Walking around Cuenca, there are a surprising number of Japanese tourists. Bit odd, you might think. How on earth did they fetch up there? Attracted by the abstract art, by the lure of Cuenca being a World Heritage Site? Not exactly. Strange as it may seem, the town is the backdrop for a very popular [...]
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Mooching around… Cuenca
Posted: January 23, 2011 in Castilla-La ManchaTags: Antonio Saura, Casas Colgadas, Fernando Zobel, Gustavo Torner, hanging houses, Museo de Arte Abstracto Espanol, Museum of Spanish Abstract Art, Seize, Sora no Oto, Spain, travel
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A halfhearted celebration of saffron in Consuegra
Posted: October 29, 2010 in Castilla-La Mancha, Spanish food and wineTags: La Mancha, saffron, windmills
This weekend the Rosa de Azafran festival is underway in Consuegra, a small town in the depths – or should I say widths, as it’s all wide open spaces – of La Mancha. I was there last year, as I was staying with a friend who lives in a nearby village, and was decidedly underwhelmed [...]
