud and as I mentioned in the previous blog, all the casettas have their own music so everyone is competing, all in the best possible taste!
Oh I almost forgot to mention, I´m typing this at home which means of course yes, we got internet and a phone finally. It took a lot of persistance, patience, calm and candlelight vigils. But anyway, it´s done. We beat the manaña and never gave up hope.
In the midlst of all this we decided we needed a holiday, you know, away from the daily grind and sunny warmth of the city and headed up north, way up north, right to the top, half an hour from the French border to a town called Roses on the Costa Brava side. Very pretty, picturesque, built onto a series of hills all overlooking the ocean with stunning views. Roses is famous for having the ElBulli restaurant also in the hills. 5 times worlds best restaurant and chef Ferran Adria was awarded chef of the decade this year. No, we didn´t go, it has a three year waiting list and you can only book during the last week in Feb or something absurd like that. But he also has a hotel just outside Sevilla, so we might just go there...
Roses also is in the middle of the Dali triangle. What is that you ask...? Well three towns, Figueres where his museum is, Pubol where his castle is and Portlligat where his house is. All in all far more exciting than a restaurant!
So, Salvadore Dali was born in Spain in 1904 and died in 1989. A long flamboyant illustrious and prolific career of art, sculpture, jewelry, film and controversy. He was also a piece of art himself with a great sense of humour. The visit to his house and museum were fabulous to say the least. You know, you´ve seen his work in books, magazines, films etc and when you actually get to see the real thing, it´s stunning. The amount of work he turned out with his students is immense and mind blowing. Much of it very surreal and so much of it stunning and perfectly brilliant. He´s not to everyones taste, but even if you only had a passing interest in art you would find his technique close to perfection. There are some photos from the museum and house over on the right in the album thing.
The thing about Roses is that it´s close to the foot of the Pyrannees and tends to be a bit damp. It rained non stop for the four days we were there and it was also quite cold. But, we had a fantastic time thanks to the amazing warm hospitality of Dirk and Marja. Thank you...
So life in Sevilla continues. Now that we are ´connected´so to speak, we can start getting things underway faster and start the plans. We are busy looking at places and also have some projects in the pipeline which we will talk about as they develop. We are getting better and better at being city people and Sevilla is really becoming home. It will always have it´s moments that make you want to scream. We are still waiting on our furniture to arrive from the UK where they arrived four weeks ago. Having your own stuff around you will no doubt add to the feeling of belonging.
Thats it for this week. Now that we have internet here, I can get to it more often.
Talk soon.
P&M
OH, almost forgot, last night I went to my first Bullfight... more soon.
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