Flower delivery in Seseña

Seseña Viejo, Seseña Nuevo or El Quiñón: what goes on the address

“Seseña Nuevo” can be either a street or a town on an address. The regional health service lists one of its centres on Avenida Seseña Nuevo with Seseña as the town, and another on Calle Lirios with Seseña Nuevo as the town. So do not guess from a street name. Copy the address exactly as the person writes it, with street, number, floor and door, and ask for their postcode rather than working it out.

Seseña is in Toledo province, not Madrid

The edge of the Madrid region runs along the town’s boundary: Valdemoro and Ciempozuelos are in the Community of Madrid, while Esquivias and Borox are in Castilla-La Mancha. Choose Toledo as the province when you order, even if the person works in Madrid. If they turn out to live in one of those neighbouring towns, that town goes on the address instead of Seseña.

If your friend or sister left the Madrid area for Seseña

Perhaps you got to know them when they lived nearer the city, and they have since settled in a house or flat in Seseña. A birthday, a new baby, a hard week or simply a long silence are all good enough reasons. Choose for what they like, and ask someone close for the exact address so that the surprise stays a surprise.

“You moved to Seseña. You did not get away from us.”

And if it is a grandmother in Seseña Viejo

Seseña Viejo is what the regional tourist board calls the historic heart of the town. If your partner’s grandmother or your own still lives there, a bouquet she recognises is a safe choice: five pink roses, or Amapola, with carnations and daisies. Ask someone who knows the house which day she will be in, and give a phone number she answers.

“Para mi abuela favorita, con todo mi cariño.” (For my favourite grandmother, with all my love.)

A few Spanish words for family in Seseña

If the people opening the envelope in Seseña speak Spanish at home, one simple line in Spanish goes further than a paragraph they have to translate. Three that work: “Feliz cumpleaños, te queremos.” (Happy birthday, we love you.) “Os echamos mucho de menos.” (We miss you all very much.) “Gracias por cuidar de los míos.” (Thank you for looking after my family.) If they keep Santa Juana in March, when the town’s tradition is a family meal out in the country, mentioning it is a detail they will recognise. Sign with the name they call you, and write in whichever language you really share.

If they leave Seseña early on the A-4 and get back late

The A-4 is Seseña’s main road link to Madrid, and someone who drives it every morning may not be home until the evening. Ask who could open the front door that day, or choose a Saturday if the calendar offers one, bearing in mind that it has one attempt. On other days we make at least two delivery attempts, and the courier may call the number you gave if nobody answers.

Sending flowers during Seseña’s June and August fiestas

Seseña holds its town festivities twice, in June and August, so check with the family before you pick a date. Seseña Nuevo celebrates around the third week of June, and the fiestas of the Virgen de la Asunción fall around 15 August. Ask whether they will be at home, then choose from the dates the calendar offers. The town also marks its patron, San Isidro, on 15 May and its patroness, the Virgen del Rosario, on 7 October.

Someone from Seseña in hospital? Ask which one first

From abroad it is tempting to look up the nearest hospital on a map, but Seseña sits right on the boundary with the Community of Madrid, so the hospital could be on either side of it. Before you order, ask the family three things: which hospital, which ward, and whether flowers are accepted there. Only if the answer to the last one is yes should you use the hospital’s address, with its own town and province instead of Seseña.