Bits and Pieces
We are so busy these days that-as the cliche goes-we don't know how we found time to go to work.
Daily Spanish classes for the last seven weeks have taken up a lot of time-especially when we have factored in the time to check out the sea with a walk to the school down the paseo maritimo, a cup of coffee in Bar Maritima before class, post-class lunch and a refreshing siesta to set us up for our home work. However, we have also had a busy few weeks socially. We spent a very nice weekend, for example, enjoying the autumn sunshine in Jerez, where I got to do what I like best-looking at books and sitting in cafes-and Mike (fetching, I think, in his Paul Smith jacket) got to carry the books and stand by an orange tree.
Incidentally, the oranges from the trees in Sevilla which grow at the roadside like this one are owned by the town council and are sold to English marmalade manufacturers as they are too bitter for the Spanish taste. Perhaps the same is true of the oranges of Jerez. Maybe you recognise one in this picture or will be eating it for breakfast soon.
Some of our other activities have been trips with our chums from the school since it has become a bit of a custom for a group of us-Spanish, Chileans, Germans and us Brits (us and Rob and Lyn) to head off to a concert or event of some kind on Friday night followed by tapas and Spanish conversation in a bar. We've been to several concerts in Chiclana and heard some good jazz and twice to Cadiz. Our last event was a concert of flamenco carols and dancing in Cadiz performed by a group who live in the Vina area of Cadiz, one of the traditional flamenco barrios. Most of their neighbourhood also seemed to be in the audience and have no inhibitions about complimenting or even joining in with the performers on the stage, so it was a lively event. It is hard to imagine anything that would keep us out till 3 in the morning in the UK, but here it seems quite possible!
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P.S We have also found an Indian restaurant in Novi Sancti Petri. We actually went in search of pizza but nothing was open. We had heard not such good reports on the Indian restaurant, which is tucked away at the back of the commercial centre there, but we thought it was excellent. Is there anything else we could possible need now?
Daily Spanish classes for the last seven weeks have taken up a lot of time-especially when we have factored in the time to check out the sea with a walk to the school down the paseo maritimo, a cup of coffee in Bar Maritima before class, post-class lunch and a refreshing siesta to set us up for our home work. However, we have also had a busy few weeks socially. We spent a very nice weekend, for example, enjoying the autumn sunshine in Jerez, where I got to do what I like best-looking at books and sitting in cafes-and Mike (fetching, I think, in his Paul Smith jacket) got to carry the books and stand by an orange tree.
Incidentally, the oranges from the trees in Sevilla which grow at the roadside like this one are owned by the town council and are sold to English marmalade manufacturers as they are too bitter for the Spanish taste. Perhaps the same is true of the oranges of Jerez. Maybe you recognise one in this picture or will be eating it for breakfast soon.
Some of our other activities have been trips with our chums from the school since it has become a bit of a custom for a group of us-Spanish, Chileans, Germans and us Brits (us and Rob and Lyn) to head off to a concert or event of some kind on Friday night followed by tapas and Spanish conversation in a bar. We've been to several concerts in Chiclana and heard some good jazz and twice to Cadiz. Our last event was a concert of flamenco carols and dancing in Cadiz performed by a group who live in the Vina area of Cadiz, one of the traditional flamenco barrios. Most of their neighbourhood also seemed to be in the audience and have no inhibitions about complimenting or even joining in with the performers on the stage, so it was a lively event. It is hard to imagine anything that would keep us out till 3 in the morning in the UK, but here it seems quite possible!
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P.S We have also found an Indian restaurant in Novi Sancti Petri. We actually went in search of pizza but nothing was open. We had heard not such good reports on the Indian restaurant, which is tucked away at the back of the commercial centre there, but we thought it was excellent. Is there anything else we could possible need now?
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