Thursday, March 28, 2024

Calliope's Musings on Spain

A picture is worth a thousand… expletives

PASS the PORT ... I need a drink! The trials and tribulations of renewing a UK passport in Spain

Ernest Hemingway’s ¡Olé!

Admire the skill of the matadors or deplore the cruelty to the bulls; a first visit to a bullfight can bring out both of these emotions

A gastronomic delight

Taste more than 50 dishes from Spain and all over the world when the village of Montejaque launches its bilingual (Spanish/English) Cookbook and Village Guide on 10 August

What’s in a name?

Big Basura Day and interior design decisions for Montejaque's Carolyn Emmett

Remember when…

South Africa to southern Spain: A moving experience for Calliope

Joseph Heller is right – It’s Catch 22!

And IKEA is a four-letter word

Hauling ass… or, what I’m willing to do for publicity!

The printer jokingly suggested I travel by donkey to collect the first print run of the cookbook. So, wearing the traditional costume of 200 years ago, I rode sixteen kilometres over the mountains from Montejaque to Ronda. Now that is one sore ass ... and my bum is hurting, too

A bun-fight in Montejaque

More than 50 local and international dishes – from gazpacho to Teriyaki chicken to ‘Gypsy Arm’ – were waiting to be tasted by the villagers and tourists. The judges had just started scoring the desserts when the masses could no longer wait. Those with the longest arms got to eat the most

Battle of the Bridge re-enactment in Montejaque

On Saturday and Sunday, November 10 and 11, the villagers of Montejaque will be re-enacting, for the third successive year, the drama of the Batalla de la Puente

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