Andalucia coat of arms

I always forget until I show up at the supermarket and it’s shut, but it’s almost Dia de Andalucia. So what is it all about?

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February 24th, 2010 | Tags: Andalusian anthem | Category: What´s going on in Andalusia | Leave a comment

Torre del mar restaurant

I do love a bit of Chinese! So discovering a new one is always good news, especially one with outside seating.

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February 3rd, 2010 | Tags: Torre del Mar Restaurant: Gran Muralla (Chinese) | Category: Where (not) to eat | Leave a comment

Dong Fang Cheng Torrox

A Chinese restaurant that isn’t called The Great Wall! So who might Dong Fang Cheng be? Is it simply the owner? Or a great Chinese man I have never heard of? Well, I googled Dong Fang Cheng, but if he’s a great man, I couldn’t find him. This is the first picture that came up: an office building on what seems to be an industrial estate. Maybe Dong owns that as well? Anyway, let’s talk about the restaurant in Torrox Costa.

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January 27th, 2010 | Tags: Chinese restaurant Torrox | Category: Where (not) to eat | Leave a comment

Taj Mahal Indian restaurant Torre del Mar

I have a thing about restaurant names. Why are all Indian restaurants in the world called Taj Mahal? And a LOT of Chinese restaurants The Great Wall? Is there nothing else in India or China?

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January 20th, 2010 | Tags: Indian Restaurant Torre del Mar | Category: Where (not) to eat | Leave a comment

satellite

Now winter’s on its way, we started looking around for satellite tv. Winter just isn’t the same without Homes under the hammer and escape to the country.

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November 3rd, 2009 | Tags: satellite tv in La Alpujarra | Category: Buying a house in Spain | Leave a comment

Cortijo

If you’re looking for property to buy in La Alpujarra you’ve probably come across “naves” and “cortijos”, both sold as dwellings, in luscious countryside. So which is which?

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October 1st, 2009 | Tags: cortijo or nave | Category: Buying a house in Spain | Leave a comment

16th of August we celebrated San Roque in Pitres. For four days. Here´s an impression for those of you who missed it or simply can´t get enough!

Video after the jump

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August 22nd, 2009 | Tags: Fiesta de San Roque 2009 | Category: Practical tips on living in Spain, Spanish News | Leave a comment

The lights have been hung and there´s bingo every night to help pay for the fiesta of San Roque (Saint Roch) in Pitres, which is about to descend upon us starting the 16th of August. I quite like San Roque in these times of pandemic fears, as he was the patron saint of the plague. And he has a special place in his heart for dogs.

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August 8th, 2009 | Tags: Fiesta de San Roque | Category: Practical tips on living in Spain, Spanish News, Uncategorized, What´s going on in Andalusia | Comments (1)

Vegetarian Restaurant L´Atelier Mecina

Yes, yes, YES! Just when we were about to give up on eating out in La Alpujarra, we finally managed to score a table at vegetarian restaurant L´Atelier in the Alpujarran village of Mecina Fondales. We´d passed the restaurant a number of times and it was always closed. When I emailed last week for a reservation, again, it was closed. But there was light at the end of the tunnel: last Sunday they were open for business.

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July 23rd, 2009 | Tags: vegetarian restaurant alpujarra | Category: Pet friendly, Where (not) to eat | Comments (1)