post updated: June 2018. Prices reflect availability and seasonality. So, you’ve gotten the visa, packed your bags and moved to Seville. The first order of business (after your cervecita and ta...
http://www.sunshineandsiestas.com/2018/07/03/sevilles-best-neighborhoods-for-living/
Andalusia has the winning combination of weather, history and culture and wallet-friendly prices, making it especially tempting for a family trip to Spain. Kids will faun over castles, stretches ...
http://www.sunshineandsiestas.com/2018/02/21/summer-things-to-do-family-cadiz/
Something odd happens in Seville in late spring. As the temperatures being to rise into the 30s and 40s, there’s a shift in activity. Streets clear, parking becomes available, and midday siesta...
http://www.sunshineandsiestas.com/2017/08/01/tips-for-summer-in-seville/
For whatever reason, the province of Jaén has always piqued my interest – and has always intimidated me. I considered it No Man’s Land because of my extreme allergy to olive blossoms, too fa...
http://www.sunshineandsiestas.com/2017/07/18/photos-of-ubeda-and-baeza-spain/
Querida Sevilla mía, You know that age-old, “It’s not you, it’s me”? Well, it’s not me. Eres tú. We’ve reached the end of a nine-year relationship, one marked with uncertainty at th...
http://www.sunshineandsiestas.com/2016/07/06/seville-im-breaking-up-with-you/
Andalucía in springtime is perhaps the closest I can get to nirvana. Yes, the azahar flowers met an untimely death in April and my allergies are rampant, but even the short bursts of rain seem m...
http://www.sunshineandsiestas.com/2016/05/21/andalusian-festivals-may/
Something happens to me every weekend – the push-pull of relaxing in a city I love exploring against the need to grab my car and drive until I’ve found somewhere new. Using Seville as a base ...
http://www.sunshineandsiestas.com/2015/11/26/five-daytrips-from-seville-spain/
The smell hits me like a pata de jamón to the head: a cocktail of bathroom disinfectant, spilled hand soap, ancient pipes and bleach. And that’s only if the person before me hasn’t bothere...
http://www.sunshineandsiestas.com/2015/10/13/spanish-toilets/
“No, no, no,” Lucía shook her head fiercely as curls of white smoke escaped from her lips. “You shouldn’t be in Cerro de Águila by yourself. Crime is rampant over there.” That followi...
http://www.sunshineandsiestas.com/2015/05/20/el-rocio-triana/
The sawdust on the floor gave it away: this was actually a living, breathing sort of workshop, not one where the workers are tucked away, out of sight for appearances. My ears perked with each tw...
http://www.sunshineandsiestas.com/2014/10/27/flamenco-guitar-guitarreria-mariano-conde/