by Irene Corchado Resmella | Sep 13, 2017 | TRAVEL STORIES
The first time Husband visited my hometown of Don Benito we walked through one of the local parks. Far from impressed, he said in a sad voice ‘parks here are made of dirt’. The word ‘park’ conveys quite a different image in the UK and Extremadura. No lush green areas...
by Irene Corchado Resmella | Aug 31, 2015 | Interviews, Nature & walking
Extremadura is well known amongst fishing lovers and I’m aware some of the blog readers are keen fishermen/women. I have no idea about fishing myself, I’m not going to lie, so I decided to contact a local expert and ask him to share with us his top five places for...
by Irene Corchado Resmella | Dec 20, 2014 | TRAVEL STORIES
Travelling by coach to the north of Extremadura is quite an experience. The journey from Madrid to Plasencia took me almost 4 hours and I even had to change to another bus half way. I was the only person to go to the final destination and I was not surprised at all....
by Irene Corchado Resmella | Oct 19, 2014 | Interviews
After more than a year together I thought it was about time to take my Scottish boyfriend to Extremadura and show him around the region I come from. He’s been in Spain many times, but only to Madrid, Barcelona and main tourist destinations on the coast. This...
