School's (almost) Out For Summer
(with all due respect to Alice Cooper!)
After weeks and weeks of drudgery, not to mention the soggy, sloppy, gloopy and sopping weather, we are beginning to think about the holidays! Tomorrow is the last day of school, and we shall celebrate with a trip to see the new Harry Potter film and dinner at Pizza Express. After that the next days will be taken up with the usual holiday preparations - new footwear, haircuts, visits to the dentist, and chilling out with friends and family, before heading off to sunnier climes and a bit of a rest.
PHEW, we will all say as we feel the sun on our backs and the sand between our toes!
I am almost embarrassingly excited to be taking Thing 1 and Thing 2 to Seville for the first time. It will be hot, but we do have this...
We are really looking forward to showing the Things our favourite places in the city, although it is almost 5 years since we have been ourselves!
The city itself is quite amazing, very historic and full of little gems to entertain the tourist, but its the real life of the place that we most enjoy.
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| Our favourite tapas bar |
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| Flamenco at the Carboneria |
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| The Banos Arabes.We've never been here, but I would love to try it out on a hot day! |
And then there is the new addition to the centre of the old city which I am soooooo excited to see and experience at first hand
The Metropol Parasol by Jurgen Mayer H. Architects was completed earlier this year. It is the largest wooden structure in the world and looks totally amazing. Many Sevillanas were not terribly happy with the initial proposal, so I am interested to know how they feel about it now! In any case, I think it looks totally amazing and am looking forward to sipping a freezing Manzanilla and nibbling some jamon y queso in its shade!
And after a couple of days of that, we're off to Vejer de la Frontera for a complete relax in traditional Spanish Style. We've never stayed in Vejer before, but I'm really looking forward to being right there in the town, in the middle of a real Spanish White Town (as opposed to last year when we stayed, to our shame, in a resort on the coast, which wasn't really very Spanish at all!)
And then there is one of the most brilliant beaches in the world.... the dunes and surf of El Palmar...simply magnificent
I can't wait!
What are you up to for the summer? Wellies in the West Country or Flip Flops in Florida?
