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Posted on 19th July 202310th September 2023

Wednesday, 19/07/2023: Trier to London (via Luxembourg and Brussels)

Grotesque in Trier's Dom, 3

On our last day, our only non-negotiable goal for the day was to get ourselves moving from train to train all the way to London. Or more exactly, from bus to train to train, as there was a bus replacement service involved. But more about that later…

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Posted on 13th July 202328th August 2023

Thursday, 13/07/2023: London to Luxembourg

Train to Namur / Luxembourg
St Pancras boarding for Amsterdam

Our trip started with the early Eurostar to Brussels (the train actually goes to Amsterdam, but stops in Brussels and The Hague too).

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Favourite Spanish recipes

Tapas / Starters
  • Hígado con picada (livers with garlic sauce)
  • Patatas asadas con pimentón (roasted potatoes with paprika)
Mains
  • Paella (traditional from Valencia)
  • Borreta (rice based mountain winter stew)
  • Pimientos rellenos / Bajoques farcides (peppers stuffed with rice)
  • Lentejas (lentil stew)
  • Coca de Fira (calorific thick flatbread)
  • Arroz con acelgas (Rice with Swiss Chard): a soupy rice
  • Arròs de mescleta (mixed rice): rice with lots of beans
  • Arroz al horno con pasas y garbanzos / arròs al forn amb panses i cigrons (oven baked raisin and chickpea rice)
  • Roasted artichokes
  • Tortilla de garbanzos (chickpeas omelette)
  • Plato de verano (summer's dish)
  • Bollit / hervido (boiled vegetables)
  • Carrot and potato soup
Desserts & sweets
  • Pa de Sant Antoni - sweet buns and sourdough savoury version
  • Bollos de Sant Blai (Saint Blaise's buns) - sweet flat buns
  • Coca de llanda - sweet, sweet sponge
  • Mona de Pascua - Easter bun
  • Horchata de chufas / horchata valenciana (tiger nut based, very refreshing drink)
  • Horchata de pipas de melón (melon seeds horchata)
  • Sant Dionís sweets for 9 d'Octubre (la Mocaorà) - fruit shaped marzipan
  • Macedonia de otoño (Autumn fruit salad)
  • Fogassa d'Ontinyent - enriched sweet bun with nuts and raisins
  • Carquinyols / casquinyols (Valencian style biscotti)

Trips

  • Lanzarote (2015)
  • Italy - Tuscia and Rome (2018)
  • Japan (2019)
  • Sardinia (2022)
  • Mosel valley (2023)

Recent Posts

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  • Monday, 17/07/2023 (II): Weingut Hieronimi
  • Monday, 17/07/2023: Cochem Castle
  • Sunday, 16/07/2023: Burg Eltz

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