May
16
2010
Dear friends:
Well, quite a while since we posted last time something on our blogsite! Well, we had some lovely visitors, which kept us busy quite a while, the great ‘Feria de abril’ and we have also been on a short holiday trip to beautiful Alvarve, Portugal. Speaking of Algarve - While Nadine and Mauro are currently on a familiy wedding in Switzerland, Til and I used the oportunity for our first real and pure boys tour!
Well, we had of course to pick a place of honour…so we went again to the Algarve, but a part of it that we have not know well until now…was just great. As you can see we joined (honestly by coincidence) the heavy boys and girls of an international Harley Davidson meeting there…well, very relaxed people and we had great fun there…Music: Finest Chicago blues….bikers with style I would say 
Friends, whereever you are, whatever you are doing now - we wish you all the best, Til & Marc
Apr
18
2010
Dear friends:
One of our favourite spots in Andalucía is the so called “Sierra de Grazalama”, a mountain area close to the sea, better said: close to Cádiz. It is not only the pure nature and the quietness that we enjoy there, it offers also with all its well prepared hiking trails a great outdoor activity area. Especially spring time is very nice for that, as everything is very green, temperature are nice and especially our two boys are now independent enough to walk on their own…at least until they see the next interesting stone, flower or insect
Friends, enjoy the energetic spring time!
Yours, Nadine and Marc
P.S. This week we are going to have here the famous ‘Feria de abril’…..a wonderful cultural event in Sevilla with a lot of fiesta as well A bailar y cantar!
Apr
01
2010
Dear friends:
Well, some of you might have seen already the cooking blog of Nadine ‘micocina.ch’! If not then it is now the time to visit it as on your Easter holiday we suggest you to treat you well: relax, read a good book, spend time with friends, go for sports and important for the physical and psychologigal wellness: eat something delicious and combine it with a good glass of red wine for example
Well, in that sense check out the following recipe ‘Pizza bread’, which is a very easy going and one of our favourites for a picknick or a relaxed informal snack at home:
This recipe is also available in Spanish.
Friends, we wish you a wonderful Easter time!
Nadine & Marc
P.S. We have just bought us a wonderful original Italian Pasta Machine….so family production: let´s get started and then enjoy (hopefully) a delicious meal at lunch
Mar
14
2010
Dear friends:
Well, it has taken now quite a while to get back to our Andalucían blog, but you can see that as a sign that we are not getting bored here The last weeks have been quite busy, especially also with some visitis of Swiss familiy and friends. Wow, but we had a great time with all of them. First of all Aenny, Nadine’s mother’ was with us and we dedicated this weekend with her especially to all about Flamenco in Sevilla, this visit was then followed by Marc’s parents, who during her stay here also went to Granada and Cordóba, two other cultural highlights of Analducía. The highlight of their visit was for sure the common private visit of a local Bodega in Jérez de la frontera…more about that in another blog entry…it was quite impressive. Well, and then L-Viz and Patricia, some of our closest Swiss friends also visited us and we enjoyed the opportunitiy to show them some delights of Sevilla’s tapa eating traditions. Unfortunately one of our visits, Jeannette Rueesch, had to pospone her visit on short notice…well, surely another time
Although we know this zone quite well, still we discover details about Sevilla and surrounding while showing our friends and familiy around. It is as with a good book or a good movie: Always worth to look at it a second, third or fourth time
Well, in January we undertook a wonderful day trip to ‘El Pórtil’, close to Huelva, where our kids enjoyed the beaches a lot:
Yours, Nadine & Marc
Feb
06
2010
Dear friends:
Well, quite a while since we posted last time a note on our family-blog. January was for all of us a very busy month: Nadine’s literature projects had to be finished, some new profesional challenges in Spain were initiated and our wonderful kids kept us also quite busy. Til’s running capacity has improved a lot and Mauro is getting quite fast on his bike, so speed is currently not missing in our lifes
Well, on weekends we still enjoy discovering better Andalucía with all its treasures. Therefore we went - postponed several times - to Córdoba a wonderful city in the hills of the Sierra. Well, Cordoba hosts the most famous Mezquita, former muslim temple and later on converted to a catholic cathedral, bu still maintaining the islamic roots. Córdoba was once the heart of the Iberian peninsula, during the period of the Islamic governing. The Caliphate of Córdoba (Arabic: خلافة قرطبة Khilāfat Qurṭuba) ruled the Iberian peninsula (Al-Andalus) and North Africa from the city of Córdoba, from 929 to 1031. This period was characterized by remarkable success in trade and culture; many of the masterpieces of Islamic culture in Spain were created at this time.
So, dear friends, enjoy the pics!
http://www.von-wartburg.ch/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/fgallery/fim_photos.php?album=cordoba
Yours, Nadine & Marc
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