Invitation/press release Presentation of a New Mountain Walking Guide 29 November, 19.30 at the Biblioteca Marcel•li Domingo, Tortosa English authors Philip and Vivien Freakley issue an open invitation to the launch in Catalunya of their guidebook: Mountain Walking in Southern Catalunya. Publisher: Cicerone Press August 2010. This is the first English language guide to walking…
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Fig -figa -higo-figue-feige or Figs in grammar!
It reads like a tongue twister that I was made to say over and over as child to try and overcome a bad stammer. Though this one is more of a fruity nature of calling a fig in different languages for Expats. Reading across it goes as: English, Catalan, Spanish , French and then German….
Fig harvesting Jesús style
Figs are very topical as we go into harvest festival and our black and green fruit are bursting in their fullness in the autumn sunshine. But what do you do with all this figgyness ripening all together? There is only so much fig jam you can make! Figgy pudding seems to sit well on the…
Cèdula in Catalan or Cédula in Spanish
Cèdula in Catalan or Cédula in Spanish – note the accent changes direction. Call a rose by any other name and it will smell as sweet. So they say, but this word cèdula smacks more of the horse muck – commonly used as mulch around it, than the sweet evening scent of budding roses along…
El dia del nen. El dia del llibre
Oh I wish I was a child today! Today is called Children’s Day around the world. In parts of the Spanish or Catalan speaking globe some may even call it “Festival of books” (for children). I just love an excuse to buy books. How much more wonderful that you give your children and other children…
Did you book one of those bargain Ryanair flights for October or one with EasyJet between 1stOct-16thDec 2009)?
You did? Fabulous. I was thrilled to see that Ryanair was still planning on flights into Reus from the more regional airports of Bristol and Liverpool. There has been a lot of grumbles about Ryanair slashing flights out of London – Stanstead (news reported 21st July) and Manchester (headlines 17th August) because the overheads at…
Saturday 22nd August in l’Ametlla de mar – for tastings of ‘arrossejat’ followed by a Dixi night in the fishing harbour
Fancy doing something different this evening? Good! So why not pop down to the seaside town of l’Ametlla de mar just off the AP7 & N340 or the train line of Barcelona- Valencia? August 22 # 17:00h Fish Market XXV Arrossejat Cookery Competition. Taste the arrossejat. August 22 # 23:00h Fishing Harbour Dixie night “La…
Who knows not where the wasp does wear its sting? In its tail. (Taming of the Shrew)
This saying sprang out of the blue yesterday while I was pegging out the washing in the Lower Ebro Valley . The pesky little enemy stung me on the side of my big toe, between the sandal straps, and I was hopping about wailing trying not to drop a wet double sheet in God’s fairest…
Wells catfishing coupled with a WELLer welcome
Rain, rain and more dismal weather seems to be in play for the British summer. So why not take a few days off and a have a short break in Southern Catalonia? There are so many local British airports now flying into our nearest airport at Reus, near Tarragona. Bristol is another one that has…
Barça, Barça football dreams plays on in California dreamland -Becks move aside!
Barcelona 2 – La Galaxy 1 Oh I love opening my emails first thing in the morning especially when one like this from Mountain View, CA, puts such a smile on my face. I shout,” Yeh . Copa lega champions!” (UEFA championn 2009) as I thump the desk and send splashes of good black coffee…