Olive picking over for the day – my aching knees sigh with relief. I sit for awhile outside our water well pump house, waiting for our water cisterne (tank) to fill up.It is still warm here with 20 degrees and it is only 4 o´clock, but that sneaky wind is drifting in. I could doze…
Author: Rosie Reay
Ebro Voice is the blog of author Rosie Reay to compliment her love of travel, languages, books and authors, history, research, local legends, news bits and bobs
, trends, reviews and other geographical and environmental information on this lovely L'Ampolla coastline, Ebro river valley and Ebro delta in Catalonia, almost midway between Barcelona and Valencia in Northeast Spain. There is a serious side to her research in promoting not only local business enterprises but her insatiable interest in the marketing, branding and etymology of global company and product names
Daylight Saving 28th October, 2007
We all remember, even if we are having a ‘senior moment’, the schoolroom chant for daylight saving of ” Spring forward -Autumn fall back ” or the next Saturday after the ides of March and October. Well, at one a.m. this morning in a slightly chilly, but beautiful moonlit hours of Southern Catalonia, the clocks…
Tortosa – 12a Fira del Vehicle d´Ocasio´ – 19 a 21 de Octubre
We may be rising to dark mornings and the evenings are drawing in now, in the Lower Ebro lands, but there are still fiestas about for us to enjoy. “EbreOKasia de Tortosa” will be on from the 19th, 20th and 21st October, 2007. This will be situated along the River Ebro on the olde Medieval…
Ulldecona – Terres del Ebre -let us eat out after the fiesta’s!
Ulldecona´s fiesta´s can make you really hungry! So go on and try out a few of their amazing restaurants. Don´t know which one to choose? Why not just wonder around and see which can accommodate you. Do expect them to be busy at this time of the year as even the locals will be dining…
Ulldecona – Fira de Sant Lluc – 18th to 21st October, 2007
Ulldecona is a town found in the south of Catalonia, in the comarque of Montsia. You may reach it off the N340 heading south past Amposta and Alcanar. If you are travelling out of Tortosa on the C12, you turn off at the roundabout to the right for Mas de Barberans and carry on past…
Empty Transit van leaving Tortosa 25th October for the UK
Stuart Sharples, an affable guy, is heading out of Aldover near Tortosa in Catalonia, for the UK with an empty transit van on 25th October. He is prepared to transport on behalf of you any goods of reasonable weight and size back to the UK. For the men who understand and still work in imperial measure (us…
Prat de Comte – Fiesta de l’aiguarent – eau de vie – fiesta of the liqour
12th / 13th / 14th October, 2007. Who says fiestas are over because summer is over? Now this is one little fiesta with a difference. It is being held for the VI time and is held in the smallest town in Terra Alta – Prat de Comte. “Prat de Comte” means the Count of the Meadow,…
“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…
Ironterra – Aquathalon of Terres de lÉbre – Ebro Delta -13th Oct
13th October 2007 Starts 10:00 and finishes 16:00 at Platja del Trabucador – Sant Carles de la Ra’pite How strong are you? How fast and how far can you swim and run? Not sure, not to worry just turn up and support those who have been hard at training. You will enjoy a good day…
Car Boot Sale -Expats Sunday Shopping culture – Tortosa
Car boot sales have become to us, such a hobby and an important part of our weekends. We no longer need suffer “carboots´ withdrawal symptons ” now we have relocated to Catalonia. We can now enjoy another one here on the outskirts of Tortosa, in Terrapico El Raval de Cristo this Sunday…