Category Archives: La extranjera en Extremadura

One SUV. Two falcons wearing hoods in the backseat. Two friends. One expert. One apprentice. One vast countryside in Extremadura. This Sunday is for falconry, or cetrería in Spanish. Falconry is the activity of using falcons to hunt birds in …

A thousand kids dressed up to march around Jerez de los Caballeros last Friday. Each class wore a themed costume. For Carnaval, kids and friends dress up as groups. This is a far cry from my creative costumes for Halloween, …

The field is neither green nor plush like grass. Rather it is the hard wooden floor of an indoor gymnasium. There are colored jerseys with team names, but there are no fancy endorsements. Instead of 11 players, each team is …

I got invited to a Paella party last Saturday. I knew only one person and met the rest when we got there around 2:30 in the afternoon. Those whom I met were so nice and welcoming, and luckily I now …

The name Cachipe is a family one – from a gypsy dialect that means a good person. The name came from the owner’s grandfather and the owners have since done everything to make the restaurant true to its name. Being …

Celebrating a birthday abroad is just different. There is no Costco cake in Europe. This probably doesn’t count as tragedy, I know. It’s just that I absolutely love spending my birthday with my family and friends in the United States. …

Seve Garcia Vasquez has worked at Oasis for 6 years and showed me how to prepare various Extremenian dishes. How do they cook in Jerez? Easy, just use all of the parts of the pig. Really, ALL of the parts. …