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
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
Next time you are on holiday in Spain whether you are lying on the beach, visiting one of its cities, winetasting in a bodega or walking in the mountains , take a moment to think about water. It is often … Continue reading
I first visited Cehegin in the northwest of Murcia some thirty years ago and was amazed to discover that it is situated in the midst of lofty pine forested mountains. Like most people I associated Murcia with a touristy coastline and flat sunbaked agricultural land that yields endless lorries of fresh produce year round. So it was surprising to see not only high mountains but snow which for some reason I did not relate to this part of Spain. And little did I know that my family and I were to visit this town for the next 30 years at least a couple times a year. Continue reading
The Borgias (Borjas in Valenciano) in general get a bad press. The first Borgia pope,Calixtus III, although favourable to his family was supposedly a very pious man. Not so the second Pope Alejander VI and his children Jofre,Cesar,Juan and Lucrecia. … Continue reading
Even if you have only visited Spain once or twice on holidays you could not have helped noticing that wine is central to Spanish culture and gastronomy. Every region of Spain cultivates,produces and consumes wine.You cant say that it literally … Continue reading
Patrick Waller
