The Catalunya Chronicle
May 2010

British Consulate to visit El Perelló – now postponed »

El Perelló and Torroella de Montgri Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances the British Consulate open events planned to take place El Perelló and Torroella de Montgri have been postponed. Open…

2010-05-11 / No Comment / Read More »

TO BEE OR NOT TO BEE? »

THAT IS THE question….. Or maybe it’s the question we should be asking ourselves, but over a lazy luxurious breakfast in the sun, one morning last week, the…

2010-04-30 / 1 Comment / Read More »

Health »

WHEN WE HEAR talk about cereals we automatically think of breakfast cereals and associate it with a cardboard box. However, we are talking about grain wheat and rice, as they…

2010-04-30 / No Comment / Read More »

TALES FROM THE EBRO RIVER VALLEY »

BY ROSIE REAY ONCE AGAIN MY writings take on a two prong route. The first is light hearted and the second is on a more serious note. Country images  Sprawled out on…

2010-04-30 / 4 Comments / Read More »
May 2010

British Consulate to visit El Perelló – now postponed »

El Perelló and Torroella de Montgri Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances the British Consulate open events planned to take place…

2010-05-11 / No Comment / Read More »

TO BEE OR NOT TO BEE? »

THAT IS THE question….. Or maybe it’s the question we should be asking ourselves, but over a lazy…

2010-04-30 / 1 Comment / Read More »

Health »

WHEN WE HEAR talk about cereals we automatically think of breakfast cereals and associate it with a cardboard box. However,…

2010-04-30 / No Comment / Read More »

TALES FROM THE EBRO RIVER VALLEY »

BY ROSIE REAY ONCE AGAIN MY writings take on a two prong route. The first is light hearted and the second…

2010-04-30 / 4 Comments / Read More »

MUNCHIE ALARM »

THE MUNCHIE IS a light-hearted jovial creature, that has an uncanny ability, even in the depths of deep dark depression,…

2010-04-30 / No Comment / Read More »

THE CALÇOTADA FIESTA »

LA CALÇOTADA LENDS its name to the communal celebration of the calçots – leek-sized spring onions, blackened over open fires…

2010-04-30 / No Comment / Read More »

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Interviews

TALES FROM THE EBRO RIVER VALLEY »

BY ROSIE REAY. It never ceases to amaze me when I find a local, quietly spoken person who has such hidden depths in artistic skills literally living on my doorstep in the Lower Ebro Valley. An English gent that hails originally from Kent and then from…

2010-06-29 / No Comment / Read More »

Joan Rovira – Acoustik »

Joan Rovira picked up the guitar at age 7, he had music lessons and went on to play the saxophone. I asked whether he comes from a musical family. “No”, he replied, “but my grandfather, whom I never knew, always played the harmonica”. He…

2010-06-01 / No Comment / Read More »
Sports

TALES FROM THE RIVER BANK

FISHING MATCH REPORT – BY MIKE SMITH OUR FIRST FISHING match was held on Thursday 10th June on one of the canals on the Delta, not far from Sant Carles de la Ràpita. Unfortunately, it did…

2010-06-29 / Read More »
Entertainment

EL DELTA DE L’EBRE

BY JENNIFER FIGUEROLA The delta of the River Ebro, in the province of Tarragona, is the main coastal delta on the Iberian peninsula and one of the largest in the Med. It was once considered a micro-tidal…

2010-06-29 / Read More »
History

A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME PART 4

THE ADVENT OF THE MOORS & THE CULTURAL CHANGING OF A NATION In the last episode (part 3, June issue) we learnt of the times of the Visigoths and the ‘dark age’ of Spain. Dark age because…

2010-06-29 / Read More »
Munchie

MUNCHIE REPLIES TO LUCKY

In response to : A post here Dear Lucky, Thank you for your letter and welcome to letters to the editor. The Chronicat, The Munchie and me, are delighted that you still have the ability to find the…

2010-06-29 / Read More »
Angling

TALES FROM THE RIVER BANK

FISHING MATCH REPORT – BY MIKE SMITH OUR FIRST FISHING match was held on Thursday 10th June on one of the canals on the Delta, not far from Sant Carles de la Ràpita. Unfortunately, it did…

2010-06-29 / Read More »
Animals

Munchie Meditation

I’m sure you’ll all recognise that moment of complete peace and relaxation, somewhere between dozing and wakefulness: silence, stillness, weightless contentment. O what bliss that must be. You can forget it when you share your home…

2010-06-01 / Read More »
Food

HOW TO READ FOOD LABELS

BY ARANCHA COROMINA THERE IS AN ever growing variety of processed and packaged foods, and it’s becoming more difficult to decide what to buy. Packaged food labels provide useful information to consumers that allow them, besides knowing the…

2010-06-29 / Read More »
Home & Garden

GARDENING IN CATALUNYA

A question often asked by gardeners coming to Catalunya, is which plants and flowers are best suited to growing here with a limited water supply ? SEVEN YEARS AGO in May 2003, we bought our lovely little…

2010-06-29 / Read More »

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