Admin on Jun 24 2010 | Filed under: Food, Food, Markets, Photographs, Savoury, Spanish Food, Travel, Travel
Alozaina is a small village situated on the edge of the Sierra de las Nieves Natural Park, about 45 minutes inland of Marbella, Spain. It’s not a well known tourist town at all, with a population of about 2,300 people, but the village is charming with an interesting history and the surrounding area has some [...]
Admin on Aug 21 2009 | Filed under: Culture, Food, Photographs, Savoury, Travel
I saw this lovely post on the search for fresh Mozzerella and Insalata Caprese over at Italicious and started dreaming of holidays and sitting on the Med having a delicious lunch with perfect ingredients.The tomatoes around here are simply delicious at the moment and the best way to eat them is in a simple tomato [...]
Admin on Aug 17 2009 | Filed under: Food, Photographs, Shopping, Sweet
One of the other fruits in season here in Morocco at the moment is figs. They are literally dropping off the trees and for those without a tree; they cost about 5 Dirham (US$ 0.63) for a kilogram! Figs are loaded with fibre and have the highest overall mineral content of all common fruits.Morocco is [...]
Admin on Aug 12 2009 | Filed under: Photographs, Travel, Travel
Well after a wonderful 8 days in Mozambique, our time sadly had come to an end and we headed back to South Africa. As I said before I would highly recommend a trip there, the beaches are fantastic and the people are generally unbelievably friendly!!! I hope you enjoyed the journey with me!
Admin on Jun 17 2009 | Filed under: Culture, Food, Photographs, Spanish Food, Travel
One of the little villages nearby where we were staying was the very picteresque little village called Casarabonela. It is situated in the Guadalhorce Valley, surrounded by olive groves and farmlands and on the perimeter of the Sierre da Les Nieves National Park. It has a population of fewer than 3,000 people and the layout [...]
Admin on Jun 17 2009 | Filed under: Food, Photographs, Savoury, Spanish Food, Travel
One of the best things about summer here and in Europe is the late summer nights you can enjoy! In Spain the sun was only going down at ten at night and here in Morocco we are an hour behind, so it generally goes down at about nine at the moment. Lots of time to [...]
Admin on Jun 15 2009 | Filed under: Food, Savoury, Spanish Food, Travel
Having had to make do with Chinese after spotting those gorgeous sardines down on the beach, we were beyond delighted to find a little restaurant called Pena Flamenca Alcasarin in the town of Monda which had its very own little boat with sardines cooking outside the front door!! Monda is a small town, just off [...]
Admin on Jun 15 2009 | Filed under: Photographs, Travel
Hi everyone, well here we are safely back in Morocco again. Sadly we had to cut our trip short but we still had a wonderful time and thoroughly enjoyed our two weeks in Spain! Every time we go to Spain I fall just a little bit more in love with the country! Last year we [...]
Admin on Jun 03 2009 | Filed under: Food, Savoury, Spanish Food
Pork and potatoes feature heavily in most menus in this part of Spain. Here are two Spanish type dishes that we had today, very easy to cook and full of the flavours of Spain! Paprika Potatoes 5 Medium potatoes cut into wedges 1 red onion, cut into wedges 2 small tomatoes cut into wedges 3 [...]
Admin on May 15 2009 | Filed under: Photographs
They had patiently waited at the end of last summer for the pool to be completed, (which was started in July)…..but it was not to be….so for the entire winter the daily question has been…when will it be finished….do you think it will be ready for summer… and then yippeeee……..it was…… Just in the [...]
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