what are your favrorite things about home and the area in village
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It’s in a lost corner of Spain, very awkward and very little going on. And it’s not pretty either. It is close to a beach and a resort which seems to be only frequented by retired people. Came here as the rent for the apartment in low season was very cheap.
Lemons are grown locally. They are everywhere. We drive into Portugal often especially on Sundays as everything is closed in Spain. Driving to a town we pass lemon groves, some of them are just hanging outside the fences. For a bit of fun and to feel what it was like to pick a lemon, we just picked a couple once. We tasted them when we got back. They were so bitter, tasted really acidic. Our lemon stealing days were over. So we now stick to the supermarket ones. For some reason, the lemons are huge and so fresh and really juicy with a lovely subtle fragrance. Lemons were never this good in London.
We bought fish in the local market, thinking they will be fresher. Rick Stein is always going about the fish was so fresh in the markets in Spain. It wasn’t at all. We then discovered one of the local supermarkets has a massive fish counter and tried. They were really fresh. I know a little about what to look for when buying fresh fish. But since our accidental discovery, we have not been disappointed once.
Strawberries too are grown locally. They taste and smell very different here. We had stopped buying strawberries in London, they looked really good but never tasted sweet. We were in Portugal and the supermarket was selling strawberries for 1 euro a packet. Just thought we’d try and to our amazement and pleasant surprise, they were just lovely and sweet. We then tried in Spain and the result was the same. We ate quite a few strawberries. But the last few times, they have been disappointing. Maybe it’s a certain variety we tried.
We are leaving soon, so dreading having to eat lemons which are not as juicy.
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