by Oliver Benet Unwilling to deceive anyone, I must say the town made no sense, scattered apartment blocks, dirt everywhere and natives looking at us…
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Barcelona diaries – Food-ball 2
Published 22 March 2022 by Vangelis
by Oliver Benet Something that has not changed during the years, is the sense of nervousness I feel the day before going to watch my…
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Published 15 February 2022 by Vangelis
by Oliver Benet The beginning of the century was not a time I am very proud of. Just like the Mayas who knew they were…
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Published 3 January 2022 by Vangelis
by Oliver Benet … Starting the first week as the school chef was frankly harsh. The kitchen, as I said in previous chapters, was a…
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Published 16 November 2021 by Vangelis
by Oliver Benet Despite going from cooking for 60 people at the restaurant where I worked, to a staggering 600 meals at the school, I…
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Published 7 October 2021 by Vangelis
by Oliver Benet That Friday, March 13th 2020, was when my alarm went off. I could sense a strange feeling in the air as if…
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Published 7 June 2021 by katerina
by Oliver Benet In the south of Catalonia, near the historic city of Tarragona, we find the small city of Valls, a city that when…
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Published 8 April 2021 by Vangelis
by Oliver Benet In many countries around the world, we can see how important breakfast is. One of the most typical cases, if we are…
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Published 20 February 2021 by Vangelis
by Oliver Benet You don’t have to be genious to realize that this year 2020 has been a damned year. So clearly, I start this…
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