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Best Beach Tapas!
“Food Tastes Better with Sand Between Your Toes”. Anthony Bourdain I was raised between Chicago and Arizona so beach was not really a part of my life growing up unless you count shivering with blue lips in Lake Michigan or tubing down the Salt River. So, when I first moved to Granada (25 years ago)Continue reading “Best Beach Tapas!”
Let’s go to the beach!!
Come on a ride with me…….
Join me for a short trip from Granada to the Tropical Coast. More to come!!
Enjoy Sacromonte!
Art, architecture and food art in Bilbao….
I miss the Basque Country even when I am there for work every few weeks. It has now been almost 8 months and I am having serious withdrawal for pretty much everything Basque. Today I was reminded of two of the best things to have ever touched my lips. And I mean that, because theyContinue reading “Art, architecture and food art in Bilbao….”
Recently Reopened Alhambra
I promise to go back to my regular posts this week! Excited that the Alhambra is open again!!
Reopening of the Alhambra
My first of many videos………………..!! Tomorrow the Alhambra reopens. I am just getting used to talking to a camera instead of people but little by little. More to come!! https://mooninspain.com/2020/01/03/history-music-tension-and-ham/
Celebrating Portugal…..
June 10th is the Day of Portugal, Camões and the Portuguese Communities. Luís Vaz de Camões, author of the epic poem Os Lusíadas and considered the greatest poet of Portuguese and the Portuguese language, died on June 10th, 1580. The use of this day, June 10th, has had a long and weathered history since itContinue reading “Celebrating Portugal…..”
More pieces of my Granada….tapas with history and without.
On Monday the province of Granada entered “phase 3” of Spain’s de-escalation plan, or so we call it around here. We are slowly moving into some type of normalcy and the weather invites us to sit down at a local bar for a tapa. Since supporting local business in our neighborhood is important these days,Continue reading “More pieces of my Granada….tapas with history and without.”
