I was a Spanish Tomboy
After the run away success of her article about her 300 year old Grandmother, Julia follows up with a post on growing up as a kid in Spain: I was born in 1957 at my Grandmother’s house in Bullas (Murcia). … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Horses and The Oldest Fair in Spain
Somewhere in the mists of time , for reasons best known to her, my mother got it into her head that I should learn to ride horses at a very early age. I think it was probably the fact that … Continue reading
My Grandmother Lived Three Hundred Years
This post is by Julia Espin,who is married to Paddy Waller, and co-runs The Spanish Thyme Traveller and manages most of the Social Media for the company. She is from Murcia but has lived most of her life in Valencia.Julia … Continue reading
On a Dark Desert Footpath,Cool Wind in My Hair……..
Silent footsteps on the sandy path remind me of some kind of spooky night time adventure as I make my way through the darkness following the footpath by the moonlight. I glance at the purply pink hue on the horizon … Continue reading
Devour Spain on a Madrid Food Tour
As you know one our great interests is Spanish food and wine and the trips we,The Spanish Thyme Traveller, organise in Valencia and Teruel are very much based on trying great local dishes and wines. During our own journey of … Continue reading
The Traditional Bodega was Something Different in Spain before “the Wine Tour”.
Not far from the inland town of Utiel, in Valencia, there is a large basin for treading grapes which has a canal connecting it to a holding tank. Oooh! Wow! So? Well, the interesting thing about this ‘production unit’ is … Continue reading
Patrick Waller