Great!!! We are enjoying the opportunity to layback for a whole calendar week. Everything in the country is kept especially quiet this week because both, the 6th and 8th of December, are Bank Holidays. This year, these dates are on Tuesday and Thursday, which gives to thousands of Spaniards an exc
So Rajoy has won, sort of, by default. It has been presented as a crushing victory for the Conservative PP in Spain but if we look behind the veneer of an absolute majority in Parliament there are a few things that we notice. Firstly, the Party that increased its vote by most was the UPD by over
11.22.2011 | Business, Guests, Life | admin
As a general rule, Spanish people love paperwork and jumping through hoops, so I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised that after seven months of filling out forms and hoop jumping that I was required to fly back to the consulate in Chicago in order to retrieve my family’s visas. What made i
11.15.2011 | Guests, Life | admin
No matter what country you celebrate Halloween in, for the last few years it has come to mean little more than collecting as much chocolate and goodies as you can carry. Nowadays kids are less interested in the tricks and more intent on the treats. You would be wise to prepare for the onslaught an
10.28.2011 | children, Guests, Life | admin
I will always remember the first time I set eyes on Malaga airport. I landed age 16, for my first holiday in Spain, and the marble façade was turning a warm shade of pink in the evening sun. I had an overwhelming feeling that I would definitely be back here to live. That holiday is what pro
Driving the best car or having the right clothes is no longer important to Dave Bull (clearly) and here he explains why he’s dumped Ralph Lauren and SAAB in favour of Juan’s discount stall at the Sunday market and a scooter... Just before I left the UK I felt I had it all. I drove a nice Rang
Sharon Bird, (aka my mum!) speaks to Andy Cameron about his charity walk from Rome to Ronda. This interview gets to the nitty gritty about how he plans to raise money and continue the project once the walk is over.
Starting the 10th of April, I'll be walking from Rome in Italy, back to Ronda my home town, with the aim of collecting 50,000 euros to start a foundation in Andalucia to provide desperately needed financial assistance to families with very ill children. I'm Andy Cameron, and I live in Ronda, and
03.10.2011 | Guests, Life | admin
On moving to Spain 6 years ago, the one thing my husband and I were determined on, was that our children would have a Spanish School education, this was for a few reasons. We were moving to Spain, to embrace the whole culture,and provide our children with an insight in another way of life .
10.22.2010 | children, Education, Guests, Relocation | admin
