by Anne Middelkamp | Jun 26, 2024 | Birding, Life in Spain, Travel to Spain
From my early childhood in Holland I clearly remember the beautiful song of the blackbird at dusk on the balmy summer evenings. A sound full of comfort, stories and memories. I did not know their name back then. To me, birds were called pigeons… Now, as a grown-up, I...
by Anne Middelkamp | Oct 11, 2023 | Travel to Spain
When I’m going to town, I’m going to Cádiz Cádiz, at a 40 minutes drive from where I live, is the nicest town I know! And also the nearest, lucky me! I have to spend an afternoon and evening there at least every month. Cádiz, the oldest port city in...
by Anne Middelkamp | Jun 10, 2022 | Travel to Spain, Walking
Villaluenga del Rosario, a hidden gem in the mountains of Cádiz The province of Cádiz has a variety of beautiful white villages, some very well known and popular, but also lost of hidden gems. One of them is Villaluenga del Rosario, the highest of them all –...
by Anne Middelkamp | May 12, 2021 | Life in Spain, Travel to Spain
Andalusia’s first Roman fish farm discovered at Trafalgar Bay 12 May 2021 The Costa de la Luz of Cádiz has endless sandy beaches, beautiful bays, high cliffs and rolling pine forests. On this virgin coast, you will find no large resorts or high-rise buildings....
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...
