It seems pretty much a no-brainer doesn’t it? You have a house, villa, apartment, annex or whatever, that is standing empty for the most of the year and there are tourists who are looking for accommodation. Yes, a slice of that particular pie seems very appealing. So, you spruce it …
Yesterday, after a frantic morning doing last minute jobs and finishing the quarterly accounts, Keith got to Reus airport for his 4.20pm flight by the skin of his teeth. On the drive back home, I unavoidably killed a snake that was slithering across the road. On a fast road with …
One of the fun activities each year in the Summer Fiesta of Mora d’Ebre is the fancy- dress communal bike ride! Back in 2008 we decided to join in and now we can’t stop! (“We” being me, my neighbour Bev and her sister who often visits for fiesta week) Our …
Bones Festes a Tothom! Have a great fiesta everyone! For the entire programme in Catalan see the website of Mora d’Ebre Town Hall Tuesday 21st 17.00h Placa de Baix – Games for 10-15 yr olds ( particpants enter names by 20th at the Ajuntament) 21.30 Placa de Baix – fun …
I don’t intend to keep this blog live on the site because it’s not a very nice one. But, I’ve had a few friends and family asking me about our recent theft and repeating the story is getting tiresome. Hence, here is the account of what happened. Are our suspicions …
When you are in a different country to your own you expect that things will be different. To some extent you come prepared for different language, different food and different culture. But you know – it’s always the simple things that take you by surprise. Little everyday things that may …
Oh it was great fun getting through town today. Here in the old part of town we have a network of narrow streets. They were built with donkeys in mind not cars. A couple of years ago, after years of cars literally scraping past each other the town council introduced …
Permit me to let off steam… This morning we were due to go on a sea-bird watching trip. I was hoping to add a significant number of birds to my 2011 birding year. More than that I was looking forward to a few hours relaxation and calm after a horrible …
It was a snap decision to go out for a drive this morning. It was just too perfect a day to stay indoors doing housework or office work. So off went the computer. Camera, binoculars, water and a few other odds and ends were thrown into a bag and 10 minutes …
So, you think life in rural Spain is pretty quiet do you? Not much going on? Bit boring perhaps? Well, you’d be surprised! There’s barely a month goes by without some fiesta or celebration going on somewhere. But in the summer from the smallest village to the major cities – …