An important ingredient is missing from this account. This weekend in Madrid also happened to coincide with Andrew's 42nd Birthday (I know; he's very old)...
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An important ingredient is missing from this account. This weekend in Madrid also happened to coincide with Andrew's 42nd Birthday (I know; he's very old)...
Neither Andrew nor I had ever been to Madrid before, and this city was most definitely on our ‘wish list’ for this year in Spain. It just so happened that 2017 saw Madrid hosting World Pride so it seemed sensible to combine the two!
Our neighbours, Visi and Clemente left today. They have gone to Barcelona to be with their son and are not due to return until September at the earliest. Andrew and I both feel a sense of loss...
Despite temperatures consistently in the mid to high 30s here in the valley, the past couple of weeks have seen a flurry of activities on the bar front...
One of the festivals that we really wanted to witness was the Feria. Granada has its own very special festival that ties in with one of the main religious festivals in Spain, Corpus Christi. And we had heard it was quite an event...
As we are here for Easter, it made perfect sense for us to go into Granada for at least one of the days leading up to Easter to see some of the Semana Santa processions first hand...
Unbelievably, we have been living in Spain for six months now. One of the questions we get asked most frequently is "What do you actually DO all day?" Well, in this podcast we answer that question plus nine others...
Leaving behind Cabo de Trafalgar and Los Caños de Meca, we decided on a rural route to our next destination, Vejer de la Frontera. Driving through forests of Aleppo pine, over gentle hills and into beautiful countryside, reminiscent of the South Downs...
If the impressive gateway bridge was anything to go by, we were in for a treat and Cadiz does not disappoint...
