Thank you for your comment, Tim! Participating in a paella workshop is an excellent way to bring that authentic Spanish flavor into your home. If you have the opportunity, I highly recommend trying out a Spanish cooking class!

I’ve gone to a great deal of time, trouble and expense gathering together the right ingredients and then sadly the paella doesn’t seem quite right. I need to do a paella workshop.

My wife rushes about with her to do list ticking off all the sights she wants to see and all the things she wants to and it can all become too rushed.

Sitting down at a craft workshop and talking to people enhances the travel experience.

Though it works both ways, my husband had always thought he had it in him to be a F1 driver. After getting lapped by a couple of other drivers on the Brooklands track he realised after all that he hadn’t missed his vocation.

Thanks for commenting Natasha! An espadrilles workshop is a fantastic choice!

Thanks for the comment Jen! It sounds like you had an incredible time in Lisbon. Art workshops can definitely add a special touch to travel, combining learning and creativity! I hope you get the chance to experience Barcelona’s workshops soon!

I talked to the teachers throughout the morning and there was a travel writer at the workshop on her last day in the city. I was on my second day and she gave me plenty of good tips on what to do and where to go for the rest of my stay.

To cap it all I had a half-decent piece of art, an impression of one of the Portuguese navigator’s ships, to take home too.

Next stop then a Barcelona art workshop!