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…
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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!…
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…
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…
International Pottery & Ceramic fair in La Galera, Montsià – 1st to 3rd May
(Feria de la Alfarería y Cerámica, La Galera Del 1 de mayo al 3 de mayo) La Galera MONTSIÀ, borders on our delightful Catalonia and is easily accessible from all the arterial routes as displayed on the Google map. During the days of fair it is reported than more than eighty exhibitors of pottery and…
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…
Warm up your day!Book a bargain flight before midnight, tonight on EasyJet
Warm up your cold fingers and nab yourself a 25% discounted flight on:www.easyjet.com They declare “25% off every seat, every route every day on flights from 1st March to 30th June”. This is a double whammy as they include Easter and UK School Half-term holidays. An opportunity not to be missed in these Crisis times….
A Saturday in November
Lovely clear sunny Saturday and the wind at a comfortable calm, but the beauty of the day is interrupted with the peppered sound of hunting guns ..”Run Rabbit run..” This is a busy time for all who live on, or farm in the Lower Ebro Valley. Wherever you go you will see on a weekend…
What have you been doing today?
If you knew me in back in UK or South Africa would you would just not believe what I have been doing today! In fact I am still “gob smacked” myself. I still don´t believe it! …picking up garden snails….. No, not because of any concern for my plants or the eco-balance in my overgrown,…