A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. Day three.

So the last day is upon us, and again, we must start with some food. Some lovely Gallego ham, local cheese and eggs plus fresh bread, what could go wrong? Nothing. That is the point, it was a great start to the day.

First stop was a picnic with Picasso. He lived in A Coruña for 4 years while his father was a professor at the Fine Arts School. This is is the start of a tour through his apartment which you can visit for free!

After accidentally ringing bells for a couple of other apartments we found the right one. 

The view down the street.

His old camera and papers.

His living room, oh no wait, it is some dolls house toys.

Old school light switches are pretty cool, no?

The way back down.

I love that nature will always sneak back in to these concrete jungles of ours.

Another fantastic warning sign.

The world of liqueurs, coffee and herbal. Nice at lunchtime ;)

One of the world's greatest delights Pulpo!

On our first morning we found a fabulous cafe Abarrote. I cannot recommend it high enough. Great coffee, the best I found in Galicia, and when you order one for breakfast you get a shot of OJ and something small, cake, mini-croissant. Amazing.

Sandwiches at the bar?

Down the street from Abarrote is the market, and shops around it selling the most amazing canned seafood. I know it sounds probably "not food" to think things in cans are good, but in Spain it is a different story. Not just beautiful packaging but also very high quality goods in the cans too.

In the market we returned to the lady who sold us the empanadas previously.

The variety of bread here was some of the best in Galicia. Spelt, rye, wholemeal, salt free. There was a wide variety.

She would answer questions, and was really proud of her bread.

I didn't eat anywhere near enough cheese there, so I will have to return with pockets fat and belly ready.

Chleb Hruby i sery z Grzybowa

A few weekends ago we took the chance to visit Chleb Hruby i sery z Grzybowa, with some friends who have known the owners Ewa the Educator and Peter the Baker, Cheesemaker and Stork Saver for some time.

The business is a small multifunction farm which works in a really inspiring way. Peter is from Switzerland but moved to Poland many years ago and started farming here. When moved to his current site the magic started to happen and he became more entwined with the local community. Now he employs locals to help him in the bakery, cheesery and to teach school children about the environment and their business.

Now they are baking some great rye breads along with making their delicious goats, goats and cows, and plain cows milk cheeses. If you can't get out to Grzybów then you can buy their bread all over Warsaw like here. Or go along to the Biobazar on Wednesdays to get your fill of both bread and cheese. I would suggest you won't be disappointed.

The recently saved stork.

Into the cheesery

Peter discussing the processes.

A freshly made cheese

The aging rack.

Moulds not molds.

Cheese weights

Really beautiful packaging.

My favourite, the goat's cheese

The area was once Prussian so it has a history of German influence, and this is a restored piece given to them by locals.

The old cheese cellar.

The Swedish WWOOF boys taking the goats out to pasture.

Gratuitous cat shot

A converted barn?

The mill

How can you not love goats?!

Then it came to buying some cheese.

Time to get that delicious goaty goodness home.

Special thanks to Kit and Marcin for driving us poor carless folk to the rural Mazowsze region to experience this wonderful place, and also thanks to Ewa and Peter for looking after us with breakfast and teaching us about the world that is cheese, goats and bread.