My Valencia City Favoritos
I LOVE Valencia. The province is obviously fabulous, which is why I moved there, but the city is something special that I think is much underappreciated. I never get sick of going there. In fact, it feels a treat every […]
Retro Oliva
There are a few retro things in my adopted Spanish home town that I simply love. The iconic service station This architect designed petrol station and rest stop ‘El Rebollet’ is kind of acknowledged but unfortunately not really loved and […]
Fallas – giant figures, fireworks, fanfares and fumes
Fallas goes on for about 3 weeks in March in Valencia province, with the most spectacular events occurring in the capital Valencia city. It is completely bonkers and an assault on the eyes and the ears. As an outsider, I […]
Bolneuvo’s Brilliant Boulders
I came across some images of the rock formation at Bolneuvo when looking around for something entirely different but was surprised that I’d never seen mention of them before. This was just a couple of hours away from us so […]
Caved in and took a trip to Granada
As a birthday treat for Mark, I had booked for us to have a mini trip within Spain. I was to whisk him away from the chill to southern Spain for a slightly warmer climate, picking Granada as a city […]
The Alora of Andalusia
In 2014, I came up with the idea that we find ourselves a cheap base in Europe. The idea being, that when we ‘returned’ from any travelling, we didn’t have to go back to the UK, which it’s very difficult […]
