Farmstay By our guest blogger Sue (aka slightleynuts) Now we are living in our house it was a question of what to do with the caravan? A few people suggested offering it for rent. People might enjoy the experience off grid, or on small farm living abroad. Learning to live using solar power and no…
Category: Vacation Rentals
My two new books out just in time for Xmas
My publisher has been busy so now my new kid’s novel Has Anyone Seen Kelvyn? is out in both eBook/Kindle and print version. May take a while to trickle up on Amazon or other bookstores, but I have print copies if you want one, or you can order them from www.FodenPress.com. This is the third…
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!”
Correfoc -pyrotechnic celebration – 12th September -Tortosa
Don’t forget tomorrow 12 th September, 2009 when Correfoc will start at 20:30 in Tortosa English version The Correfoc is a pyrotechnic celebration, celebrated mostly in Catalonia. It has its roots in the “Ball de Diables” (devil dance) in the 12th century. In the Correfoc, the attendants participate more actively than in the “Ball de…
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…
Festes de la Cinta in Tortosa 5th -12th September 20009
Just when you think the fiestas are nearly all over we have a wonderful one in Tortosa with lots of activities going on in the main park, behind the police station. The dates are. 5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12 http://www.tortosa.cat/webajt/festes/cinta09/programa.asp The nights the Expats and tourists seem to enjoy the most is on Saturday 12th September at 20:30 http://www.tortosa.cat/webajt/festes/cinta09/programa/dissabte12.html…
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…
Cats enjoy there luxurious holidays at Claudia’s cat-retreat
It is always a big worry when we are travelling away from our homes in Spain as to where we can house our beloved cats. Maybe the neighbour is not that keen to look after them anymore. Dogs are easier to find kennels. But house sitters for cats are becoming impossible to find. We have…
I am tired of going to the same old, same old beaches. I want variety.
I am not saying that these beaches that I regularly visit are not glorious. Rather I am bored with them. I want to try somewhere different but not where I have to spend hours couped up travelling long distances in this summer heat. So where do I go? Do I go north from Terres del…
Little Britain 24-7.com
One no longer need groan at the exorbitant prices charged by so called “English” shops up and down Catalonia, there are some new guys on the blocks! Well, we welcome Tim and Elisa. We all become sun lounger lizards through these hot months and dread having to change just to go into town to shop….