Well said Bainbo - we usually go down to La Barrosa (where you will find a lot of Sevillians in the summer cooling off) and I have never met such a lovely bunch. If you try to communicate (and I personally find una cupa de vino helps with my pronounciation a lot then they go out of their way to help you along and teach you new words.

Re the sietas, I have tried so hard to get these into our schedule but the kiddies are having none of it :-( I so wanted them to have a siesta so instead of laying in bed listening to fiestas kicking off we could actually be at them!