El museo de artesanía del esparto más grande del mundo
[por Javier de Blas en La Rioja, España] A principios de octubre pasamos por el hermoso Parque Natural de la Sierra de los Vélez, en la provincia de Almería, España, donde encontramos el anunciado "El mayor museo del esparto del mundo" en un pueblo cercano, El Contador-Chirivel. Tuvimos la suerte de que fuera el alcalde [...]
De vuelta al Mediterráneo
[por Javier de Blas en La Rioja, España] Puerto de Mazarrón. Junio de 2021. El tiempo es variable, pero agradable y el mar muestra una nueva cara de vez en cuando.
en unos pocos trazos: arroz negro
[by Javier de Blas in Madrid, Spain] Black rice, shared in one of those sunny terraces of Madrid, is, despite its oil aspect, one of the tastiest things to go with a beer jar.
en unos pocos trazos: Picasso mediterráneo
[by Javier de Blas in Majorca, Spain] They are in the Picasso Ceràmiques show room, at Soller station. I can´t stop admiring this man’s ability to bring the Greek tradition to his own terrain. What is the difference with Mycenaean ceramics? Well, these are Picasso´s.
en pocos minutos: tren a Sóller
[por Javier de Blas en Mallorca, España] El retroturismo tiene un encanto particular. Viajar en esta reliquia que sustituyó a las diligencias a principios del siglo pasado cuesta tres veces más que en autobús, pero el paisaje escarpado y fértil de la sierra de Tramuntana se disfruta mejor en carromatos de madera, en compañía de un [...]
in a few strokes: Mediterranean villa
[by Javier de Blas in La Rioja] People in Spain do not think that La Rioja is Mediterranean, but the climate is carried by the basin of the Ebro River, from the coast to us, bringing olive and plam trees, vines, fruitful orchards and these so genuine villas. PS: for some reason I can not […]
Corfú (3)
[by Javier de Blas in Corfu, Greece] 22-26.11.2018. Since our arrival in Corfu Town on October 16 we have changed our vision of the island. What with the monastery and the villages, we definitively banish our tourist prejudices. When I return to the city, Triviño has just discovered the local environment, in the new city […]
Corfú (2)
[by Javier de Blas in Corfu, Greece] After two days in Corfu Town, we visited the monastery of Skripero, where my friend Father Arsenios, is the abbot. I met him in Mount Athos in 2011 (there he was called Serafim), in a 4-month journey along the northern coast of the Mediterranean, which I shared in […]
Corfú (1)
[by Javier de Blas in Corfu, Greece] Between 15th and 26.10.2018, Javier Triviño and I are traveling through Corfu. “This is another network to hunt tourists”; so we think, scared, the first morning that, as is logical, the inertia leads us to those streets full of what we outsiders believe should be the local typism. […]
croquis de la excursión
[by Javier de Blas in Puerto de Mazarron, Spain] Today in Mazarrón, Spain, we have joined an excursion through the Sierra de la Partridge. There was a 20 minutes break for lunch and I took advantage to record this arid place, with the Monastery of cloister of San Jose.