The first round of Tapas you’re offered in Andalucia is usually pork.
- The Spanish have a wonderfully flexible view of what constitutes meat. Many visitors are amused to find a large lump of chicken in the bottom of their bowl of ‘Sopa Vegetal’ – unless the visitors are vegetarian, of course!
The Parque Natural de Sierra Nevada is the most heavily protected area in Europe.
- It’s true that the Spaniards are justifiably proud of the unchanged-for-centuries beauty of the natural environment of the Sierra Nevada. But there does lurk a conspiracy theory about the region. It has been reported that during the Spanish revolution a large amount of wealth disappeared… and was buried in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Which is why (the conspiracy theorists would have it) that it is illegal to disturb the flora and fauna in the Parque – illegal to even dig a hole in the ground. Which is why the residents of the Parque can’t have mains electricity, mains water, mains gas or mains drainage. Folk who live in the Parque live lifestyles that have changed little – by way of modern convenience – in the last thousand years.
I have no idea why I’m having these thoughts.
I think a mug of hot chocolate is called for!
Brennig.