Comments for El Camino de Don Harris http://blog.tienda.com A lifetime of encounters with Spain. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:58:45 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Comment on Galicia, Soul of Spain by Don Harris http://blog.tienda.com/2011/08/galicia-soul-of-spain/comment-page-1/#comment-6860 Don Harris Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:58:45 +0000 http://blog.tienda.com/?p=2361#comment-6860 Dear Adela, Thank you so much for your message! Galicia is one of my favorite areas. My wife Ruth and I will be visiting Lugo in March to find some more dellicious bread to import. I understand that the village of San Cristóbal de Cea has fabulous bread. Do you know of it, or any other classic crusty bread towns? You can email me at harris@tienda.com. Abrazos Don Dear Adela,
Thank you so much for your message! Galicia is one of my favorite areas. My wife Ruth and I will be visiting Lugo in March to find some more dellicious bread to import. I understand that the village of San Cristóbal de Cea has fabulous bread. Do you know of it, or any other classic crusty bread towns? You can email me at harris@tienda.com.
Abrazos
Don

]]> Comment on Galicia, Soul of Spain by Adela http://blog.tienda.com/2011/08/galicia-soul-of-spain/comment-page-1/#comment-6645 Adela Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:52:17 +0000 http://blog.tienda.com/?p=2361#comment-6645 HI! Very nice article, i was just surfing and suddenly what a pleasure to find such a lovely writting about the region I come from and I live in! Congratulations, best regards from Vigo, Adela HI!
Very nice article, i was just surfing and suddenly what a pleasure to find such a lovely writting about the region I come from and I live in!

Congratulations,
best regards from Vigo,
Adela

]]> Comment on About by Don Harris http://blog.tienda.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-6248 Don Harris Mon, 05 Dec 2011 03:53:55 +0000 http://blog.tienda.com/?page_id=2#comment-6248 Dear Kolo, Thank you for your message. Any purchasing is done through our representative Jamie Jones through our office in Zarautz. Please contact him at jamie@tienda.com. Saludos Don Dear Kolo,
Thank you for your message. Any purchasing is done through our representative Jamie Jones through our office in Zarautz. Please contact him at jamie@tienda.com.
Saludos Don

]]> Comment on Essential Spain: Itinerary Off the Beaten Track by Kate Dengra http://blog.tienda.com/2011/09/essential-spain-itinerary-off-the-beaten-track/comment-page-1/#comment-6044 Kate Dengra Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:34:35 +0000 http://blog.tienda.com/?p=2427#comment-6044 Sounds good - keep in touch xx Sounds good – keep in touch xx

]]> Comment on Galicia, el Alma de España by Pascual http://blog.tienda.com/2011/08/galicia-el-alma-de-espana/comment-page-1/#comment-6026 Pascual Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:50:34 +0000 http://blog.tienda.com/?p=2390#comment-6026 Hola, señor Harris! Usted dice de Galicia: " Existe poca o ninguna influencia tanto musulmana como mediterránea en estas tierras " Señor Harris, España fué invadida por los musulmanes. No estuvieron los 8 siglos invadiendo la peninsula completamente, porque en el siglo XII habian sido expulsados hasta quedar solamente en la mitad o menos de la mitad de la peninsula; poco después, en las Navas de Tolosa (1212) habian quedado reducidos a lo que hoy es Andalucia, para poco después quedar reducidos a lo que hoy es Granada, donde resistieron hasta 1492, fecha de su expulsión en España Los musulmanes, en su retroceso a Granada, arrasaron con muchas poblaciones cristianas del sur de España, entre ella mi ciudad, en el norte de Murcia. Debo decirle que la mitad sur de España fué repoblada tras la reconquista por gente del norte de España, porque la población de muchas ciudades (como lo fué la mía) practicamente fueron aniquiladas. Y luego el intercambio fué al revés, cuando ya habiamos conquistado nuestro pais, a los moriscos (los musulmanes que se habian quedado a vivir en España) se les dió la opción de reconvertirse o ser expulsados. Debo decirle que prácticamente todos esos moriscos emigraron al norte de Castilla o a la cornisa cantabrica, incluida Galicia Con esto quiero decirle, que si hay algún español con sangre musulmana (cosa que nunca he creido) lo verá usted más en La Coruña o León que en Sevilla, Granada o Murcia Hola, señor Harris!

Usted dice de Galicia: ” Existe poca o ninguna influencia tanto musulmana como mediterránea en estas tierras ”

Señor Harris, España fué invadida por los musulmanes. No estuvieron los 8 siglos invadiendo la peninsula completamente, porque en el siglo XII habian sido expulsados hasta quedar solamente en la mitad o menos de la mitad de la peninsula; poco después, en las Navas de Tolosa (1212) habian quedado reducidos a lo que hoy es Andalucia, para poco después quedar reducidos a lo que hoy es Granada, donde resistieron hasta 1492, fecha de su expulsión en España

Los musulmanes, en su retroceso a Granada, arrasaron con muchas poblaciones cristianas del sur de España, entre ella mi ciudad, en el norte de Murcia. Debo decirle que la mitad sur de España fué repoblada tras la reconquista por gente del norte de España, porque la población de muchas ciudades (como lo fué la mía) practicamente fueron aniquiladas. Y luego el intercambio fué al revés, cuando ya habiamos conquistado nuestro pais, a los moriscos (los musulmanes que se habian quedado a vivir en España) se les dió la opción de reconvertirse o ser expulsados. Debo decirle que prácticamente todos esos moriscos emigraron al norte de Castilla o a la cornisa cantabrica, incluida Galicia

Con esto quiero decirle, que si hay algún español con sangre musulmana (cosa que nunca he creido) lo verá usted más en La Coruña o León que en Sevilla, Granada o Murcia

]]> Comment on Essential Spain: Itinerary Off the Beaten Track by Don Harris http://blog.tienda.com/2011/09/essential-spain-itinerary-off-the-beaten-track/comment-page-1/#comment-5609 Don Harris Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:59:39 +0000 http://blog.tienda.com/?p=2427#comment-5609 Dear Kate, Thank you for your cordial note. The Alpujarras is one of my favorite out-of-the-way places. We spent one Christmas near Cadiar (I have published a picture of our feast in a local inn/bodega in my book The Heart of Spain: Families and Food. As we have driven around the area many times over the years, my wife Ruth has yearned to be a "temporary troglodite." Now, thanks to your generous invitation, perhaps her dream will come true next spring! Let's keep in touch and as the time gets closer we can make some substantive plans. I agree with you about tapas bars-- some of the best ones feature old men playing dominoes by the hour. I hope to see you soon. Cordially, Don Dear Kate,
Thank you for your cordial note. The Alpujarras is one of my favorite out-of-the-way places. We spent one Christmas near Cadiar (I have published a picture of our feast in a local inn/bodega in my book The Heart of Spain: Families and Food. As we have driven around the area many times over the years, my wife Ruth has yearned to be a “temporary troglodite.” Now, thanks to your generous invitation, perhaps her dream will come true next spring! Let’s keep in touch and as the time gets closer we can make some substantive plans. I agree with you about tapas bars– some of the best ones feature old men playing dominoes by the hour. I hope to see you soon.

Cordially,

Don

]]> Comment on Essential Spain: Itinerary Off the Beaten Track by Kate Dengra http://blog.tienda.com/2011/09/essential-spain-itinerary-off-the-beaten-track/comment-page-1/#comment-5569 Kate Dengra Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:54:10 +0000 http://blog.tienda.com/?p=2427#comment-5569 Next visit you will have to try and get over to Castilléjar in the Granada Province - we are definitely off the beaten track and undiscovered by tourism. We live in 'Cave country' where most of the locals live in caves (including us!). The caves keep a constant temperature all year round keeping us cool in the summer and warm in the cold winter. My Mum, Sister and I run a cave guest house B&B. I always feature your blog posts on my website and link up to your blog/website as I find it fascinating to read. There best 'tapas bars' in the area are the ones that the local old men use - you will find them all in there discussing the land, weather, whats growing etc etc over a small glass of homemade wine and a lovely plate of traditional tapas. I am blessed to live in such a beautiful part of 'real Spain!' (Fabulous itineray by the way!) Next visit you will have to try and get over to Castilléjar in the Granada Province – we are definitely off the beaten track and undiscovered by tourism. We live in ‘Cave country’ where most of the locals live in caves (including us!). The caves keep a constant temperature all year round keeping us cool in the summer and warm in the cold winter.
My Mum, Sister and I run a cave guest house B&B. I always feature your blog posts on my website and link up to your blog/website as I find it fascinating to read.
There best ‘tapas bars’ in the area are the ones that the local old men use – you will find them all in there discussing the land, weather, whats growing etc etc over a small glass of homemade wine and a lovely plate of traditional tapas.
I am blessed to live in such a beautiful part of ‘real Spain!’

(Fabulous itineray by the way!)

]]> Comment on About by Don Harris http://blog.tienda.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-5318 Don Harris Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:11:12 +0000 http://blog.tienda.com/?page_id=2#comment-5318 Dear Sam, We have guindilla peppers from the Basque country. I think you might like them as they are from the same area as the town of Guernica. I prefer them too. Are you from the Basque country? We had a student staying with us this summer from a little town near Zarautz. His family produces the great Nardín bonito hand caught in the Cantabrian Sea. Saludos, Don Dear Sam,
We have guindilla peppers from the Basque country. I think you might like them as they are from the same area as the town of Guernica. I prefer them too.
Are you from the Basque country? We had a student staying with us this summer from a little town near Zarautz. His family produces the great Nardín bonito hand caught in the Cantabrian Sea.
Saludos,
Don

]]> Comment on About by Sam http://blog.tienda.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-5157 Sam Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:16:45 +0000 http://blog.tienda.com/?page_id=2#comment-5157 PLEASE, please, please plant and sell gernika peppers- they are FAR superior to the padron peppers you have. Again, PLEASE! PLEASE, please, please plant and sell gernika peppers- they are FAR superior to the padron peppers you have. Again, PLEASE!

]]> Comment on Maestrazgo: A las afueras de los senderos by Don Harris http://blog.tienda.com/2005/02/maestrazgo-afuera-de-los-senderos/comment-page-1/#comment-5028 Don Harris Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:44:28 +0000 http://blog.tienda.com/?p=1095#comment-5028 Antonio, You are very welcome. The history of the maestragos is a fascinating one, and the region has a mysterious beauty to it. Don Antonio,
You are very welcome. The history of the maestragos is a fascinating one, and the region has a mysterious beauty to it.
Don

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