As you walk through the shady, narrow and steep streets of Mogarraz, faces from the past stare down back at you. This quiet village, sitting over 700 m high within the mountainous Sierra de Francia region of Castile y Leon, … Continued
A white van is parked under a bridge while two city council workers collect old cardboard boxes, plastic bags and other piles of rubbish. Dog owners let their excited pets off the lead to run around and chase each other. … Continued
Confused Heap of Facts is the creation of Clare Starkie, an English teacher and ex-museum curator now living in Madrid, Spain. Originally from Merseyside in the UK, Clare lived in Sheffield for over 20 years, first as a student of … Continued
When I first moved to Madrid, I wanted to find out about the area I lived in and the nearby river. As it turned out, there were no guided tours in English at all, so I decided to write my … Continued
