by Anne Middelkamp | Jun 26, 2024 | Birding, Life in Spain, Travel to Spain
Last places!!! Meeting the Birds of Cádiz: Saturday september 28, 2024 There’s so many amazing birds in this wonderful part of Cadiz, where we live. I’ve decided to create an opportunity for you to get to know them! Under the expert guidance of Birding the...
by Anne Middelkamp | May 15, 2023 | Life in Spain
A week ago, on Monday 8 May, a number of vans pulled up our steep and narrow street, preceded by a police car with blaring sirens and followed by camera crews. Now what? A film crew? A hot Pursuit, A dignitary? A precious statue of Virgin Mary? None of the above. No...
by Anne Middelkamp | Sep 8, 2022 | Food, Life in Spain
Garbanzos con Espinacas – vegan tapa from Seville I promise, this is going to be one of your favourite vegan/vegetarian tapa recipes this winter. There is nothing more comforting and mood-enhancing to snuggle up on the couch with than this hug in a bowl:...
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...