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!…
Category: Hints for settlers
Words, beautiful words…Creative Writing Workshops
Valerie Collins of “In the Garlic” fame is working alongside another British writer, Nicola Thornton and have vacancies for their “Creative Writing Workshop” on June 6th, 2009 in Barcelona. The venue is only a few minutes walk from Passeig de Gràcia railway station. Please contact them for more details on: bestwriterbcn@gmail.com This is there last…
Labou is out on DVD today!
Wow! It is ages since a cute little, lovable character has come onto our screens to capture the hearts of every child and their family like ET did. Now he has competition . There is a new kid on the block – or should I say swamp? Labou is here. It is out on DVD…
Expoebre:Fira de Tortosa – a “platform of opportunities”
The president Ricard Forés has announced that the 65th Lands of the Ebro fair (as it is better known across Tarragona) has a two pronged focus. The first is to provide the maximum attractiveness to make the journey for the multi-cultural communities to this fair worthwhile and pleasant in these difficult economic times. Secondly, the…
May 1st. Día de trabajo. Labour Day
Don’t try to go shopping anywhere in Spain today. Everywhere is shut. Banks included. This is a national day for the Fiesta del Trabajo. Often referred to as “día de trabajadors” – the day of or for the workers. The Spanish are also notorious for taking the day in front or behind and tagging it…
Easter Week in Catalonia = Setmana Santa a Tortosa
So many British children merely associate Easter as a chance to indulge in a mound of Easter Eggs. Where they think their “street cred.” improves with the higher number of eggs received. When we first moved out to Catalonia we were hard pressed to find any decent eggs and were scouring around “English shops” along…
Who turned the sun off?
Well last week saw us eagerly packing away all our winter tracksuits and woollies and singing “Happy Days” as we donned our shorts and sunny tops. One glorious week of blissful hot days up in the 24 degrees. Oh, we are trully blessed to be living in this corner of Eden. What a shock when…
Victorian Bushfire Appeal 2009
181, at time of writing, have lost their lives. Others have lost everything -they have nothing, absolutely nothing. All their savings everything they owned,were tied up in their homes,. Families have been torn apart in death and loss, in this horrendous twist of forest fires and alledged arson. It is like the Australian Prime Minister…
Vibrant reading, straight talking, motivation, results
Steve Miller is just the sort of mentor everyone needs in today’ s world. Everyday you open the paper or switch on the telly and the news is depressing. Crisis, closures, financial ruin, re-possessions, cost of living hiking up higher and higher coupled with an awful exchange rate of the sterling to the Euro if…
Fresia’s Group carboot sale is on in El Perello -Sunday 28th September08
Please support the Fresia group´s carboot Autumn sale. The venue: outside Proxim store in the village of el Perello ( just off the N340). Sellers entrance fees: Cars = 5 euros; Cars and trailers = 7 euros; and Vans = 7 euros Set up time for stalls: 08:30 Open for the crowd rush : 09:30 – 2.00pm They are…