Did the first of my weekly segments with Richard and Carmel at Spectrum FM this morning. Discussed a number of things including: Facebook, Twitter, The Blog and the recent article on FREE WiFi and Newspapers in Bars and Cafe’s.
Almerimar Life On Spectrum FM: 2 March 2010
March 2nd, 2010Jornada de Pulpo at Restaurante La Soleá: 1st to 15th March 2010
February 26th, 2010Sands and I recently had the opportunity to pre taste and preview the Jornada de Pulpo at Restaurante La Soleá that they will be running from the 1st March through until the 15th March.
During this period they will be offering a variety of raciones size pulpo (octopus) dishes for only 7€ per dish, including:
Confit [...]
Mayoress of Mojácar on Spectrum FM
February 24th, 2010
It was a big day yesterday at Spectrum FM in Mojácar, not only did Richard have the pleasure of my company as we sorted out the details of my weekly segment, but he also had the not insignificant first ever interview on a British radio station of the Mayoress of Mojácar, Rosa Maria Cano.
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Nespresso Magimix M190
January 11th, 2010As you know every kitchen in Spain needs a decent coffee machine, and we are now on our third one. The first two were what I would call a reasonable quality and used both the sachets and the pre-ground coffee, but with both the seals eventually went and the machines started to spew water when [...]
AUAN Almería Protest March: 11 Jan 2010 Live Updates
January 11th, 2010Updated 1600: back from Almeria and have updated this post with the actual content that was streamed or posted direct from the march. The weather was warm and sunny so was certainly over dressed. Now I have a ton of photos and video to go through
Today is the AUAN Protest March in Almería. It [...]
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
December 22nd, 2009I mean it, I really do mean Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year …… NOT Happy Holidays, Seasons Greetings, Festive Happiness or whatever the current politically correct clap trap is these days!
I really don’t care what your religion is, how you celebrate (or don’t) Christmas, and how you decide to greet people and wish [...]
Christmas Book Sale
December 20th, 2009Thought I would post a few photos from the Christmas Book, CD and DVD sale yesterday at the Ankara. It was wet and cold, but there was still a good turn out, and the excellent mulled wine and mince pies certainly helped add to the Christmas feel. Am sure Sands will provide an update on [...]
2009 Browning Classic
December 13th, 2009Last week Idris invited me along to his annual birthday golf day, the 2009 Browning Classic, to take some photographs of both the golf and the party afterwards at the D-Bar.
It was his 79th birthday, and as ever he put on a great day, and had a great turn out.
Birthday Boy
The [...]
Expat Living: In Hindsight
November 16th, 2009I recently recieved this email and article from Peter Jones, a Expat currently Living In Spain, having lived the Expat Life for over 30 years now.
I visited Almerimar once, about 17 years ago, visiting some friends who had moored up for the winter. I enjoyed my stay, but to be honest had forgotten all about [...]
Visiting The Alhambra Palace In Granada
November 7th, 2009Never one to rush things, it only took us about 6 years to finally visit The Alhambra Palace In Granada! It was certainly worth a visit, and was easy enough to book (For details on How To Book The Alhambra Palace check out this Forum post) and to find it use this Way point (N37 [...]
Does Moving To Spain Make You More British?
November 2nd, 2009As I sit here in Almerimar with a glass of Faustino VII Rioja in hand, enjoying some excellent Manchego Cheese and Chorizo for Tapas, watching the sun drop into a perfectly still Mediterranean sea, with the cats stretched out on the balcony enjoying the last of a perfect October days sun, I must confess that [...]
Paperwork Required to Fly Your Pets to Spain
October 30th, 2009We are having another guest week here on Almerimar Life. This time we have lined up Linda Craik to provide some great content:
I often get asked questions about how easy it was to fly my two cats from the UK into Spain when I moved here six years ago. Easy is certainly [...]
How To Fly Your Pets To Spain
October 29th, 2009We are having another guest week here on Almerimar Life. This time we have lined up Linda Craik to provide some great content:
I flew my cats via British Airways who I have to say were excellent. They had to fly in a special aircraft which had a section between the passenger cabin and [...]
Tips On Flying To or From Almeria
October 28th, 2009We are having another guest week here on Almerimar Life. This time we have lined up Linda Craik to provide some great content:
Because a number of airlines have cancelled routes as part of a general cost cutting exercise, you can now get scheduled and charter flights from six different UK Airports. [...]
Moving To Malaga as a Spaniard
October 27th, 2009We are having another guest week here on Almerimar Life. This time we have lined up Roberto Rodriguez to provide some great content:
Moving to Spain is a topic that has been discussed,written about and even televised to quite a large extent now, which I am sure many of you reading this will agree. However, i [...]
Traveling By Bus In Almeria
October 26th, 2009We are having another guest week here on Almerimar Life. This time we have lined up Linda Craik to provide some great content:
The buses in Almeria operate regular services from the central bus station to towns and cities including, Aguadulce, Granada, Guadix, Jaen, Roquetas, Lanjaron, Castell del Ferro and Cabo de Gata.
There [...]
