Last week can best be described as a maelstrom. We moved to Granada on Sunday 1st October for the month and had to hit the ground running as soon as we arrived...
Last week can best be described as a maelstrom. We moved to Granada on Sunday 1st October for the month and had to hit the ground running as soon as we arrived...
It has been a while since we posted an 'In Pictures' post so here is a quick catch up...
It has been a very busy September. We have, for most of the month, had a fairly full house with guests and as a result we have sort of found ourselves hurtling towards October. The 1st October is a momentous date as it marks our first anniversary of living here in Spain. It is with huge relief that we can say that it is just an anniversary, suggesting a continuance, rather than the end of something. However, changes are still afoot...
This is one of my favourite dishes from Nigella Lawson’s ‘Nigella Express’ cookery book. Here is my version with a slight Spanish twist...
Andrew and I are feeling a little bit fragile today. Today is my birthday, and I am not normally one for a great big occasion, but somehow we have found ourselves in the middle of a weekend with a fair amount occasion-ing. Firstly a fantastic tapas tour of Granada
The UK’s bank holiday weekend, for us, was all about the beach. We earmarked two events for this weekend: a concert on the beach in Salobreña by the band Los Gin Tonic and then a Fiesta at La Barraca, a great restaurant right on the beach at Cantarrijan, a little further along the coast...
Throughout August and September, there is a Guitar festival running in Los Jardines de Falla, the gardens that lead down to the foyer of the Manuel de Falla concert hall. We decided to find out more...
One of our favourite tapas dishes here in Granada is this simple mix of potato, green pepper, onion and garlic. It does sound very simple, and the name of the dish translates roughly as ‘poor man’s potatoes’ or literally potatoes to the poor.
Last week, Andrew and I got to drive deep into Las Alpujarras, one of our favourite parts of southern Spain to interview Anna Kemp about her life and most recent project, an open air theatre in the village of Laroles, and runs the annual drama festival, Me Vuelves Lorca...
For me, one of the highlights of the Alhambra and Generalife, the crowning glories of Granada, has to be the Open Air Theatre...
