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SEMANA Santa has taken over Spain this week and you may be seeing ‘torrijas’ everywhere, but what are these sweet treats?  This Spanish take on ‘eggy bread’ soaks stale bread in milk or wine before dosing it in sugar and cinnamon and dipping it in honey.  The first time it was made in Roman cuisine dates back to the 4th …

By Maeve Gordon and Karrissa Key A simple overnight stay in Spain in 1970 turned into a year of living in a white classic village. The situation changed dramatically when 80-year old Australian architect Robert Marshall chose to retire here after 50 years. Indeed, his move to idyllic Jimena de la Frontera, in Andalucia has turned into a ‘three-year nightmare’ …

Alhaurin: A month of tragedy and profound loss A small town was devastated by a terrible tragedy at the end of 2025, and beginning of 2026. Two teenagers (15 and16 years old) were killed in a fire at a home on Christmas Morning. A flash flood killed the two men a few days later. Then, less than a month afterward, …