For a long time we have been wanting to visit Morocco, hence we planned our European route with Morocco as a must see (even though it is not part of Europe!). We had high expectations of Morocco, and in some ways it lived up to them, but it was not all great with a few disappointing …
Monthly Archives: June 2017
Beyond the Tagine in Morocco
For our week long stay in Morocco, we are staying in hotels, which is a change from the self-catering of Airbnbs. So for the first time in two months we are “forced” to eat out and sample the wonderful Moroccan cuisine. Moroccan food has had many influences, similar to its cultural diversity. Southern Spain, Arabia, France, and the traditional …
Spanish Flavours
There are many familiar Spanish foods which we were keen to try while here, though first we had to adjust to the Spanish eating habits. The most important meal of the day is lunch, a long social event with several courses, followed by siesta time to relax during the long hot afternoon. Many restaurants will close …
Where’s Ketut? The Real Ronda
It may be a long way from Bali, but coming to the town of Ronda in southern Spain and all we can think of is the Australian TV ad featuring the love story of Ronda and her Balinese friend Ketut. In reality, we couldn’t be further away from Bali, with the only similarity being the …
Spectacular Seville
We have been to Spain before, visiting beautiful Barcelona and Madrid in 2005, this time heading to the south of Spain with the kids in tow. There were many cities we wanted to visit in the region, such as Córdoba, Málaga and Granada, but due to limited time have just come to Seville, and will …
No Nando’s In Portugal? What?
Before coming to Portugal, our knowledge of Portuguese cuisine was solely based on visiting Nando’s a few times. What little did we know. During our stay in Portugal, we expected to find Portuguese roast chicken in abundance, but alas the roast chicken we found was only lightly spiced and not chilli hot at all. It …
Portugal Beach Break
For the Portugal leg of our European tour, we flew into Lisbon, but instead of staying in the capital, we went 30 minutes up the coast to the seaside town of Cascais. After having completed more than half of our trip we welcomed the chance to slow down just a little and spend a few …