We went to the Good Friday “General Procession of the Holy Burial of Christ” in Xàtiva yesterday. The procession lasted about two hours. Spain still maintains a lot of its traditions and there are processions and festivals in Xàtiva several … Continue reading
Everyone is talking about “The (Economic) Crisis” in Spain. Almost every day there are programs on the radio about how people are affected, and people are being evicted from their homes by banks because they can’t pay their mortgages. But … Continue reading
I’ve had a couple of “complaints” that I haven’t posted anything recently. That’s mainly because I am feeling uninspired blogging-wise. However, it doesn’t mean we’ve been idle over Christmas and the New Year. On the contrary – we had a … Continue reading
In September we had experienced a pretty bad “gota fria“, a storm which produces an incredible amount of rain in a short space of time. We had had heavy rain last autumn, but this was much heavier. In fact in … Continue reading
We’ve two pomegranate trees in the garden, and the larger one (in the foreground below) produced one fruit this year (which is not bad considering it was only planted last November). Unfortunately, I didn’t think to photograph the fruit until … Continue reading
The graph above comes from Is US economic growth over? Faltering innovation confronts the six headwinds by Robert J Gordon. He points out that growth of GDP in the UK between 1300 and 1750 was extremely low, and the growth … Continue reading
Last winter was pretty cold in Xàtiva – temperatures down to -6°C at night. And we had some cold winters in the last 2-3 years in Schmitten as well. It looks like that could be the trend. The Guardian ran … Continue reading
I just wrote a message to our telecom provider in Spain to tell them that we have changed our bank account. This is their reply. You wouldn’t believe it was sent by a company specialised in providing internet and telecom … Continue reading
I was up about at about 7 this morning and the view was like Heathrow airport, only with house martins swirling around above our pool, rather than aircraft landing. We’ve often seen them in the evening, drinking from the pool. … Continue reading
The photo was taken on a flight from Germany to Spain at the end of last week. We’d previously been to our local government offices in Kronberg to collect our certificates of German nationality. Ruth and I are now dual-nationality: … Continue reading