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prawns in costa brava

Costa Brava is my favourite place in Spain, but I guess you knew that already. One reason for this, if not THE reason for this, is the delicious food in Costa Brava. Here you’ll find countless excellent restaurants like the best restaurant in the world “El Celler de can Roca”. It seems like EVERYONE in Costa Brava can cook. And for sure sea food is on top of every menu. To be honest, I think prawns taste different in Costa [...]

el celler de can roca

Do you remember this one summer day, when you were running across the fields barefoot and with a strawberry ice cream in your hand and the sun was tickling your skin? Or this one day, when for the very first time the butterflies started dancing in your stomach? I’ve said it before: Eating at El Celler de Can Roca is like having a date with George Clooney but then Jude Law comes around the corner and he’s naked. Ah, better. [...]

palamos

The technique is different, the boats are more modern and the fishermen have cell phones. And actually Palamós is no longer a fishermen village but a city. But everything else is the same since hundreds and hundreds of years. The king prawns, the Gambas, that’s what Palamós is famous for. Nowhere else they do have this colour, this size and this taste.  Every day after ten, twelve hours at sea the fishermen come back to the harbour, sell their haul [...]

sunset above the clouds UK

I love sunsets. To be honest I could watch sunsets all day long, from the morning until the evening, watching, adoring, taking pictures, adoring. Rewind and repeat. And I was lucky enough to see so many beautiful sunsets. Here are my favourite sunsets around the world and the story behind. Andalusia, March 2008 We were filming for German TV in Andalusia and our trip went from Malaga, along the coastline to Costa de la Luz. It was march and the [...]

outdoor activities

Outdoor activities?? Ok, I admit. I always thought I’m a beach and culture chick. And yes with culture I mean 50% shopping… But then 2011 came along and everything changed. Now I love when wind blows around my ears, when my heart drops into my gut and actually I’m starting to be proud of bruises. Yes, I’ve never thought I would say this, but I turned into an outdoor freak. How did this happen? Here are the 6 outdoor activities [...]