The dark side of El Rocio
The heat, exhaustion and lack of water make Andalucia’s most famous pilgrimage a nightmare for those doing the carrying, writes Mary Biles
Death in the afternoon
I am a horse lover. I always have been. In fact you can include donkeys in that, I’d add mules too, but I don’t know them so well, writes OP blogger Mary
Keep cool and carry on
OP blogger Mary Biles shares her top five tips on keeping cool in Sevilla this summer
Sevilla’s indomitable spirit
Right now Sevilla, Andalucia and Spain at large is a place where you can feel the civil unrest bubbling underneath the surface
Equine outcasts teach us a thing or two
My life was fairly standard before moving to Seville... writes OP blogger Mary Biles
It’s as simple as taking a shower
Are you a die hard consumer? What are the deal breakers in your life that you couldn´t live without?
What’s your story? Flamenco glory
Each person has their own unique series of events that have transformed their dream of living in Andalucia into a real life Spanish odyssey
To be or not to be a Guiri, that is the question
My name is Mary and I am a Guiri. There, I´ve said it now, it´s out there in the open, but it´s something I´ve been fighting for the last two and half