In Málaga

Saturday morning ...
before I bought 1 kilo of artichokes, 1 kilo of almonds, half a kilo nuts, half a kilo of olives aloreñas, 5 apples, some dates, and a birthday present. So no more photos from Málaga that day :)

Market day

between rain showers today on Kutschkermarkt, Vienna.

Corner view Vienna: Collecting books

This week's corner view theme is collections. Well, I am not a collector, but I love books and I used to have a lot of them. Then I started to travel and live in different countries. After my books had crossed the Atlantic a couple of times, I stored them in boxes. When I moved to Spain some years ago, I gave away most of them.

However, I am slowly developing a collection of books again in my home in Málaga. There are great bookshops here in Vienna and everytime I go home, I bring back books :)

The photo above is from last month when I visited the bookshop in Kunstforum with my daughter. She is hiding behind the bookshelves.

If you want to see more collections around the world, visit Jane's blog, Spain Daily.

Rocking chairs

Wish I had had room in my luggage for these two director's rocking chairs that I saw in a shop in Andraxt.

Colorful friday

It is mercadillo (market) day again around here. This is the place to spot colorful hats too!

Click on the Color Carnival badge for links to more colorful photos. Have a great Friday!

Now that we are about colors, have you checked out professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka’s amazing dizzying illusion pages ? (should you feel sick or dizzy observing the pages you should leave them again immediately).


The blue and green spirals on the image above is the same color. The orange goes through the green part, but not through the blue part. I came across her site via TEDBlog.

Shoes in all colors

Friday is the day of the local Mercadillo (market). Here you can find all sorts of stuff.


Like these dancing shoes for little girls


or what about a pair of plastic clogs. Not as elegant though for dancing, but there is in fact something called clog-dancing :-)

Click on the Color Carnival badge for links to more colorful photos.

Have a great Friday!

Corner view Málaga: Shopping

The corner view project at Spain Daily looks at life around the world: This week's theme is shopping.

My daughter was visiting recently, and one of the days we went on a what we call a power shopping expedition to Málaga :-) It's always fun to look at stuff that are not available where you usually live, so we mainly concentrated on the shops and brands that you do not find in Copenhagen.


Well, Mala mujer (Bad woman) was closed - siesta time. Actually, it has been closed every time I pass by, but I would like to have a closer look at their t-shirts.


Bimba & Lola is selling very nice and feminine clothes, shoes and accessories. I just had to buy this leather cover for my IPod.


Hakei, Hazel and Adolfo Dominquez are also good places to check out for shoes, bags and clothes. And it was the last day of the Málaga Film Festival - the main walking streets were full of movie posters and green and red carpets.


Before we head back home, we have to rest our tired feet and refresh overselves with some tinto verano and a few tapas in one of the many tapas bars.

Check out other Wednesday corner views:
jane, ladybug-zen, ian, bonnie,esti, sophie, cele, modsquad,caitlin, joyce, ani, couturecoucou, kim, a day that is dessert, natsumi, epe, kaylovesvintage, trinsch, c.t.,jeannette, outi, schanett, ritva, dongdong, francesca, state of bliss, jennifer, dana, denise, cabrizette, bohemia girl, ruth, dianna, isabelle, amber, a girl in the yellow shoes, mister e, janis, kari, jgy, jenna, skymring, elizabeth, audrey, allison, lise, cate, mon, victoria, crescent moon, erin, otli, amy, ida, caroline, lisa, dorte, kimmie, la lune dans le ciel, nicola, malo, vanessa, britta, virgina, april, sunnymama, samantha, karen, kristina, angelina, kyndale

Mercadillo ecólogico

This morning we went to Cártama just north of Málaga to explore the ecological market that takes place there every first Sunday of the month. In fact, you can find an ecological market every week somewhere in the Guadalhorce region of Andalucía.


The supermarkets around here are not well stocked with ecological products - and even though I am not a fanatic, I prefer to buy ecological products when possible.

And today I bought lemons - I like you use the lemon zest in many of the things that I cook, but they definately have to be organic. Well one of the next days I am going to make preserved lemons ...

Shopping bags

Found these practical shopping bags in La Oca from Reisenthel. I am so fed up with all the plastic bags I get in the shops.

Now, the challenge is to remember to have one of these in my handbag when I leave the house ...