Never one to let a common cold beat me (cough, cough), we have been out and about this weekend to enjoy the glorious autumn sunshine and make the most of our last full weekend here in Granada city before we move back to Casa Magdalena.
All in Culture
Never one to let a common cold beat me (cough, cough), we have been out and about this weekend to enjoy the glorious autumn sunshine and make the most of our last full weekend here in Granada city before we move back to Casa Magdalena.
We are delighted to report that we have enjoyed another tapas tour with the delightful Gayle Mackie who founded and runs Granada Tapas Tours. We joined Gayle to revisit some more ‘traditional’ bars that she has not been back to for a year or so, so it was something of a joint adventure...
Granada is a beautiful city in so many ways. It's not just about the Alhambra, magnificent as that complex sprawl of buildings is. Granada is a city deserves to be explored, and as we have been based here this month we walked and explored in more depth and here are a few of our discoveries...
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
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...
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...
It’s August, and seemingly every village, town and city is having a fería or festival of some sort...
We can't quite believe that we have been here, living in Spain, for over 9 months, and the time has flown by. We have been increasingly busy and not had so much time to write this blog but I felt it worth pausing for a moment just to talk a little bit more about the village we currently call our home: Saleres
Sunday was Andrew’s Birthday, and it is probably fair to say that we both felt a little bit jaded on that morning. We didn’t drink that much, but the effects are amplified in the heat unless alcohol is accompanied by litres of water!