Cruisin'

On Monday, the biggest cruise ship ever to visit Sevilla docked at the newly revamped Muelle de las Delicias.

Cordoba - European Capital of Culture 2016?

This year they are Tallinn (Estonia) and Turku (Finland). Each year, one or more European cities display the title "European Capital of Culture".

Setas - home of popular dissent in Seville, and a bird's-eye eaterie

You may have noticed I've been a bit quiet about the Setas/acampada Sevilla/15M of late.

My first taste of Spain

I started my Spanish adventure around three weeks ago, just four days after my final second-year exam at university, where I’m studying Marketing & Public Relations.

The language of...

Romero and romerias

Andalucia isn't short of ferias (each town's annual party) and fiestas (other celebrations) - there are plenty every month throughout the year.

Caring for our environment

Yesterday was World Environment Day (WED), or Dia Mundial del Medio Ambiente here in Spain. (The previous week, it was World No Tobacco Day - surely not a coincidence?)

Seville in bloom

Since we had some welcome positive news about Andalucia's economy today - unemployment in the region fell in May - I thought I'd do a happy post, about trees and flowers.