Romerias

Romerias   Romerias are pilgrimages where the Virgin from the local village church is taken out and processed to usually a shrine in the country. They are great colourful days out that happen once a year for each village and are very special. people plan their...

Bread and Tomatoes

Bread and Tomatoes “No hay nada mas largo que un dia sin pan” … “There’s nothing so long as a day without bread”, said Eugenio as he broke open his daily loaf to accompany breakfast of a fresh picked rosy beef tomato and a strip of very streaky home-cured bacon,...

The Olive Harvest

Letters from El Moro #1 THE OLIVE HARVEST   Dear Friends,   I hope you are well and enjoying the beginning of winter wherever you are. Here at El Moro the chestnut leaves have already fallen to the ground. Most of the people in the pueblo are complaining...

Three Wise Men on Bicycles

Dear Friends,   Happy New Year and more precisely Feliz día de los Reyes Magos. In Spain, Santa Claus is thought of as far too mainstream and instead we celebrate the Three Kings or Wise Men. Personally, I think three rather glamorous looking Kings, bearing three...