by Tonya Robison | Dec 27, 2014 | A little of everything., Captivating Spanish destinations., Spanish culture at its best.
Being our first Christmas here in Spain, I had lots of things to learn and experience. We wanted to, as best as we could, preserve both the American traditions that I have along with the Spanish traditions that I was going to learn all about this year. Keeping this in...
by Tonya Robison | Dec 16, 2014 | A little of everything., Spanish culture at its best.
Since this was my first Thanksgiving in charge of everything, and not to mention in a different country where I couldn’t just go pick up a couple of cans of creamed corn at the closest grocery store and call it a day, I had quite a bit of work ahead of me. So I...
by Tonya Robison | Oct 2, 2014 | A little of everything., Captivating Spanish destinations., Spanish culture at its best.
As I’ve mentioned in a past blog post, La Rioja (the province of Spain where we live) has many stops along the Camino de Santiago – The Way of St. James. This camino is a walking, or biking, spiritual journey that many people partake in from all different...
by Tonya Robison | Aug 23, 2014 | Recipes from a Spanish kitchen., Spanish culture at its best.
Serving size for 4 large helpings of paella. It is traditionally served in Spain as a first dish during the lunch hour, but can also be served as a meal by itself as it is so rich in flavor and has a large variety of ingredients. Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups of rice (short...
by Tonya Robison | Jul 10, 2014 | A little of everything., Spanish culture at its best.
We arrived back in Spain at the beginning of July with our sights set on finally having a ‘home base’ here in Logroño. Because our house is not quite finished, we will be staying with the fam for a bit while we finish things up at the new place. For me, it...
by Tonya Robison | Mar 1, 2013 | A little of everything., Captivating Spanish destinations., Spanish culture at its best.
Calahorra is a town about 30 miles southeast of Logroño. Knowing that the town was having their annual March ‘fiestas’ and that Cristina had many good friends from there, we were off on another adventure to check out what these ‘días de fiestas’ were all about. We...
