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2000s: imagine spending time cooking in a monastery in Andalucia?
Summer in Andalucia
What you need to know before your trail
Lainey Summers feels blessed to have her dream job writing for a renowned foodie magazine. And the day she goes to interview chef Rick Oliver at his new restaurant—Aleatory—in London’s popular Piccadilly, is the start of an unexpected journey.
When Rick is offered the opportunity to jet off to a monastery in Andalucía, to film a cookery competition for Spanish TV, Lainey goes too, to cover the story.
Spending a month filming in the stunning Spanish countryside, soaking up the sights, sounds, smells and of course the cuisine, Lainey and Rick start to enjoy each other’s company. But their time together flies by too quickly, and before they know it, Rick and Lainey have to face going their separate ways.
With both their worlds shifting beneath them, the call of Andalucia and the call of happiness grows ever stronger. But with everything at stake, will they be able to take the chance of a happy-ever-after…
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BookTrail and discover a monastery in Cordoba and Andalucia
The author writes in her author note that ‘The setting often inspires the story’ and then explains how she once stayed at the hotel that the story is based on.
The hotel was the Hotel Monasterio de San Fransciso in Palma del Rio (Cordoba) and this totally enchanted Lucy who immediately knew she wanted to write about it.
The Monastery passed into the secular hands of the family who now run the hotel and they set about restoring it. You can stay here for real and the author recommends the wonderful food there. She saw more of the place than is open to the public but you get a good sense of the place and time!
Palace de Portocarrero
This is a living project and the author says her visit was very memorable. The palace and gardens are captivating she writes and they transported her back to another time and place.
Castle of Almodovar del Rio
Lucy and her husband visited here as part of her research and loved it
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Summer in Andalucía
Destination/location: Andalucia, Cordoba Author/guide: Lucy Coleman Departure Time: 2000s
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