“Building on all the positive feedback from reviewers around the world, Foden Press today announces the release of their first two kids titles in full print format. Rosie Reay’s delightful voice of The Chimona Chronicles as the critters of Okanagan Lake come alive can now be enjoyed in print worldwide.” 19 November Press release San…
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Overseas information filters more slowly.
“The Central Office of Information, … overseas government advertising and marketing campaigns, is estimated to have lost almost half its budget for this year, with warnings that staff will be cut by two-fifths.” So guys don’t expect the normal six weeks turnaround on your letters or phone calls. The Uk Government doom and gloom cuts…
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…
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…
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!”
La Diada de Sant Jordi!
La Diada de Sant Jordi! Saint George or Sant Jordi in Catalan is a lovable and chivalrous gent who is the patron saint of Catalonia and Saint George in England. Although I am sure today Saint George’s day is celebrated in a far less romantic style in the UK to that of Barcelona’s medieval hero….
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Strastopheric sky-high fees for flyers or how to avoid them.
Read and subscribe to Martin´s free email weekly tips via http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/tips Martin Lewis is the man with his fingers on the money pulse in the UK and this also benefits Expats in the EU. In his latest newsletters he highlights travel issues exorbitant flight fees and add-ons. http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/travel/2010/04/ryanair-hikes-baggage-charges-and-plans-toilet-fee. I was rather bemused to read that…