タグ: [アンダルシア州]

部屋、屋根、そして景色

[By Melanie Reim in Spain] For over thirty years, I have lived in New York City, on Riverside Drive-but I do not face the river from my apartment. In fact, I have one of those quintessential stories, where I face a brick wall, with a little sliver of sky above, so my apartment is not quite a dungeon. You can imagine, then, my delight, when I can see for miles outside of any window, or roof. While I recently traveled through Andalucia, with many great hosts from our sketching community, I saw endless geometries of tiled roofs in Malaga and white home in Cadiz. It was a drawer’s dream. More […]

ラ・フロンテラ

[By Luis Ruiz in Arcos de la Frontera, Spain] There is a long row of towns and cities in the middle of Andalusia that add the particle ‘de la Frontera’ to their names; therefore you can find in the map places like Jerez de la Frontera, Jimena de la Frontera, Aguilar de la Frontera and so on. This fact might be puzzling to those who are not familiar with the history of Spain, as they look laid just in the heart of the country, far from any present-day border. What they share in common is their picturesque setting on the top of hills, overlooking winding valleys; in fact they look […]

Many shades of green in Andalucía, from Cádiz to Jerez de la Frontera.

Drawings by Sharon Frost. Cádiz. Alameda Apodaca. Un pescador. (A fisherman) Stephen Leyendo en la Alameda Apodaca — nuestra última mañana en Cádiz.dd caption.  (Stephen reading in the Alameda — our last morning in Cádiz.) Jerez de la Frontera. Barrio Santiago. Casa Rosalleda.  Calcetines en el tenedor en el jardín.  (Socks on the line in the garden). Santiago es uno de los barrios gitanos históricos en la  Ciudad  Vieja de Jerez.  (Santiago is one of the historic gypsy barrios in the Old  City of Jerez. Blog:  Day Books

Elections to the European Parliament and an USk gathering

Last weekend, a big gathering of andalusian Urban Sketchers took place at the beautiful and small village of Grazalema, one of the so-called White Towns in the mountains of south-western Spain. There we went sketchers from Málaga, Seville, Cádiz and Córdoba, some of the best-known andalusian cities, but also from farther places as Madrid or Lisbon. It was definitely a good opportunity to spend three days sharing drawings and conversations with friends you do not see often. As elections to the european parliament were held on that Sunday, we found the town square full of banners from different political parties, quietly hanging side by side. Coming from a big city, […]

アンダルシアでゆっくりとした時間を過ごす。ヘレス・デ・ラ・フロンテーラ...

My husband and I have been renting the same apartment in Jerez de la Frontera for about 5 years now.  The lay out of the building is traditional for the region: central interior patio and a garden in back.  The greens are intense, just bordering on out-of-control. As we approach winter the dizzying floor tiles seem to hold onto the cold, even after the bottles of butane arrive for the stove. Even this time of year, when the sun hits the terrace it’s warm and we head for it with our Kindles, embutidos and fino. It’s not a bad way to pass the time. The cultural meld that makes up […]

Andalucía feels more like home every year.

I’ve lost track of the number of times we’ve come here, and exactly when we started stretching our visits out more and more.  This year, by the time we head back to Brooklyn, we’ll have been in Spain for over 2 months, most of that time here in Andalucía. We had a lovely two days in the pueblo blanco of Vejer de la Frontera — just over an hour from our rental apartment in Cádiz. So many lovely sidewalk cafés for sitting and reading. This bar/café, the Bodeguita, is practically engulfed in a beautiful arbor. A couple of weeks ago we traveled the short distance from Cádiz to an apartment […]

My aunt´s recipes: salmorejo from Córdoba

Today I came back with my drawn recipes. The previous post was about gazpacho, a very famous cold soup made of vegetables, a very typical dish from Andalusia. Now I bring to you, salmorejo, this is a cold cream of vegetables, typical from my hometown, Cordoba (Andalusia). Here is the recipe, as my aunt does it: Ingredients: Bread from the previous day (hard bread and very dense) Tomatoes, four, very red and ripe Garlic, 2 pieces Olive oil Salt Preparation: 1.- Put the bread in water for 5 minutes. 2.- Put bread, tomatoes and garlic in a blender. Drop some olive oil (less than a glass) and some salt. 3.-You […]

In and out of Cádiz.

We’ve been in Spain for a little over a month this time around.  Each time we come to Andalucía our attachment to the region seems to grow.  (And our Spanish gets better. slowly.)  Our 4 weeks in Cái is drawing to a close and we’re already missing it a little.  Though we look forward to our return to Jerez de la Frontera in a couple of days. Afternoons reading and drawing by the Bay of Cádiz are really magic.  The light is so green and blue filtered.  The afternoon sun slows things down. Hanging clothes on the roof is a blue-sky treat as well.  (There’s been one day of rain […]

セビージャでの最後のスケッチクロール

Many times we appreciate the place where we live through the eyes of the others.  At the end of last September we had a great sketchcrawl for all a weekend in Seville to sketch our city. Friends came from many places of Spain, Portugal and France! We were looking forward to meet again after Barcelona. It was really great being again so close. I’ve been busy with lot of work these months (the start of the school is hard for teachers), and had no time to draw as much as I do (and scan an publish drawings was even more difficult…). Now it seems that I have a few quiet days and I […]