About us.

Hello, and welcome to Proper Spanish Tapas. We are Steve and Carole and we live in Estepona, southern Spain. We are both British and we came to Spain in October 2003 to sort of semi-retire in the Mediterranean sunshine.

We sold our house in England and bought our villa here in Estepona as a 'restoration project'. It was structurally sound but it had had some fairly serious fire damage, as you can see below.

the start interior

It was just what we were looking for, a blank canvas. Little did we know! It took 11 months, a little blood, a lot of sweat and a few tears. But eventually it got finished and we settled down to enjoy our new, relaxed lifestyle.

To see it as it is now, have a look at villalaurel.com - it's for sale!

Then what did we do?

Obviously, living in Spain has allowed us to get out there and discover more about Spain, its people and the Spanish way of life. We have been fortunate enough to meet some lovely people and sample some pretty outstanding local food.

Neither of us were from a foody background but both of us love to cook and both of us love Spanish food. In the course of our travels, the seed was sown in our minds about the possibilities of creating a website about our favourite part of Spanish culture: Tapas.

That was in September 2005. I started working on the site in early 2006 and I suppose it took about six months to do all the research and get it up together. Obviously, over the years I've been adding to it and tweaking it for SEO purposes, but basically the main copy hasn't changed much since it went live.

And here it is!

This website is the result of our love of the Spanish way of life. It now sits at the top of Google for many keywords, including: 'spanish tapas' and 'tapas recipes'. As a website designer, I wanted to see if I could get it there above the likes of Wikipedia, etc. Partly for my own satisfaction and partly to show my clients that I know my stuff when it comes to helping them get their websites noticed!

To see what I might be able to do for you, please go to my Website Design website and have a look around.

Life in Spain.

So now here we are enjoying the warmth of the Spanish climate, writing, designing and basically doing what we want to do with our time. It's a nice life. It's not going to turn us into millionaires but, as they say, there's a lot more to life than money, my friend.

Drop us a line and say hello on the contact us page. We'll be happy to answer any queries you may have.

We hope you enjoy our site.

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