Category: Spain

The Food of Spain: Brown flavours, Tortillas and Pintxos

While staying with Alfredo and Jimena, our Spanish teachers and hosts in northern Spain, one of my diversions was to suggest to Alfredo that I thought chorizo originated in Portugal. This scandalous suggestion never failed to provoke an entertaining...

San Sebastián Gallery

When we planned this trip, we did not expect the December leg to include a sun-drenched beach complete with bikini-clad beach bats players and sunset surfers. Yet in the run-up to Christmas that is precisely...

Diego Costa and the Running of the Bulls

It was a dream come true. Well, more like a collection of faint ideas I’d once had of thundering through the streets of Pamplona, leaping onto balconies in my dashing white outfit, red belt...

Bilbao and Pamplona Gallery

One has art; the other has bulls. They are the capitals of their respective provinces and have a lot more going for them than the things which make them famous. Here we share some...

Enrique Octavo and Clothes For Your Feet

Those of you who’ve been subjected to my ardent rambling for some time, may recall my last visit to a Spanish-speaking country. However, it is a story worth repeating. Armed with a smattering of...

Asturias Gallery

Asturias is an autonomous community in the North of Spain with a splendid range of weather and geography. During our stay, we witnessed snow, rain and sunshine. We climbed mountains, visited beaches and walked...