by Anne Middelkamp | Jul 22, 2021 | Life
If there is one tapa you simply cannot skip when you are in Cadiz it is Tortillitas de Camarones, or prawn pancakes. Indeed, this is the most ‘Gaditano’ of all tapas! Lickety-split delicious, I am totally hooked on them. You can buy extremely tasty...
by Anne Middelkamp | May 12, 2021 | Life in Spain, Travel to Spain
Andalusia’s first Roman fish farm discovered at Trafalgar Bay 12 May 2021 The Costa de la Luz of Cádiz has endless sandy beaches, beautiful bays, high cliffs and rolling pine forests. On this virgin coast, you will find no large resorts or high-rise buildings....
by Anne Middelkamp | Feb 23, 2021 | Life in Spain, Travel to Spain, Walking
Vejer de la Frontera: ‘La niña mimada del sur’ Vejer de la Frontera, a white hilltop town at the Costa de la Luz in Cádiz, South of Spain, is pretty as a picture, With her back to the sea, Vejer looks out over the mountains of the Alcornocales and the...
by Anne Middelkamp | Dec 29, 2020 | Life in Spain, Travel to Spain
We never used to eat seafood at home when I was a kid. Only sometimes, on Sundays and public holidays, there was tinned herring in tomato sauce for lunch and at the market, we ate the typical dutch raw herring once a year. The seafood of Cádiz and the famous atún rojo...
by Anne Middelkamp | Sep 22, 2020 | Birding, Life in Spain, Walking
The biggest bird I ever met was a condor, it flew past me at only a few meters, And I’m not kidding. I’ll tell you all about it later on. Next to the condor, the largest birds I know are griffon vultures. And since the day we moved to Cádiz, I’m crazy about...
