Well it´s nice to be back in sunny Spain after spending five weeks in the very cold UK. Whilst I was there, I fished two matches; both times we had to break the ice to fish so I was really looking forward to getting back to some warmer weather – [...]
BY DANIELLE BARKHOUSE AN EXPAT’S JOURNEY OVER CULTURE SHOCK Well, that remark is something I can immediately relate to, though mine was on arrival in rural Catalonia and not India! Canadian born Danielle never set out to write a book. She merely started [...]
F1 practice in Jerez ahead of new season
The Jerez circuit saw all the big names testing their cars mid February for the forthcoming Grand Prix season with the focus of attention on old rivals Fernando Alonso, now with Ferrari, and Michael Schumacher staging his comeback with Mercedes. Other teams practising included McLaren, Sauber, Renault, Red [...]
Thank goodness that we no longer have to be woken up by the virtual 4th of July every week-end morning. We will be able to stop worrying about the safety of our cats, and other animals that may become caught up in the weekly ‘sport’. I have no problem with hunting [...]
Another month, the shortest one at that, has whizzed by. Now getting closer to warmer weather and looking forward to moving away from the heat source into the sunny outdoors. My mood will change once awaking to sun and warmth plus seeing the wonderful colours of spring.
At the beginning of the year I promised [...]
A Debt Repaid in many ways
We had arrived here in southern Catalonia full of enthusiasm, expectation and perhaps a little apprehension, to start a new life in the campo surrounded by olive and citrus trees. Our little finca, small in stature compared to the home we had left in England, [...]
BY ROSIE REAY
NEVER TOO OLD TO TACKLE ANOTHER LANGUAGE!
For years I have been put off by other Expats about taking up Catalan. Oh how I wish I had not listened to them and started studying it seriously many years afore. Now I am older, the brain is rustier and I have to now [...]
MORA D’EBRE , THE RIBERA D’EBRE REGION AND A BRIEF GLIMPSE INTO THE LIVES OF TWO BRITISH RESIDENTS
Jennifer Figuerola
Standing proudly on the banks of the Ebro and framed by the famous arched bridge, Mora d’Ebre has evolved into a bustling market town of 5000 inhabitants, its commodities serving many of the surrounding villages and [...]
Will be uploading the file shortly, in the meantime we will start to deliver the paper to all usual suspects.
Can now be found online
