If you like your food and especially if you like trying new food then today’s post should be up your street. People when they think of Valencia think of a large,lively and fun city on the Mediterranean east coast of … Continue reading
In the city of Teruel in the early 13th century, a young man called Diego de Marcilla loved Isabel de Segura as she did he, but her father said he was too poor and gave him five years to become … Continue reading
It has not happened through skilful or conscious planning but sort of over the years we have accumulated a certain amount of special places in the southeast quarter of Spain which we visit annually or bi-annually or sometimes more. These … Continue reading
The idea of moving sheep(or cows) to greener pastures for better grazing is a concept that has been among shepherds the world over for thousands of years but here in Spain the “transhumancia”(the moving of sheep from one pasture grazing … Continue reading
This is the first of a series(Talking with Spain) of short interviews with local people to give you a window into the lives and/or businesses of local people in Valencia and Teruel. This first one is with Pablo Calatayud, who owns … 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
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
This post is about a classic Valencian dish and the accompaniments we had for our Saturday lunch this week. Agriculturally Valencia is the orange producing area of Spain but there is another crop which is important in this Mediterranean region … Continue reading
Xativa is a town in the interior of the province of Valencia, fifty five kilometres southwest of the capital.Both beautiful and interesting,it sits at a geographical and historical crossroads just off the Valencia-Albacete road. Map of area View of Xativa Seo(Minster) It … Continue reading
Patrick Waller
