It is weekend and the tiling and grouting inside is done and dusted on this finca and I can look forward to another enjoyable day out meeting and greeting new and old friends at Casa Madera’s Car Boot Sale this Sunday. In November I saw my first attempt ever as having a stall and what…
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1100 watt Power Invertor for sale at 95 Euros !
Absolutely brand new and still in the box! It is unbelievable that it is for sale at 95 Euros. This is just so ideal for use on “fincas” without electricity. A power source that will give some peace and quiet. You can stop running the generator at night. (Only the dogs snoring to keep you…
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…
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…
Luciano Pavarotti and Jane Tomlinson- dual inspiration to us all.
From years in convent school days attending boring, soul-screeching, cure for insomniacs- type operas (but, hey I got a day out of school!), I never ever dreamed I would be converted to love operas. Then this wonderful tenor voice of Luciano Pavarotti was everywhere. This profound voice and captivating, smiling, warm face was on television,…
European Day of Jewish Culture – Tortosa -2nd September 2007
The Paths of Sepharad organisation welcomed Tortosa as a member way back in 1998.Since then they have held different activities throughout their calendar year with the focal point being to defend the urban, historic, artistic and cultural heritage of the Sepharic legacy in Southern Catalonia in Spain. Read more about their activities in Catalan at:…
THE BEST MEDIEVAL FIESTA IN CATALONIA STARTS TODAY
Roll up! Roll up! The quaintest market sellers from Medieval times gone by, will line the evening streets of the old, medieval part of Tortosa – the riverside town, along the Ebro. See our wares, come and stare, artisan their craft will share, many products to compare, try not to buy, I thee do dare,…