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Escif?

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Lost city of Atlantis found?

While searching the internet for information on the current crisis in Japan, I stumbled across an interesting press release from Reuters – it seems that a US-led research team thinks it has found the lost city of Atlantis in southern Spain in the Doñana National Park, which is just north of Cádiz.

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“Hostilities” break out in Valencia

La Mascletà – - Valencia 2011

La Mascletà – - Valencia 2011

We visited Antonio in Valencia yesterday and spent the morning at the building site. When we got back at just before two in the afternoon, the streets of Valencia were packed with people and Antonio needed to show his Spanish . . . → Read More: “Hostilities” break out in Valencia

Another trip to Valencia

Hotel Catalonia Excelsior, Barcelonina, 5 (to the right in the picture)


We flew down to Valencia on Sunday afternoon for a couple of days to meet Antonio, our architect. The design of the house is nearly finished to the stage where we can apply for planning permission, so we went to discuss some final details and to meet some of the potential suppliers. Quite a lot, in fact. We were in meetings from 9:30 until 15:00 hrs. A good job that the Spanish eat lunch late, so we were able to get a good meal after we finished.

We also met María Pedro for the first time, the landscape architect who Antonio put us in contact with some time ago. Up until now, our contact with her has only been via e-mail. She is a friend of his daughter and has just set up in business after studying in Spain and doing “industrial periods” in Scotland and Canada. We are very happy with the progress to date, and are hoping that Antonio will be able to submit the plans for approval before Spain shuts down for the summer holidays over the month of August.

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The Spanish Land Registry online

We have received the results of the land registry checks that our abogado (lawyer) in Spain has made on the plot we want to buy. I am impressed. The time to get the information was less than a week, and the land registry for the whole of Spain is on-line, with basic information available . . . → Read More: The Spanish Land Registry online

Inditex overtakes Gap to become leading fashion retailer

Inditex, based in A Coruña (N. Spain), has overtaken Gap to become the world’s number one fashion retailer. You probably know at least one of their brand names, although I admit I hadn’t realised that all the following stores are part of the Inditex Group: Zara Bershka Pull and Bear Massimo Dutti Stradivarius

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