This is a short introductory podcast to an extended subscriber version.

This podcast was lots of fun to make.

When I was in Southern Spain many years ago I remember eating a Paella by the sea, made by an old lady in a beach side restaurant. There was nothing special about the restaurant at all. The decor wasn't modern, or trendy, indeed it was a very old fashioned place. Almost forlorn looking. But what attracted me was the smell wafting out the doors. Oh, it was fantastic. I knew the seafood was fresh, because the fishing boats were sitting almost directly outside the restaurant and it occurred to me that the owners of the restaurant also owned the fishing boat.

I don't speak Spanish but in Portuguese seafood translates as 'fruits of the sea'. A far more elegant description don't you agree?

So, I sat down and had a wonderful few hours sitting by the sea eating Paella, served to me straight out of the pan. Oh, my goodness, what a wonderful experience.

Well somehow it all flooded back to me when I was writing this lesson. So, I thought let's include Paella in the script. So, I did.

The subscriber version is a study of the present perfect, vocabulary for the Paella, and the many verbs used in cooking a Paella from Spain. With lots of pictures of course. Oh my goodness!