Apr
28
2012
Dear friends:
As every year it it still a great pleasure to live the very famous “Feria de abril” or as we call it the CULTURAL EXPLOSION off all Andalucían cultural treasures, cultivated over many years within one week of intensive day and night (…) living 
With all the years and better knowing Spanish and especially also the Andalucian specifications of the Spanish language we have got more into the text of the very famous “Sevillanas”, a specific kind of local folk songs combined with a very sensual and jolly dance that really a lot of people from all generations still practice. So, for everybody who understands a little bit of Spanish – enjoy this little extract of wonderful Spanish paying respect to the beauty of Sevilla in its best way:
“Yo te digo que Sevilla es la gloria de los cielos,
y nuestra Semana Santa la mejor del mundo entero
yo te digo que Sevilla es la gloria de los cielos.
Nuestra feria sevilla de arte, rango y salero
yo te digo que Sevilla es la gloria de los cielos.
y esa Plaza de la Alfalfa donde nació el espartero
yo te digo que Sevilla es la gloria de los cielos.
Una tarde en la Maestranza si quiere Curro Romero
yo te digo que Sevilla es la gloria de los cielos.
Y si alguien me contesta,
y me dice que es mentira,
que le pregunten al Gran Poder, el por que vive en Sevilla.
Just wonderful this text, isn’t it?
Well, check out some pics of Feria-Living!
Take care wherever you are, Yours Nadine & Marc
Mar
03
2012
Dear friends:
As 28th of February is a public holiday in Andalucía we used this opportunity for another long weekend for discovering more Portugal and not just enjoying our ‘usual’ weekend spot, Rocha Brava. Therefore we took the so called Ruta de Plata (Silver way) towards the north of Spain and via Badajoz entered into Portugal with final destination: Lisboa! But in the meantime we enjoyed a relaxed family lunch in small, for us totally unknown village, Elvaz with an interesting medieval touch. By the way – check especially out the last picture: the biggest aqueduct that we have seen until now!
And from there on we hit the road again for a two hours drive towards Lisbon! Check out the upcoming blog entry to learn about some great spots in this interesting bohemian city. Maybe some inspiration for a trip on your own 
Take care, friends, wherever you are.
Nadine & Marc
Feb
12
2012
Dear friends:
Wow – it took us now one month to update again our blog – sorry, dear friends for our absence but we have been quite busy on all frontiers from job, writing projects, a little bit of family traveling (…great weekend at the end of January in the Algarve) and of course taking care of our family pack. And as we talk of January and February these are the months of great popularity for flues, fever and friends 
But all doing well so far!
The winter months in Andalucía use to be accompanied by a very special detail: the lemon, orange an clementine trees are full of fruits and give this strong yellow and orange colour to Seville, which again makes it as unique as it is.
Well, this year for the first time after having planted in our little garden some of these trees, we have been able to harvest now or own, home-grown clementines and lemons – quite a special moment for some Swiss guys in Andalucía!
Friends, take care, wherever you are right now!
Nadine & Marc
Jan
14
2012
After having stayed in Seville for the Christmas holiday 2011 now for once again we left for 10 days to ‘good old Switzerland’ to spend Christmas and New Year in our home country. A wonderful and intense time with familiy and friends where we enjoyed doing a lot of catching up with our Swiss families and friends!In between we also enjoyed some closer familiy excursions on the trails of our wonderful years in Zurich. Well, quite a change – now moving along with three kids 
‘Familiy project – building ‘Frosty, the Snowman’
Christmas market in Zurich main station
Wonderful family excursion to ‘Sterneberg’
Dear friends, we hope that you all had a good and happy kick-off of 2012!
Yours, Nadine & Marc
