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In Spain you often hear that water is “the new gold”. And yet we still tend to treat it like soft drinks: widely available, cheap, and endlessly refillable. That is, until summer arrives and the authorities suddenly ask us to skip watering the garden for a day. The funny thing is this: almost everyone drinks bottled water here, but happily hoses down the pavement with tap water. As if we […]
Spain has many coffee styles, but few are as irresistible as the café bombón: that small glass where two layers rest perfectly on top of each other. At the bottom, creamy golden condensed milk. Above it, a dark espresso that settles like a warm blanket over the sweetness. It looks like a dessert, but above all, it’s a moment just for you. A coffee with an origin The café bombón […]
In November, the light along the Costa seems to fall differently. The days are shorter, the sea is cooler, and the evenings invite you indoors. I suddenly felt like doing something I hadn’t done in years: an old-fashioned movie night. No Netflix, no streaming lists — just sitting in a cinema, among other people. That’s how my small journey began, exploring what still remains of Spanish cinema culture. The first […]
In a tapas bar in Marbella, I recently overheard a Dutch couple sighing that Spaniards “don’t really do gezelligheid.” I smiled. Having lived in England for years, I thought I knew what coziness was — until I heard the Dutch talk about gezelligheid. A word that fascinates even my British friends, because it seems to include everything from candlelight to croquettes. But here in Andalusia, I’ve learned that cozy living […]
Maybe it sounds familiar: you wake up, grab your phone, check your messages, coffee, shower, off you go. And before you know it, it’s already noon. Many Northern Europeans start their day in high gear — even here on the Costa. But the Spanish morning follows a different rhythm: slower, lighter, more mindful. And that makes all the difference. The power of a slow start In Spain, no one seems […]
There are days when a meal begins long before you take your first bite — a scent drifting from the kitchen that takes over the whole house: paprika, garlic, broth. Outside, the sea breeze still lingers softly, but inside something is simmering that tastes like comfort. On the Costa, November isn’t just the month of chestnuts, but also of Spanish stews — the season when patience becomes the main ingredient. […]
At the bakery this morning, I overheard someone say that the air conditioner works just fine as a heater. I thought it was a joke. Regular readers already know how complicated my relationship with that device is — let’s just say we tolerate each other as long as the thermostat stays out of it. But then, how do you heat a home in Spain? The misconception of comfort As soon […]
It starts with a smell. Not of sea salt or sunscreen, but something earthier. As I walk through Alicante’s old town, a sweet, smoky scent rises from a steel drum. Chestnuts. They hiss on the grill, their shells cracked open, edges blackened. A man scoops them into paper bags with a wooden spoon. It’s the first sign that summer is truly over. Regular readers of this column know I have […]
A friend from England asked me recently: “Has wine basically become part of your interior by now?”I laughed — not because it was exaggerated, but because it was actually quite true. Here, wine is quite literally part of life — not just in the glass, but in the way you live in your home. And that might be the most beautiful lesson life on the Costas teaches you: you don’t […]
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