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My life changed a lot in the last 6 months. I was living in South Africa, happy with my life. I had a beautiful restaurant on a wine estate close to Cape Town and I was doing what I doing best: I was a chef in my own establishment. In February 2009, we had a fire at the restaurant, leaving us with a lot of damage. I took a break and decided to help my friend who just opened a restaurant in Lanzarotte, Spain. I worked there for 3 months. During this time I met a wonderful guy from Castellon, Spain. I went back to South Africa in August and we got married on the 3rd of October 2009 on the beach of Bloubergstrand in Cape Town. We had a looooong honeymoon (we are still on honeymoon!) and we returned on 9 December 2009 to Spain to start our new life. This blog is about me in a new country and most of all: the food, my passion

Thursday, March 4, 2010





MONDAYS ARE MARKET DAYS...This is my day. I wake up early in the morning (about 11!) and go to the local market. It is huge, with goods for sale like clothes, ceramics, herbs, handbags and of course food. On my way to the market I normally sit down on a bench and watch the people walking by. Sometimes, I 'speak' to locals with my broken Spanish, but the conversation is normall short, like: 'hola' 'hola' 'commo estas?' 'bien' that's it, but it give me some kind of freedom and I can't wait to do this on my 'marketing' day. One day, I will be able to speak about the weather and a lot of other things.





Well, back to the market: The best fresh produce are on display and I love to go there and look (and off course buy.) I learned in Castellon to use only very fresh produce. It is a lifestyle. A lifestyle I can easily get use to. I am posting some pictures of the market and also pictures of another market (the Central Market) where they sell fresh fish and seafood. It is a feast!










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