A recent guest of Los Castaños set off for Ronda one evening in search specifically of a paella for dinner. Startled by their choice, I really wanted to advise them that this was not a good idea. At best they would find a mass-produced, frozen facsimile at an unexciting pizza cafe. I would rather have …
Read moreBut Spring Has Finally Sprung!! The Alto Genal Valley suddenly changed colour a few days ago – from winter browns to the greens of Spring. The sweet chestnuts, basis of the local economy, burst into resplendent leaf. The transformation is dramatic and one has to ask whether Cartajima’s traditional Spring appeal to the gods brought …
Read morell is peaceful on Good Friday. Quiet and normal. But by midnight, Catholicism takes a back seat while Paganism takes over. Easter Saturday. There is a seemingly endless supply of dynamite that the men send scudding down the streets and into the air. They go down to the forests and, amid drinking and conch-blowing, haul …
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