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“A warm and intelligent account of expat life in Spain filled with humorous anecdotes” Daily Telegraph Expat
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Friday September 9, 2011
In tough times community matters most
Early yesterday morning as I puffed up the winding, country road to Fornalutx, a nearby mountain village, I heard a toot toot from a battered old car coming down the hill. ‘Get a move on, lazy bones!’ a man grinned from the window. I shot a glance, long enough to clock it was Llorenç, a local tradesman. Running past the...
Friday September 9, 2011
Thank you!
A big thank you to all of you who have left cheery messages on the site after receiving my latest newsletter. I am ashamed that it has taken me so long to send it but I always seem to have something more pressing to do…er hem, do you ever use a similar excuse? Today I whizzed off to see Dr...
Thursday September 8, 2011
Mayor Bloomberg should be applauded for his Spanglish bloomers
Some people are natural linguists. Others, sadly, are not. When Mike Bloomberg, mayor of New York, addressed his citizens via a television broadcast on the eve of hurricane Irene, he also attempted to reassure the city’s large Hispanic community with some choice Spanish phrases.
With an endearingly deadpan delivery worthy of Mr Bean, the mayor unleashed what can only be described...
Thursday September 8, 2011
It must be love?
When the Duchess of Alba, one of Spain’s wealthiest women, announced last month that she would be marrying her civil servant boyfriend of three years, Alfonso Diez, a snort of cynical laughter erupted from many quarters.
Let’s face it, why would a 61 year-old presentable male be interested in an 85 year-old pensioner with a rictus smile and taut facial skin...
Thursday September 8, 2011
Hollywood takes Mallorca by storm
Oh the excitement. As I walked into my local café, the owner grabbed my arm and thrust a Mallorcan newspaper into my hands. He pointed urgently at one of the headlines. Actors Tom Hanks, Halle -or “Hayay” according to my Mallorcan chums –Berry, Jim Broadbent and Susan Sarandon, would all soon be jetting off to the island for the making...
Monday June 20, 2011
Holidaymakers to be fined for flaunting the flab
It’s been a long time coming but after years of patiently enduring the sight of tourists strolling through its streets in a state of undress, Barcelona’s city council has issued a ban on exposing the flesh.
Residents and local businesses in the historic Catalan Capital have grown increasingly irate with holidaymakers who stray from the beaches in wholly inappropriate clothing and...
Monday June 20, 2011
A taste of Spain, but what about Britain?
Many moons ago I was idly chatting with Ignacio Vasallo, director of the Spanish tourist office, about the possibility of holding a massive Spanish street event in London. A year later, he made it a reality and created A Taste of Spain in Regent Street, a huge annual event which incorporates Spanish culture, food and entertainment. He’s even replicated the...
Monday June 20, 2011
Why a small village in Spain is feeling blue
Out of the blue, the tiny, traditional village of Juzcar, a pueblo blanco in the Genel Valley in Andalucía has found sudden fame as Sony’s chosen venue for hosting the world premiere of The Smurfs 3D. But becoming the blue-eyed boy of the valley has come at a price. To satisfy the forthcoming invasion of tiny smurfs, known as pitufos...
Monday June 20, 2011
Euo-commuting isn't for the faint-hearted
Having braved the hordes at Gatwick passport control and security -during which my hand luggage was searched to within an inch of its over-packed life-I hopped onto a bar stool in the departures lounge and reached for a glass of cool Chablis. It was then that a piercing alarm reverberated through the terminal, followed by an announcement that we should...
Monday June 20, 2011
White Knight Protestors Save Homes from Repossession
The other day a local Majorcan bank manager told me that the town’s notary had been twiddling his thumbs of late. With few buying property despite the drop in house prices his role as marriage broker between vendor and purchaser with all the Spanish officialdom that that entails had been severely diminished. Instead he had found himself having to witness...
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