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Stories to savour of life and hardship from a disappearing Spain: Abandoned medieval towns, night thieves and family mules compose a picture from another time. People and places, facts and faces. Stories to make your churros curl.
A collection of fully grown up blog entries. An online resource of short writings on all aspects of Iberian life.
Investigations into forest fires, water issues, land use and the latest tendency to produce your own power.
Plus a look at the legacy of Franco 70 years on and an interview with one of the original British members of the International Brigade.
Eight addresses in ten years on the Iberian Peninsula and you´d think by now I´d be settled in one place or another. But far from it. Does the ideal town exist outside the ramblings of guide book writers? What criteria do you use to tell if this town is right for you? Armed with just a copy of the Tao Te Ching and an ipod the Teapotmonk embarks on a journey to find the perfect town that serves a perfect manchada. And perhaps offer a resting place for nomadic spirits......Subscribe by clicking below...
The Perfect Manchada Blog
Iberian Articles
Teapot Tales

Spain can still do raw. It lies with the sawdust on the bodega floor, the shabby glass in which your coffee is served or the tapa that is dropped onto your lap with a unapologetic sneer. Since the mid 1990’s the teapotmonk has been rejoicing in the raw, whilst absorbing the myths and the magic, the hype and the heat of this diverse and disparate land.

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