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eating sausages in Munich

As holiday destinations go, Germany often gets overlooked. Shame, as it’s such a versatile place, filled with history, gorgeous nature, picture perfect medieval villages and, of course, beer sausage!

April 25th, 2010 | Tags: holiday Munich | Category: On the road, Places to stay, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Restaurant L´Atelier Mecina: Yum. (if it´s open)

Vegetarian Restaurant L´Atelier in Mecina

Vegetarian Restaurant L´Atelier Mecina

Yes, yes, YES! Just when we were about to give up on eating out in La Alpujarra, we finally managed to score a table at vegetarian restaurant L´Atelier in the Alpujarran village of Mecina Fondales. We´d passed the restaurant a number of times and it was always closed. When I emailed last week for a reservation, again, it was closed. But there was light at the end of the tunnel: last Sunday they were open for business.

July 23rd, 2009 | Tags: vegetarian restaurant alpujarra | Category: Pet friendly, Where (not) to eat | Comments (1)

Chateau de Lantic: don´t bring the dog!

Chateau de Lantic: let´s not.

Once again, allowing a dog and being petfriendly are two very different things. I do get it, pretty castle, don´t want to see it wrecked, but hey, you can just say No to dogs, right? Once you say Pets are allowed, you can´t get all hot and bothered when people actually do bring a pet.

June 11th, 2009 | Category: On the road, Places to stay | Leave a comment

Park Hotel El Born Barcelona: Perfect!

Lomo shop in El Born

You can´t sit on a mountain contemplating goats all of the time, so I met up with my best friend in the El Born district of Barcelona for an old fashioned girly weekend of cocktails, shopping, tapas and possibly some more cocktails.

June 8th, 2009 | Tags: El Born Barcelona, Park Hotel | Category: On the road, Places to stay | Comments (1)

Cafe Fa Re in Ferreirola: cute!

Ferreirola by night, by Ishii Takashi

Ferreirola in La Alpujarra is such a tiny, sleepy village it´s easy to walk through it without noticing all the stuff that´s, quietly, going on. I say walk, because there´s no way you can accidentally drive through Ferreirola. It´s quite a long, difficult way to get there and the road ends here. Rather romantic, I think!

It´s mostly a village for the walking people, as the GR 7 goes right through it. The walk through the valley to Busquistar is lovely and takes about 45 minutes. You can also walk to Fondales. Much shorter!

>>>Restaurante El Pantano, Lake Viñuela: very nice indeed!

>>>La cueva de la mora luna – Mecina, La Taha

>>>Meson Joaquín – Trevelez

There´s a cute little coffee and tea place in Ferreirola, called Cafe Fa Re. Just follow the signs that say cafe and you´ll find it. They have cakes, all sorts of tea and also just beer (well, Mahou anyway ) and tapas. The tables are made of medieval looking doors, which I thought was a nice touch.

Also in Ferreirola: a workshop where they make beautiful Flamenco dresses, a famous guitar maker and the home for part of the year of Japanese painter Takashi Ishii. I LOVE his paintings, and if you ask nicely, he´might just let you have a look around his workshop.

June 2nd, 2009 | Tags: Ferreirola, La Alpujarra, Takashi Ishii | Category: Places to stay, Where (not) to eat | Leave a comment

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