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
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
In the spring, we bought 6 small tomato plants, and a similar number of green peppers and aubergines. We have been surprised how many tomatoes (in particular) our little raised garden has produced. It’s only 4 m² in area. All … Continue reading
This post is a bit late – the wedding was last weekend, near Keynsham (Between Bristol and Bath in the UK). We weren’t the only ones coming from abroad – guests arrived from as far away as New Zealand and … Continue reading
I mentioned the snails climbing up the fennel nearby. But the photos didn’t give an impression of the height the fennel grows. Take a look at these fennel plants compared to Ruth (the twiggy plants behind her in the field), … Continue reading
Behind the houses on the other side of the road that our house in Spain is in, lies Bixquert valley. Its about a 10 minute walk from the house into the valley, which runs to the foot of Xàtiva Castle. … Continue reading