Moving To Andalusia

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 [...]

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)

We´ve been living in different longterm rentals for the past few years and we´ve picked up a few useful tidbits. Everything you need to find the perfect place to rent long term!
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May 26th, 2009 | Tags: Longterm rental Alpujarra, longterm rental Andalusia, moving to Andalusia, renting in La Alpujarra | Category: Buying a house in Spain, Practical tips on living in Spain | Comments (1)

The Spanish beauty had to cancel some of her promotional work in Cannes because she was felled by food poisoning. Pene is in Cannes promoting two new films, Nine and Broken Embraces.
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May 24th, 2009 | Tags: food poisoning, Penelope Cruz | Category: Practical tips on living in Spain | Leave a comment

Having spent a lot of time in Spain over the past few years I decided I definitely don´t want to become a Spaniard! Waaaay too much hassle. But driving our Dutch car up from the Netherlands every year is a dull business as well. And a waste of time and money.
So I was wondering about [...]

April 8th, 2009 | Category: Practical tips on living in Spain | Leave a comment

I havent actually seen this and I don´t particularly want to go to Madrid, but I must say the Titanic has always fascinated me and now it´s so close, I might have to go have a look!
Here´s a little video about the stuff they gathered (even glass vases!)

and an interview with survivors

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March 11th, 2009 | Category: On the road, Practical tips on living in Spain, What´s going on in Andalusia | Comments (2)

It often seems that Spring is one big fiesta in Andalusia. Most religious holidays seem to be around April and May. One of the few non-religious fiestas is Dia de Andalucia, or Andalusia Day.
This day celebrates poltician and writer Blas Infante, Padre de la Patria Andaluza, the founding father of Andalusia.Infante strived to protect el [...]

February 27th, 2009 | Category: Practical tips on living in Spain | Leave a comment

Sometimes I kinda forget that I´m living in mañanra land. For instance yesterday, when I went to pick up my boots. They´d been with the shoemaker for a little over two and a half months, come to think of it, nearer to three. No matter, I bought some reasonable walking shoes at the local grocery [...]

February 25th, 2009 | Category: Practical tips on living in Spain | Comments (1)

I am on day 3 of being snowed in on top of my mountain, and you’d think I’d be getting restless. I have stuff to do! People to see! New yarn to pick up from the post office!
But there is something ultimately relaxing about having nowhere to go. As long as you have enough food [...]

January 11th, 2009 | Tags: Almanzo Wilder, getting snowed in, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little Town on the Prairie, Murder she wrote, Relaxation | Category: Practical tips on living in Spain | Comments (2)