If I wasn’t Australian, I’d want to be Spanish.
Not only is Spain home to the best food and wine in the world, it’s also got the lifestyle to match! Who wouldn’t want to live somewhere where taking an afternoon nap isn’t just an option, it’s encouraged?
I lived in Spain from 2014 to 2020, and ate more tapas than I thought possible. In these posts, I’ve put together all my tips and tricks for making the most of your time (and your stomach space) in Spain!
Picture this: You’re standing in the middle of an olive grove. The gnarled and knotted trunks of the trees stand all around you, sprouted from the mottled brown earth. You can smell wildflowers, and hear the faint buzz of bees. Now: which country are you …
Christmas isn’t complete until I bite into a little plastic Jesus. There’s nothing like that moment when your teeth break against a toy Christ—honestly, it’s as Christmassy as Rudolph and Mariah Carey songs. If you don’t remember biting into a baby Jesus last Christmas, it …
If you’ve ever been in Spain for Christmas, you’ve eaten turrón at least once. It’s pretty hard to avoid; but why would you want to avoid it! This honey-sweet nougat is seriously tasty—and people go nuts for it in December. The only way you won’t end …
This might come as a surprise: Breakfast is not the most important meal of the day. At least not here in Seville, where lunch and dinner reign supreme. In a place where tapas is king and beer is queen, breakfast is more of a lonely …
“Ham Fair”: two beautiful words brought together to create something even better. Those of us lucky enough to live here know that one of Spain’s greatest treasures is ham. Jamón ibérico is as close to perfection as food can get; one part cured pork and one part …
After the eternal heat and relentless summer of Seville dies down and we all crawl out of the holes we used to shelter from the sun, a very special time starts. It’s not autumn or fall (they doesn’t exist here, we only have two seasons; …
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that burgers are bloody fantastic. They’ve got a lot going for them: they’re a self-contained food item that’s highly customizable, with a golden ratio of fat to meat to salt, all perfectly proportioned in such a delicious way so …
There’s something magical about Spanish ham. It’s one of those foods that just keeps tasting better the more you eat it and the more you learn about it. Not only that, but it also carries an astonishing amount of flavour and history, especially considering that …
Summer is here, and with it comes ferocious sweating, desperate shade-seeking, and the uncontrollable urge to jump into every large body of water in sight. June, July, and August can be difficult months in Seville, where you question every decision you’ve ever made that got …
I’ll be honest, when I first arrived in Seville I wasn’t too impressed with the coffee. And when I say “wasn’t too impressed”, I’m using language so diplomatically that this blog should really get the Nobel Peace Prize. Disclaimer: I’m about to go on a …