Spring in Sevilla is like a four-act play: incense and nazarenos followed by sherry and sevillanas. Next comes the heat and absence of people in the streets and, finally, signs…
While I'm off dancing my brains out at the Feria de Sevilla, the most wonderful time of the (Sevillian) year, here's something to make your mouth water and to tide…
Authors Note. The masses have spoken: on Sunshine and Siestas, you'd like to see more about food, more about interesting places in Seville, more about dealing with culture shock and…
Mariquilla, my boss's daughter, came flouncing into my office. "Miss Cat, IIIIIIII need the, um, capirote." Huh? I asked her what it was, or to describe it, thinking it could…
They say a picture's worth 1.000 words, but here's a few anyway. Most of my research for China was done through the book River Town by Peter Hessler, a Peace…