If the impressive gateway bridge was anything to go by, we were in for a treat and Cadiz does not disappoint...
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If the impressive gateway bridge was anything to go by, we were in for a treat and Cadiz does not disappoint...
... does not fall mainly on the plain! It falls pretty much everywhere and Granada is no exception. So what else to do on a rainy day in Grandada? Go to the Hammam of course!
Today, after school, we had the opportunity to visit the family summer home of Lorca, located in what is now a beautiful park on the edge of the city centre.
The next day was yet another blissful, clear and sunny day. Unbroken blue skies and a clear, wintry light...
We had no idea what to expect in Yegen, but we knew that we wanted to see the house where Gerald Brenan lived; the village that formed the basis of his account of life in Spain between 1920 and 1934, so almost 100 years ago.
Part of this year in Spain we are exploring parts of the country we don’t yet know, and dig around to see if there are places we love more than our home in the Lecrin Valley. So off we went into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and beyond...
I LOVE Christmas. I always have and I don't think that the excitement has wained since I was a child. But what's Spanish Christmas going to be like?
Here is a quick reference look at our Córdoba highlights, snippets and visitor recommendations...
Here in deepest rural Spain, it is easy for Andrew and I to feel a sense of relief that we are, geographically, removed from some of the horrors that prevail as we approach the end of a pretty grim year. But, rural Spain is not without its own recent bloody history, and this has been brought home to us just recently.
For those of you who love the TV series, Game of Thrones (who doesn’t??!), you will undoubtedly know that the Real Alcazar in Seville is used as one of the locations - the capital of Dorne, to be precise, seat of the House of Martell...
