Some scenes from the Feria de Abril in Sevilla. The portada this year was a “Homage to Dance” and the winning design, by Eduardo Morón Espinosa, was inspired by the Argentinian Pavilion for the 1929 Spanish American Exhibition, now the Antonio Ruiz Soler Conservatory of Professional Dance.
I was invited to have lunch one afternoon at the private (and massive) City Hall caseta, so I went along with my friend and colleague Aldara Arias de Saavedra from We Love Tapas and we were shown a fabulous time by Diego Torres, editor of Sevilla Selecta magazine, who was in charge of coordinating all the food for the event. Afterwards we took a stroll around the grounds. It was a lovely sunny afternoon but heavy rains earlier in the week had taken its toll and the thousands of colourful paper lanterns that typically cover the lights had literally been washed away. There are rumours that next year the feria may start on Saturday (instead of the traditional Monday at midnight opening) and last for ten days. We shall see…
arriving at the feria
flamenco in the Ayuntamiento caseta
cold manzanilla served in a chilled metal teapot
this year’s spring fiestas poster
Andalusian products
Inés Rosales for dessert
Aldara
Diego and Aldara
lovely head scarf on this lovely amazona
chatting each other up
We Love Tapas chicas Ania and Aldara
washed away paper lanterns
feria shoes…
kids playing outside a caseta
two young girls singing sevillanas
beautiful colours
horse whisperer
carriage ride
hombres
taking a break
big and little
amazona
chicas!
inside a public caseta
late afternoon shadows
the wheel – would’ve gone up but it was way too speedy
Feria de Abril Sevilla
Looks like this is as close as I’m going to get to Feria this year. Slow-healing feet and ankles from my 
cold beer on a hot night… with horses
parking Sevillano style