Port Aventura will this summer have 3 very differently, designed golf courses to excite all golfers and challenge their skills. At the same time they have been sensitive to the natural environment of wetlands and white pine woods. Instead of bulldozing away they have incorporated it into the designs. Something that Greg Norman, the famous…
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Go Karts at Karting Salou Adrenalin Park – Re-opens March 2009
Summer holidays are looming and we are thinking now of finding different things to do especially with bored teenagers. But parents and grandparents get bored to and are never too old to try something new and exciting. “Driving a Go Kart is a Cinch!” Just two pedals, accelerator and brake – how easy can that…
Bonsai -more than just a plant in a pot.
Today is overcast and does not encourage sitting outdoors with a book. So what can we do that is different? Why not take a short drive up or down towards Camarles (Tarragona) onto the N340 and turn off at the kilometre mark of 1093 into the wonderful world of “Mistral Bonsai”? You may not be…
Sunday Parky’s Casa Madera Carboot Social club
Hi folks, The wind has subsided and it promises to be a brilliant day. The carboot sale alias Parky’s social club is on the cards this morning. It is in the usual venue at Terrapica. However, there is a twist to this one today. It is free for all stall holders. So that gives you…
Catalonia is still open for Easter!
Happy Easter. ¡ Feliz pascau! Sabeco Supermarket is open 9.30am -9.30pm today and again resumes 6 days opening from Tuesday. Murrays´English cafe in Sabeco is open today and until late. New to the area, or feeling at a loss what to do or who to talk to? Pop in there for a brew, a snack…
Sheep shearing in San Bernabé, Tortosa
Oh yes! Rosie can no longer be referred to as a Wooolly sheep. My unruly locks have definitely gone. Whooppee! No more tangled knots to comb out first thing in the morning. No longer do I have a thick blanket of hair making me even hotter as I sleep. No longer do I have to…
I wish I had found her sooner!
We have all been there! Moved out to Catalonia in Spain and started a whole new life. We have found the property, which will involve the next 5 years in “doing up” and are trying to settle down to a daily routine in living in a strange, wonderful but some daunting new town, village or…
Be careful what is offered free at a car boot sale!
Yesterday, was a glorious sunny day down here in the Lower Ebro Valley and the old Vauxhall had been loaded up the night before, for another entrepid morning at Parky’s car boot sale at Casa Madera Club, near Tortosa. Mom was up early and full of the joys of spring, Alan was following on later…
Parkys Carboot sale is on today at Terrapica
Newsflash! Parky’s traditional monthly car boot sale is on this morning. Follow the signposts from Roquetes and Ravel de Crist. Though this car boot sale is not on the grand scale of those sprawled across English fields, yet this one is so friendly. New to the area, passing through, visiting or have been settled awhile…
Sultan Indian Restaurant & Take Away Deliveries in Tortosa!!!
Sultan Restaurant and wonderful Pak -Indian take way and deliveries. Now under New Management!!! The Sultan have taken over the original Indian eatery down in the old part of Tortosa town. The chef Tanveer Hussain has had many wonderful years presenting delightful Indian food in the top restaurants across Manchester and Glasgow in the…