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...
by Anne Middelkamp | Sep 22, 2020 | Birding, Life in Spain, Walking
The biggest bird I ever met was a condor, it flew past me at only a few meters, And I’m not kidding. I’ll tell you all about it later on. Next to the condor, the largest birds I know are griffon vultures. And since the day we moved to Cádiz, I’m crazy about...
by admin | Aug 20, 2020 | Life in Spain
Every village in Spain has a patron saint. They are put in the limelight and honored on their name day. Then it is Fiesta time, with a Romería, Flamenco, music and moving processions. In our town, Vejer de la Frontera, we celebrate ‘La Velada’ in honour of our Patron...
