Do I write or do I weed?

When I first moved to the Ebro River Valley I felt starved of intellect momentus. I craved discussion and debate outside the normal Expat lament of dodgey builders and not quite British building materials. I soon tired of eavesdropping and hearing the character assasinations of fellow expats, “If you are a fisherman first by definition, then of course you are a bona fide brickey, plumber, sparkey or lumberjack!”

Miss Sunday shopping? English goodies available this Sunday.

Dreading the queues and crowds of Saturday supermarket dash in the Lower Ebro Valley or Montsia? Well lets lighten your load today. This Sunday is the 2nd Sunday of month, when the amicable Brian Parkins holds his gathering of the Expats and locals at Casa Madera, off Camino Terrapico for his International social club, on…

EbroAds.com is proud to present Ebro.TV.

An initiative to promote the diversity of the Ebro region and also to build stronger community links has arrived.The new website, Ebro.TV, has been launched as a place to share videos, audio, photo’s, news and stories about the Ebro River Valley and Delta. This is not just for the English community. This is for everyone!…

Expoebre:Fira de Tortosa – a “platform of opportunities”

The president  Ricard Forés has announced that the 65th Lands of the Ebro fair (as it is better known across Tarragona)  has a two pronged focus. The first is to provide the maximum attractiveness to make the journey for the multi-cultural communities to this fair worthwhile and pleasant in these difficult economic times. Secondly, the…

Are Ryanair building a latrine for themselves?

Everywhere I turn over the last week whenever Ryanair is mentioned, up pops the topic, “Ryanair to charge to use the loo! What do I think? ” The aviation marketing guru of www.Simpliflying.com beggars the question on www.LinkedIn.com; “Is this good PR or bad marketing?” Well, it certainly has shaken the network of Ryanair’s frequent…

Empty trailer going back to Cheshire on Monday – 19th November

Have you anything you want transporting back to England on Monday 19th November 2007?  (There may be a levy if it is your “mother-in-law”…) You may have borrowed some equipment from your old neighbour back in the UK who is requesting its prompt return ? Maybe grandma is going to be surprised with a huge object for Christmas…

The autumn fall is here where “No job is to small”

Summer is over and we have recovered from the onslaught of visitors. The weather is still fine and those much needed jobs can still be done before Christmas. The dip pool was fine this summer, but how much better to have a larger pool dug out for you? Help is at hand. We know just…

“Rice Festival” – Amposta – 1st October until 30th October 2007

The gastronomy fair for Rice Festival in l ‘ Ampolla, finishes on the 8th October. So you still have a few days left to try out the tasty dishes there, while enjoying the beauty and tranquillity of the marina. Whereas, the Rice Festival of an equally high and exhalted standard of true delights of gastronomical…

Too good to hurry – at Murray´s

The friendly Londoners have now opened “Murrays” in the Sabeco complex in Tortosa, (off the C12 and near Hotel Corona´s roundabout.) Terry and Jackie are the smiling faces that will greet you with a warm welcome. They have been up and running for just five young weeks, but are doing very well after making lots…