Travel these days seems as much a case of planning with military precision your baggage allowance, check in options, airport hotels and airport parking, and what food to take onboard to avoid the horrendous costs (and quality) of on board food, as it is a case of getting from A to B.
When I [...]
Avoid Excess Baggage Charges
January 28th, 2010Cheap Holidays
November 25th, 2009I am sure that pretty much everyone knows by now that if you are looking for cheap holidays a good place to start is with cheap last minute holidays, and if you are looking for a cheap holiday in Spain you can do a lot worse than pick up one of the cheap villa holidays [...]
An Old Fool’s 9 Tips for Choosing the Perfect Spanish Property
October 13th, 2009This is our first guest blogger week! Out first guest is Victoria Twead, who will be posting a article each day for the next five days. Our thanks to Victoria! Enjoy her writing, she is very good!!!
Moving to another country is a huge decision. I know because I’ve done it. In our case, it [...]
5 Things A Spanish Kitchen Must Have
September 29th, 2009The Spanish love their food! They love the buying of the food, the preparation of the food and the consumption of their food. One thing that we have noticed is that there is very little difference between the type of food consumed at home to in a restaurant. A reason for this is the simplicity [...]
A guide to choosing an international school
May 6th, 2009Expat parents can feel overwhelmed when it comes to selecting the best school for their child. Here are a few useful tips on finding the right fit.
Have received a number of emails and tweets recently asking about selecting schools as an Expat, so I thought this article may be of interest:
When it comes down [...]
Pepperoni Pizza From The Mercadona
April 20th, 2009I am not a huge Pizza fan. I like it very occasionally, but generally only eat Pepperoni Pizza. My all time favourite pizza place is Alberto’s on Tampa Road in Clearwater, Florida. Bit of a story behind it actually ….
Sands and where on a flight over to Tampa many many years ago and [...]
Expat Living In Almerimar – Find An Interest
April 5th, 2009
Making the most of your Expat life depends very much on getting an interest, or hobby!! I have had a really interesting and long chat this week with a couple who are thinking of moving out to Spain. They aren’t sure if it will be Almerimar or not, but have been reading the site for [...]
Almerimar Life Podcast 090322 – Expat Living: Eating in Spain
March 22nd, 2009Since I have started using Twitter a lot more I have got more questions than ever before on the expat lifestyle here in Spain, why we moved, how we adapted and how we get on with the culture.
One of the most popular questions is always about the hours we eat here in Spain. In this [...]
Be Careful At ‘Guardia Civil’ Check Points
February 11th, 2009Received this ‘warning’ along with a request to ‘use the power of the internet’ to let as many people as possible know:
The other day, a senior police officer, Sr. Manuel Piedrabuena, told a police conference about a new activity of robbers on secondary roads.
This information comes from a good policeman who wants people throughout Spain [...]
Expat Living – How Do You Get Your News?
January 4th, 2009Over the last couple of weeks we have started buying the Sunday Times again, not for the news (all papers can only really print old news in this digital age), but for the aesthetic pleasure of sitting down and reading an article in a café while enjoying a cup of café con leche, a chat [...]
Almerimar Life Readers Question – Week 5
December 8th, 2008Here is our fifth Readers Question from Mary:
You seem to get a lot of comments overall, but posts that I thought would get a lot of comments don’t and vice versa. Can you explain that?
No!!! Actually I can explain it to some extent but if I (or any blogger) knew the answer then [...]
Almerimar Life Readers Question – Week Four
December 1st, 2008Here is our fourth Readers Question from Paul:
I liked your post on what the Foro should be doing next and your post on the need for businesses to change in Almerimar and it is obvious that a few businesses have been working with you on some great initiatives. In the current climate what would [...]
Almerimar Life Readers Question – Week Three
November 25th, 2008Here is our third Readers Question from Adrian:
I have noticed more and more video content over the last year on the blog. Is that intentional and can we expect to see more?
In a word, yes. It is however a bit of a double edge sword though. Capturing the video content is naturally easier than [...]
Almerimar Life Readers Question – Week Two
November 17th, 2008Here is our second Readers Question from Tracy:
Loved the Technology Behind Almerimar Life post you did. Am thinking of getting into blogging but have no where near that amount of technology. What do you suggest I need as a minimum?
Great question!
First up you don’t need anything like the amount of technology that we [...]
Almerimar Life Readers Question – Week One
November 10th, 2008Here is our first Readers Question from Andy:
Love the blog, but have you ever thought of adding a Forum?
Thought about it for all of 20 seconds! I have a number of’ ‘issues’ with forums in general:
They can give a distorted view. Best analogy is if you landed from Mars and went straight into a hospital. [...]
A Little Tip
November 1st, 2008If you are going to email me with a request that I post information about your site on the blog I strongly suggest:
You check the blog first to ensure that you are not offering something that we already offer i.e. I am not going to promote a competitor to any of our own commercial projects [...]
