Major update! Please read at end of English text! La Estrella is situated 24 kilometres… Read the postThe lost village of La Estrella 2014 updated 2018
There is a striking monastery outside Albocasser with a small café run by Montse who used… Read the postFallas costumes and Paella
Wine making is of course a very long tradition in Spain. Back in the old… Read the postA Spanish wine harvest or “vendimia”
Its that time of year again when the mountains become festooned with striking swathes of… Read the postAlmond processing in El Maestrat
In the Valencian communidad, every woman worth her salt, and yes modern man too, measure… Read the postPaella en El Maestrat
I have been a bit absent recently namely because I returned to wet wet wet… Read the postFayre, fairs and ferias
El Maestrat is full of characters that have wandered in from somewhere else. There is… Read the postMeet Charles, uh, no John – a character in EL Maestrat
“This contains images that you might find disturbing” I have been learning about all the… Read the postFrom the pig abattoir to the plate
This is the account of the first communion I saw, but I have seen several… Read the postCommunion in Spain
Traditional animal herding is still a common sight in El Maestrat. I once showed these… Read the postAnimal herding traditions in El Maestrat