by Debbie Jenkins | Activities, Celebrations, Easter
Spain is well known for its Holy Week traditions (Semana Santa). Holy Week, the last week of Lent (the week immediately before Easter) sees religious processions, festivities, parties and traditions in all the cities around Spain. If you visit any of the events during...
by Debbie Jenkins | Celebrations, Cooking, Easter, food, Murcia Region, RECIPES
Kind of like eggy-bread or French toast, Torrijas are a wonderful way to use up left over dry bread and all those eggs our chickens are making now the weather has warmed up. As with all my recipes, which are usually passed to me from the ladies in the village (though...
by Debbie Jenkins | Activities, Bando De La Huerta, Beaches, Cartagena, Celebrations, Christmas, Easter, evergreen, Fiestas, flora and fauna, food, horses, Murcia Region, The Book
Our video showing all the wonderful aspects of living in or visiting Murcia on the Costa Cálida. We’d love your feedback, please add comments on youtube! Get the book: Going Native In Murcia
by Debbie Jenkins | Bando De La Huerta, Celebrations, Easter, Murcia Region
On the first Tuesday after Easter this one day in particular stands out – Bando De La Huerta (‘proclamation of the countryside’). If there’s one fiesta that you should go to in Murcia (apart from your local village’s, of course), this is it. Simply eschewing shorts...
