Caceres in the Globe and Mail

Watching storks come in for a landing here in Caceres feels a bit like rubbernecking. These large birds swoop out of the Mediterranean blue only to slam on their air brakes in an awkward battle against inertia. This emergency manoeuvre turns what was pure gliding elegance into an ungainly attempt to hit their mark, especially when their chosen landing pad is the impossibly slender spire atop one of the many Renaissance churches in this smallish city in southwestern Spain. I haven't seen one miss … yet

And so starts my walk with local Chef, Francis Refolio in one of the most beautiful, yet little known Spanish city, Caceres.

Special to the Globe and Mail.