Euro Weekly News | Chris Marshall
I FEEL that the noise in Spain is one of its defining features: the honking of horns in celebration, the late night chatter in the streets, the family fun in the community pools, the late night music emitting from the bars into the early evenings. It was with some concern, and…
I AM returning to the subject of obesity again this week as I take a look at Life in Spain, and in particular the headlines and news that caught my eye. I know it is only a few weeks since I penned some thoughts on Obesity, and the argument for banning…
OVER the last couple of weeks we have had a "situation" with our car, that in many ways sums up perfectly what living in Spain can be like. First the accident: a guy reversed into the car while Sands was driving. She had pulled out of a parking space and was…
MANY years ago I was involved with a company that told me that they were always quiet in December. Investigation quickly explained why: all their stores shut for two weeks over the Christmas period! It transpired that in their early days the initial stores had struggled over this period and had…
I READ recently that if things carry on the way that they are going then by the year 2030 the entire Spanish Coast will be damaged or at the very least adversely affected by human activities.
WALKING along the beach the other evening in Almerimar a couple of things sprang to mind: that the summer really does end rather abruptly for the Spaniards which is a real shame as September is one of the best months in my experience, and that once again we had really…
Bit of a gamble this article. A while back I was invited into to take some photographs of the new Almerimar Golf Clubhouse prior to its official opening.
Now let me get one thing clear: I am not a thin chap! I carry a fair bit of timber, have more parts of my body that are 'heading south' than is probably good for me, and up until a couple of years enjoyed the occasional *cough* social cigarette or…
I READ that the Ministry of Industry and Commerce in Spain were claiming that foreign tourists to Spain spent on average €90 a day during July, and that this was the third consecutive month that the average spend had increased.
I have written before about how easy it has been to blame the recession for the number of expatriates that have had to return home; I said then and will repeat again, that I don't doubt that for one minute it has been a huge factor, particularly the effect the…
THEY say that no publicity is bad publicity but I somehow doubt that President Obama and the First Lady Michelle are signing up that theory at the moment. Just a few months ago, the president, while sitting with local business owners in Florida during a visit to the state, urged Americans…
BACK in the day, as they would say in America, when I was young, full of enthusiasm and embarking on the career path to nowhere I always used to feel that the day before you went on holiday would be the best day to be coming back to work after,…
DEJAR ESPACIO ‘PRINCIPAL’ PARA FILLERS DE NOTICIAS Cabezera como siempre WE are well and truly in the middle of what must be the maddest month of the year in Spain. Up the road in Mojacar friends are moaning daily about the increased traffic, and the fact that a 15 minute…
I HAVE been in reflective mode recently, with much time spent reflecting on the soundtracks of summers past. What has prompted this reflection? In one word: Radio, in two words: Internet Radio, and in three words: iPod Downloading Podcasts. Like most people of my generation my early relationship with the radio focussed…
DOES anything demonstrate the way the times have changed more clearly than what we pack to go on holiday these days? For my 40th birthday, sometime ago it must be said, my father created a brilliant collage of photographs from my first 40 years. It is in our hall and I…
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