Wine is the lifeblood of Spain. Pure and simple. It is tradition, culture, gastronomy, family and an intricate part of life here.There’s hardly a region that doesn’t produce the noble fermented juice. It’s three thousand year old industry, which since Phoenician … Continue reading
We continue with our Talking with Spain series which focuses on personalities from all walks of life in Spain. This week we talked to Leandro who is a butcher. He also happens to be my cuñado(brother-in-law). He owns a market … Continue reading
I can recall quite clearly the first bar I walked into in Spain. It was in 1978 when hitching round Spain as a teenager. What struck me were much the same aspects that strike most foreigners when they walk into … Continue reading
I know at Christmas time one should be excited by family reunions,the birth of Jesus, presents, by Father Christmas, and in Spain by the Three Kings who bring presents on 6th Jan but I have a secret that I am … Continue reading
A post from Julia this week: My best job has been being a mother and housewife. I was my own boss. I’ve have learned more, running my family, than in any other work place. For a lot of business women, … Continue reading
Two very short stories about brief encounters I have had in Spain: As I walked across the green meadow, the weak early morning light played through the trees onto the surface of the transparent tea coloured river in the distance … Continue reading
I have a friend who comes out here to Spain to walk and raptor watch and his favourite expression when out in the wild is:”It’s a harsh paradise,Paddy!”. This is a story about a very harsh paradise.The story of a … Continue reading
The vast majority of the fifty five million visitors who come to Spain each year come to visit the country for the sun and sea or to visit one or more of the big cities. Very few actually go inland … Continue reading
Fan; the name of various instruments for exciting a current of air by agitation of a broad surface. Fans in Spain have been used by the Phoenicians,Greeks,Romans,Muslims, and Christians and they went from being just a big green leaf or … Continue reading
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
Patrick Waller
