A sensory experience: la higuera
This fragrant fig tree in Benoajan, spotted at the end of a 9km hike, provided a moment of sheer euphoria. They say that memories triggered by smell are the most powerful and long-lasting. Familiar...
View ArticleInterview with Paul Read, the Gazpachomonk. #WABAS12
Paul Read – writer, broadcaster and Tai Chi master. As a blogger and tweeter, I follow and read many other expats here in Spain. One who has intrigued me for some time is the Gazpachomonk. Apart from...
View ArticleReview of the year
This is the time of year when we think about setting goals for the upcoming 12 months, and what we’ve achieved over the previous ones. As a freelance, you’re constantly on the lookout for new work...
View ArticleMoved by mountains: a trip across the High Alpujarras
I’ve always had a thing about mountains. As a child, we spent a week in the Highlands of Scotland every summer. Idyllic memories of rambling over heather-covered moors, clambering up massive grey...
View ArticleA weekend of goat-herding, donkey-walking and flamenco in the Axarquía
Just before lockdown, back in February when the first few cases of Covid-19 had been identified here in Seville but life was still normal, we took a weekend trip down to the Axarquía region of Malaga...
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