Devouring Spain!
Hola.
Yes, it happened. I left the pale Scottish autumn sunshine behind and headed for the intense amber fireball filled skies of Andalusian Spain.
Joy was to be found round every corner- Mountain top villages, glasses of cava in the swimming pool, figs falling from the trees overhead, pungent iberico hams, cafe solos, vino tinto and cervesa at the bar with the locals, flamenco chants drifting from doorways down narrow alleys, food markets with fresh sea creatures of all varieties, Cadiz the city on the sea, the spectacular city of Seville, narrow cobbled streets, murals, cathedrals, statues, tapas of fried prawns, chorizo, pigs cheeks and bulls tail, cakes, oloroso, sangria and being caught sausage smuggling through Spanish customs.
Here are just a few photographs from our travels.
Medina Sedonia. Our home for three nights…
Cadiz…
Local market- check out that swordfish!…
Seville!….
tapas…
more tapas…
I enjoyed every bite.
Posted on September 26, 2011, in Photography, Travel and tagged Andalucia, Cadiz, Seville, Spain, Tapas. Bookmark the permalink. 244 Comments.
Stunning photos, I went to Seville last November, brings back some wonderful memories!
Thanks. Credit goes to Seville though, it really us a beautiful city.
Beautiful pictures..:-).. they are really awesome..
Many thanks!
I love “El Rinconcillo”, in Seville…
😉
It was brilliant! 🙂
Wonderful photos. Thanks for sharing your wonderful visits. It’s just like being there. Connie
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Thanks Connie
Lovely and colorful images! Sounds like a great trip.
It was fabulous. Can’t wait to return!
I would die for some of those cheeses shown in the case. Along with every other food pix shown. You have really captured the area perfectly.
I love cheese! and chorizo, and iberico ham and….. I could go on forever! Thanks for looking.
Oh how I love Spain! Your photos are excellent – they are making me hungry!
Thanks- actually, they are making me hungry again too 🙂
Spain seems to be really lovely. Hope I can visit there someday :>
It’s wonderful- I highly recommend it!
What fantastic and beautiful pictures! Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us.
Kate
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Thank you for looking and commenting!
Absolutely beautiful images! Every one of them is interesting and evocative and all in different ways. Hope you enjoyed your holiday.
It was fabulous. Thanks for your lovely comment. 🙂
Beautiful pictures and an awesome post! Thank you!
🙂 Thank you!
If you enjoyed Andalucia, you should visit Catalunya!
Sounds wonderful! 🙂
Fantastic photography. I loved them ALL, but particularly liked the man with the accordian, for some reason.
Thanks for the compliments. I too liked the wee man with the accordion, but don’t quite know why he was so fascinating.
Absolutely beautiful photographs!
Thanks for stopping by and for the lovely compliment. 🙂
Wow what beautiful photos of Spain… they make me Spain-sick again. My mouth just waters looking at those delicious tapas, I hope you got to try some of the swordfish. Congratulations on FP!
Thank you very much. FP came as a huge surprise- not sure how I will follow that up! 😉
i am so incredibly jealous. it is my dream to go to spain. the food, art and culture look amazing. thank you for sharing!
No problem. Thanks for looking. I highly recommend Spain- Seville was really beautiful- hope you make it there some day!
Spain looks amazing! It’s the title of your blog that catches my eye though – I’m applying for schools in Scotland and hope to move there in about a year. I look forward to “devouring” your blog, ha ha… that sounded creepy. I’m just eager to learn. 🙂
Hahaha! 😀 Spain was amazing, but Scotland has it’s moment too- hope you enjoy it when you get here- for a small country there is a lot to see.
Great post and images! I didn’t want to leave when I went to Spain a couple of years back – everything was so tasty, and I spent a lot of time in the north of Spain. Lots of fun to be had. 🙂
It was beautiful and the food was amazing. Tapas is the way forward! 🙂 Thanks for having a look at my blog.
Lovely. You seemed to capture a bit of everything Spain has to offer. Nice work!
Thank you very much 🙂
Great shots. The food looks amazing!
It was!! 😀
Your photos are absolutely fantastic! Thanks for sharing them. Makes me want to return to Europe.
Thanks. Spain, Italy, France- I love visiting them all. Hope you manage a visit soon!
I spent the spring studying abroad in Madrid. My program took a 5-day trip to Andalucia, and it just wasn’t enough time! Your pictures are wonderful.
Thanks for sharing!
I would love to go to Madrid- lucky you! Thanks for your comments. 🙂
Great collection of photos, thanks a lot for sharing 🙂
Thanks for having a look 🙂
Oh so gorgeous photos and congrats on being FP. I guess you’re a foodie? Will check out your pages as I love the header photo. After all, where is more beautiful than Scotland?
Thank you very much. Yes, I am food mad. Hope you enjoy the rest of my blog- afraid it’s not as exciting or exotic as Seville, but Scotland has it’s moment! 🙂
the photos are great – and very jealous of your adventures!
-grace
Thanks Grace.
Wow, incredible pictures. Did you have a hard time picking and choosing which pictures to use? I always have a hard time deciding how many pictures to put in one post.
God yes! I took so many- I have literally hundreds more but thought i would bore people to tears if I added any more. I may post more in future. Thanks for having a look.
Great shots! Looks like you and your tummy enjoyed yourselves.
Very much! Thanks!
I would love to here more about the different foods. Some of those pictures looked delectable! I know my stomach is rumbling now.
I ate so much I wouldn’t know where to start…in fact, iberico ham sirloin- to die for!
Gorgeous pictures! I love Spain! Congratulations on being freshly pressed!
Thank you so much. 🙂
wow these are stunning photo’s i am quite envious.
Thank you very much! I may start blushing soon! 🙂
I studied abroad for a semester in Sevilla (as the locals like to call it) and barely a days goes by that I don’t think about it, miss it, and wish to go back as soon as I can. Thank you for your fantastic pictures of en equally fantastic place!
wow- to stay there must have been wonderful- great choice of city. Thanks for your comments. Hope you get back soon!
Oh my gosh!!! Spain looks AMAZING!!! Gorgeous photos! 🙂
Thanks for the lovely comment.
Amazing pictures! I have always wanted to go to Seville.
Thanks. It’s a stunning city.
God, It’s so beautiful. (and food looks so yummy)
Yes and YES! Thoroughly recommend it!
Lovely.
Thank you!
Fantastic, looks totally idyllic! I do love Spain:)
It was heavenly. Thanks for looking. 🙂
I so enjoyed viewing your photos. You really captured not only the sights but also the smells and tastes of Spain. I does make me want to return and visit the southern part of the country. Excellent post. thanks.
Many thanks for taking the time to look and your lovely comments! 🙂
I should move.
Any Spanish girl who would invite me? 😉
If I hear of any suitable Spanish senioritas I will be sure to point them in your direction- not many of them kicking about Glasgow though 🙂
nice pics
Thank you.
Wow, that mural of the sleeping kid is great. Nice pics 🙂
Thanks- the building was so striking- I wasn’t sure if I catch if fully in picture but is came out better than expected.
awesome photos!!
Thanks!
Wow!! That’s all I have…. Wow 🙂
😀 Thanks!
This is a place where elastic pants are needed. Great photos – Congrats on being FP!
Indeed!! 😀 I gained 4lbs in 5 days!
teaser have you seen de food, oh my jumbie oooh, those massive wedges topped with cheesy I will use sweet potatoes andtry to copy the dish lovely beautiful smashing what hooo! History cultural Off de beaten track – not a Netto carrier bag British tourist in sight bless up
🙂 Glad you have enjoyed!
Wonderful photos that really capture the city.
Thanks for having a look and leaving a lovely comment.
Fantastic! Wish I was in Spain. My sister is at the moment, way of Portugal.
Thanks. I also wish I was in Spain now! Hope your sister enjoys Portugal.
Congratulations on being Freshly Pressed. Your Spain photographs are amazing, and yes, the man with his accordion, fascinated me. Thank you, nice to meet you, with my love, nia
Many thanks! Glad you enjoyed the photos. 🙂
Lovely pictures! my coworker is going to Spain in a few months. I’ll probably share this with her.
Thank you. Hope she enjoys Spain as much as I did. 🙂
I love the one of the mossic and the relfection of the building in the water!
Lovley shots!
Keep going, congrats for being on FP 🙂
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Thanks for looking and commenting- it’s much appreciated. 🙂
This is awesome! I would love to go to Spain someday!!!
Thank you. Hope you make it there!
I can see now how wonderful Spain is through your story. One thing I know about Spain is only Barcelona and all the amazing eclectics there . Hope to read your next traveling to Barcelona someday..:D
Thank you. I hope to make it to Barcelona some day too! 🙂
I LOVE Spain. I visited there as a child. If I could live anywhere in Europe it would be Spain; lovely people, lovely food, gorgeous country all around! Great post and thanks for sharing 🙂
I agree! Glad you enjoyed my post- thanks for having a look. 🙂
Never been to Seville. These photos make me anxious to see the city. Love the post, and hope that your time there was worth while.
Hope you get to see Seville some day. Many thanks .
The food, the sky scenery, the oldness of it all! I want to go to Europe, but never used to include Spain. You just made me a believer.
Now that is a compliment! Thanks! Spain is lovely, but so is France and Italy too- wherever you end up visiting I am sure you will love it. 🙂
I totally recognize those places. The church in Cadiz, the huge cathedral in Sevilla, the small alleys … I’m hoping to go back there next year. Crossing my fingers for now.
Great shots!
Thanks- hope you enjoy your next visit!
Thanks for sharing!! Lovely Photos!
Glad you have enjoyed looking. Many thanks.
All of these pictures are so beautiful. I especially enjoyed the sixth one with the clouds and the sun shining down, it looks magical. : D
Thanks for taking the time to look and comment- it is appreciated! 🙂
I wish I could visit Spain. I’ve been to Mexico and Panama, but Spain would be the perfect place to practice my Spanish!
I would love to go to Mexico and Panama! Unfortunately I can’t do much more than order a wine or beer and say thank you so I don’t think I would get very far! I did a lot of miming in Spain, I am sure you would get on a lot better than I did! 🙂
Nice photos, i like all of them 🙂
Glad you enjoyed them.
I attended a wedding in Loja, Spain (near Granada) in June – and I still think about the delicious (and free!) tapas all the time! Great pics.
Thanks. I first went to Spain last year for a wedding- it was beautiful and having time there made me want to go back this year- Glad I did. I would love to visit Granada next time (yes, partly for the free tapas!) 🙂
Aahh! What beautiful pictures! I want to visit Spain now!
Go! Do it!! 😀
Beautiful! Looking at your photos makes me feel like I am there, like I can reach out and touch the objects in your photos. Wonderful! Congrats on FP!
What a lovely comment. Thank you so much! 🙂
I want to devour spain! the architecture and scenery are phenomenal! i plan to make a trip in the next 2 years. until then, i’ll remain jealous of the sites you were able to see.
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That’s 2 years to plan! It will be worth the wait. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. 🙂
The photo of Medina Sedonia from above is amazing, and so is the grafitti and the views from the street! How I wish we could visit Spain 🙂
Pleased to hear you enjoyed my photos. The graffiti mural was amazing. Hope you get to see it all for yourself one day! 🙂
Thank you for your fantastic pictures of en equally fantastic place!
Thanks for having a look!
Awesome pictures. What was the fishmonger (love that word) with the swordfish saying? He looks quite animated.
Thank you. I have no idea what he was say as I can’t speak Spanish!- but I can guess from the hand gestures he was telling the lady how delicious the fish she was buying would be!
nice pics…
Thank you
Awesome post. And breath-taking photographs, literally!!! This has reinvigorated the love for Spain!
Very please you enjoyed them so much- Thanks for the lovely compliment.
Wish I could take photos as awesome as yours!
Wow- that’s quite a compliment! Thank you!
Awesome pictures. What was the fishmonger (love that word) with the swordfish saying? He looks quite animated.
Fantastic pictures! I miss Spain!
Thanks. I am sure it will be there for a while- you can go back any time! 🙂
One of the places on my “bucket list”.
It’s a must! Hope you make it some day.
awesome photos! mother spain is gorgeous as ever!
Thanks. Seville was especially stunning.
Beautifully Captured.
Thanks Joy.
great shots !! I live in Seville and its also nice to see from other people’s view … 😉
Jealous! I feel like I only saw a fraction- would love to go back and spend more time revisiting other areas- Triana especially.
Medina sidonia is wonderfull, i went this summer to the same right place you were, this hotel/restaurant on the top of the village… i like it so much and food was delicious.
your pictures are great… overall i like the one in the market, so amusing.
It’s beautiful isn’t it? Amazing views and the food at the restaurant was lovely- Also the tapas at the Bar Cadiz- great place to hang out and people watch, as was the market- I could have spent all day there taking pictures of people! 🙂
great shots ! thanx for sharing .
Thank you for taking the time to look. 🙂
Incredible!!!! And now I’m starving!! :-))
Haha! Me too!
beautiful photos and great way to share the trip! gives me tips for sharing my recent visit to cape verde.
Thanks- hope you enjoyed your holiday.
A nice mix of photos giving a wonderful incite to the area and culture.
Thanks for the feedback. Glad you enjoyed!
Great photos of Spain. Now I am more interested than ever to one day go to Spain 🙂
Thanks. Hope you make it and it lives up to expectations! I am sure you will love it.
Great photos, with more than one making me feel rather hungry… 🙂
Thanks- I think I must have been hungry too when i posted them. Wish I could recreate some of the dished!
Such WONDERFUL photos! . . . You make me want to go back to Spain! 🙂 Congratulations on being “Freshly Pressed”!!
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Lovely compliment- Thank you very much! 🙂
Loved Spain, loved people, loved flamenco, loved tapas, loved the warmth of the sun and much more! Thanks for sharing these pictures. I particularly liked the one from the local market and the shot of an elderly man with accordion. They both have “uniqueness of the moment” quality about them and they both tell a story about those wonderful people. Cheers! N.
Lovely to hear from you Nadia- thanks for the feedback- glad you enjoyed them so much. 🙂
I really enjoyed reading this post, and those are some fantastic images!
Thanks- short and sweet- I hoped the photos would do most of the talking. Glad you enjoyed!
Lived in Spain many years – brought back some tasty memories.
Happy to help! 🙂 Thanks for looking.
Amazing photos! Amazing quick summary of your trip. I felt like I was right there!
I could have went on forever but didn’t want to bore people! Glad to hear you liked my pictures. Many thanks.
Great photos! 🙂 I can actually experience Spain through your lovely shots! There’s just that “Spanish feel” to it!
Thanks for such a nice compliment. 🙂
Glad you liked my country mate!
Southern Spain is so amazingly beautiful…!
Congratz for being FPressed 😉
Thanks. It’s a beautiful place. Look forward to returning. 🙂
Beautiful photos! We’re currently planning a trip to Spain. Would love to hear your recommendations (hotels and transportation mainly but also restaurants). Did you book one of those travel packages or did you do it yourself? 🙂 Thank you in advance!
Thanks. We did it ourselves. Flew to Malaga and hired a car, from there we drove- the toll motorways are excellent but drivers can be a bit crazy on smaller roads. We found accommodation through trip advisor recommendations. We stayed at La Vista De Medina in Medina Sedonia- it’s beautiful. Seville has hundreds of hotels, it just depends on budget really. We knew we wouldn’t be spending much time in our room so didn’t get anything fancy, just central. There are amazing tap bars all over the city but we found this blog on Seville really helpful: http://azahar-sevilla.com/sevilletapas/ We picked places we liked the sound of and marked them on a map, so wherever we wandered to we could find somewhere nice nearby to eat.
Hope this helps 🙂
Thank you very much for the response 🙂 I’ve been waiting for it.
Beautiful photos. You may have just started a travel plan in my mind.
Glad to be of help!
Thanks for sharing! I traveled Europe for a year with my family in 1973 and loved the experience, still remember all of it. Travel is like nothing else…life experiences!
Beautiful photos!
Thanks for taking the time to look. Wish I had more time (and funds!) to travel- just as well I am a fan of my own country, Scotland too! Spain and France are probably my favourite places to visit though.
Stunning photos!
Thank you for looking and commenting 🙂
My favorite is the man with the accordion. Thank u for sharing!
Thank you for looking and commenting.
I just got married 10 days ago and we are planning a honeymoon to Andalusia in April so of course I had to check out this post! Great images that make me that much more excited about going there ourselves.
Cheers,
Noelle
Congratulations! Hope you thoroughly enjoy it when you get there. April will be a lovely time to go. 🙂
Amazing!
Cheers!
eye-soothing, mouth-watering, memory-cranking…thanx
Pleased to hear you enjoyed the photos. Thanks for looking.
stunning photos i want to do some travelling around europe and hit the cities of spain and such beautiful landscapes
Thank you. Hope you enjoy Spain when you get there.
Those are very nice shots. Brought sweet memories of Spain to me as I just returned from Barcelona last month.
Those are very nice shots. Brought sweet memories of Spain back to me as I just returned from Barcelona last month.
Thanks. I’ve never been to Barcelona but would love to go. Maybe next time!
Great Photos!!!Really looking forward to make a trip to Spain in the near future..the place is beautiful!!!
Thanks. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did when you get there.
Wonderful photos! I really enjoyed them. Congrats on being Freshly Pressed. 🙂
Cheers! Very happy to hear you enjoyed them.
i got back from andalucia two weeks ago – you make me want to go back! seeing as that’s not going to happen, think i might go out for some tapas.
I too want to be back there drinking sangria and nibbling tapas in the sun. Will just have to do with home made tapas in front of the fire instead. Hope you enjoyed your tapas! 🙂
The pictures look amazing and the food looks delicious. Spain is definitely going to be one of the places i’ll visit.
Glad you enjoyed the photos. Spain is lovely, as is the food but I’ve only seen and tasted a fraction. Hope to see much more in future. Thoroughly recommend Seville for one of your stops though! 🙂
Ah, Andalucia. Such warm memories — thank you for taking me back. The photo of the man with the accordian and the scratches on the cafe counter are my favorites. There is the quiet of a break from the bustle in the first and the bustle itself in the latter.
The man with the accordion is popular- he was in the middle of the busiest street but looked like he was a million miles away in his thoughts. Thanks for looking and commenting.
What program are u editing the pictures with? love every bit of it 🙂
Thanks. Using photoshop to edit.
I commented earlier and want to add that I lived in Seville for four years, from 10 years old to thirteen years old. I loved it. The guys were all cute! Thanks for taking me back to that time. Connie
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Glad to be of service. Sorry I only have photos of old men! 🙂
Amazingly Beautiful Photos! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for looking!
This looks like so much fun! Beautiful photos. Makes me want to go!
You should! It’s a beautiful place and people are very friendly…not to mention the food! 🙂 Thanks!
Fantastic photos! I love Seville, especially Patio de los Naranjos, the orange courtyard outside the cathedral.
Beautiful isn’t it- we missed to orange season, so I will just have to go back next year and try again! Thanks for your comment. 🙂
Wow, what an amazing post. Your photos actually make me feel like I am there too. I am planning a gastronomy trip out there really soon. Spanish cuisine is at the top of my list as far as my blog posts are concerned. Thanks for sharing, and keep up with the great work!
Many thanks. I can’t recommend it enough. We always plan our trips around food and where we hope to eat!- Seviile has so many amazing eating places and, as tapas is everywhere, you can get round 4 or 5 places a night, instead of committing to just 1 restaurant. What’s not to love about that?! 🙂
Beautiful pics! Food looks amazing.
Cheers! The food was amazing- Wish I could let everyone taste it too! 🙂
Love your work. You’re killing me with the beautiful food photos! Definitely deserved to be Freshly Pressed.
Thanks very much. Glad the food photos are having the desired effect! 🙂
i’m from madrid, so in my case it was not so difficult to plan it…
i enjoyed so much visiting the roman sights and the views were beautiful. 😀
Manigicent
of course i meant magnificent. Damned computer is slower than a wet week.
😀 Thanks!
lovely photos – the food looks amazing. I haven’t been to Seville since I was much younger and am dying to go back for a few days.
Thanks. Hope you get back soon. You’ll wish for more than a few days though! 🙂
You enjoyed every bite? I enjoyed every click of your shutter! And must have that Seat 600!! 😉
Thanks a lot! The 600 was about the only car that could fit through some of the lanes in Cadiz- very practical!
OH how lovely! We went to Spain for our honeymoon and really enjoyed the sights and culture and especially the food! Some of those pictures bring back memories. Thanks!
No probs. Thanks for having a wee look 🙂
I hope you had a pringá at Bodeguita Romero!
It’s the one thing we really wanted to try but didn’t get a chance to (as we ate so much by the time we got there). It’s no 1 on our list for our next visit!
Thanks for such great reviews and recommendations on your blog. 😀
A picture tells a thousand stories. Your pictures have captured Spanish life. Sometimes words are not necessary. Inspiring…’nuff said.
What a lovely compliment! Thanks Danny, you’ve just made my day. 🙂
Great photography !
Thank you very much!
So amazing. I’ve been dying to go, since it’s where a good portion of my family came from. You captured the city amazingly!
There are a lot of real neat photographs here. I like the guy with the accordian!
Gorgeous! Those tapas look mouth-watering!!!