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…
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Are Ryanair building a latrine for themselves?
Everywhere I turn over the last week whenever Ryanair is mentioned, up pops the topic, “Ryanair to charge to use the loo! What do I think? ” The aviation marketing guru of www.Simpliflying.com beggars the question on www.LinkedIn.com; “Is this good PR or bad marketing?” Well, it certainly has shaken the network of Ryanair’s frequent…
Baushaus and Chocolate -Reus Tarragona
Yesterday, saw us driving up to Reus Airport with the Mediterranean sun burning the cheeks of hubby dear, while I fought to keep the car in the correct lane on the AP7 motorway and avoid high-sided juggernauts, swaying precariously as they were battered by these mountain winds. Boy oh boy, those crosswinds can be scary!…
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…
Affordable, self-catering holidays in Tiveyns where the garden dips its toes into the wonderful Ebro River.
You won’t find better prices anywhere else along the Ebro River. These introductory prices won’t last for ever. The Catfish season starts ‘hotting’ up around the 15th March and the River guides book up early in “catfish on the table ‘ season (if anyone of you recall the song). Besides, now is the time to…
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…
“The Olive Press” magazine, the second one is now out with 40 pages
“The Olive Press” has already extended to 40 pages and this is only their second edition. This magazine is geared not only for the Lower Ebro Valley, but seems to cover the North-East corner of Spain. So it is with interest I can read about the Zarragoza Expo 2008; the El Bulli Restaurant near Girona and…
Tortosa snapshots – spy in the sky …
I stumbled upon a nifty little site : http://resimajans.com/tortosa.html that portrays various sites relating to Tortosa. It depicts this blog one and www.Brighterspain.com. I was a little wary on entering this site as I wasn´t sure if it was one of those “naughty girlie” sites. When you google the meaning of “Resimajas” it comes up as ‘girls’. …
Cheap flights to Reus airport from Scotland now available
I was surprised to discover how many airports in Scotland do actually offer cheap flights into Reus Airport. Reus airport is in Catalonia and between Reus and Tarragona towns. Do not be misled where some airlines depict destination as “Reus Airport (Barcelona)”. It is no where near Barcelona and if that is your destination and…
Cherry festival in Pauls, (near Xerta) is also on tomorrow.
Gosh! I was longing to do something different today and forgot all about this wonderful fiesta in Pauls, near Xerta just off the C12. The good news is: it is on for two days 31May to 1st June. So pop along tomorrow if you missed out on it today. Everyone who goes to this fiesta…