Ramadan with a Spanish flavour
Ramadan is almost over. The hour of sunset varies world wide and dictates when you can break your fast. Fatty that I am, I skipped that bit. Read More
VALENCIA - Country Living, City Life
COSTA BLANCA - Not just sun and sand
A stroll around…Cocentaina
A Fred Flintstone church, horror stories in the Gothic Room, a snake with a woman’s head…home of the socarrats. Read More
A WANDER AROUND SPAIN
Better than an Easter egg – Spain’s Semana Santa Celebrations
Semana Santa is the biggest national fiesta in Spain, with parades that feature solemnity and gaudiness in equal measure. Read More
Weird beasties and phantasmagorical machines
Fanciful monsters, Jules Verne flying contraptions, a mezquita in Cairo, Edwardian ladies on camels…the Jardin del Pasatiempo. Read More
Glorifying the Gozunda
A ‘potty’, ‘jerry’ or ‘gozunda’ is a highly personal receptacle. Henry VIII’s was padded with velvet and studded with gold nails. Read More
Cordoba and the Moors
Cordoba’s Mezquita was once the centre of Islamic life in Spain, but the Moors brought more than just romantic architecture. Read More
FOOD AND WINE
Ramadan with a Spanish flavour
Ramadan is almost over. The hour of sunset varies world wide and dictates when you can break your fast. Fatty that I am, I skipped that bit. Read More
Araceli’s garden
The idea of growing our own food occurs to most of us at some time or another, but sometimes the pleasure of a tiny plot to cultivate is enough. Read More
Roscon de Reyes – the Three Kings celebration cake
Tres Reyes Magos has always been the top dog in Spanish Christmas celebrations, and the Roscon de Reyes holds a traditional surprise. For Read More
Minituare works of art wrapped around an orange
The orange may be just a juicy fruit to some people, but it was the fruit of fortunes for many in Valencia. The Museo de Taronja tells its story. Read More
STORIES FROM ELSEWHERE
Florence of Arabia
Off
The only thing worse than going uphill on a camel is going downhill, or at least it is if you don’t count the getting on and off, Read More
Mulling over mules
I sit on a stone in the shade of a walnut tree opposite the mule ‘car park’ in Imlil, watching a young farrier hammer 3-inch Read More
The Buddha returns to the High Atlas
For six weeks during the winter of 1996, the Kasbah du Toubkal was clad with stonework, prayer wheels, wooden doors and Tibetan domes to Read More
Rush Hour in the High Atlas Mountains
I hear someone shout, ‘Hello’, but when I look around I can’t see anyone. They call again, and following the sound of the voice I Read More
MISCELLANEOUS
The Murky History of Table Football
Table football, foosball, csocso, cadureguel-schulchan, has a world encyclopaedia of ridiculous names, and a equally convoluted rule-book. ... Read More
Inland Trips from the Costa Blanca
