Now that the clocks have gone back, it's time to break out the autumnal recipes. We've had a wonderful summer of tapas and salads and fresh fish - light food, which doesn't leave you feeling too full - but now that the candles are out, and throws are appearing on the...
Eating out in our new temporary home of Sanlucar de Barrameda seems to be very easy. With many options, in what The Guardian called, Spain's new capital of gastronomy, we do seem to be very spoiled for choice. We're still to get stuck into really exploring the food...
We've been on the road now, for over three months, having sold up in Istria and waiting to complete on our dream Andalucian townhouse. We've stayed in a variety of hotels and apartments along the way, and are onto our third Airbnb stay. The first was for the month of...
Currently, most of what we own is in a storage unit, back in Istria, and we are travelling light (although the packed car would suggest otherwise), as we move around Andalucia, getting to know the region of our new home. The purchase hasn't completed yet, so we don't...
Since our house in Istria went on the market in March 2024, after we completed the new garden to the rear of the house and did much internal refurbishment, our minds have been focused on finding our new home. We knew that our Istrian adventure had come to an end. For...
Well, it has happened. On the 8th July, we turned the key in the lock for the final time and said goodbye to our much loved, renovated Istrian stonehouse and our lives for the last seven and a half years. When we put the house up for sale in March, after the...
If you are a fan of deliciously creamy butter beans, you might like to try this, if like us, this method of cooking them, has so far passed you by. Roasting. Yes, that's right, roasting then in the oven. And I guarantee, you'll be as in love with this way of doing...
I've been keeping a diary/blog of our journey in our stone house in Istria, since before we moved in, in 2017. We're now so very close, to moving. Yes, after seven years of renovating and creating a beautiful home from the shell of a building, we're hopefully onto our...
I've always been a little bit sniffy about a place called Eataly, located on the harbour front in Trieste. I thought it might be a gimmicky - and why would you choose to shop and eat in a huge converted warehouse, when you were actually right in the centre of Trieste,...
Limoncello spritz is a refreshing and vibrant cocktail, combining the zesty flavors of limoncello liqueur with the effervescence of prosecco. It's a popular Italian aperitivo, perfect for sipping on a warm summer day - and with no mixology skills required, it's quick...