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…
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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!…