On this blog, as followers and regular readers (you lovely people, you) will know, I write about a range of subjects – living in Spain, speaking Spanish, travelling around Andalucia and Portugal. Sometimes I also do these photo posts, which…
False friends and other fine messes
One of the things that always astonishes – and depresses – me about long-term expats here in Spain is how many of them have a grasp of Spanish somewhere between weak and non-existent. This might be because they haven’t been…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Round
Like many bloggers out there, I am thoroughly enjoying Skinny Wench’s A Word A Week – both reading others’ posts, and putting together my own – and I hope you’re liking them too! This is only my second AWAW, but I…
Grab yourself a piece of the action at Los Reyes Magos
For the past few years, we’ve been to our village’s Reyes Magos procession. For the uninitiated, this is when the Three Kings ride into town on the afternoon of 5 January – Melchor, Baltazar and Gaspar might arrive by boat, helicopter…
Word a Week Photo Challenge: Glitter
Every week, Sue over at A Word in Your Ear posts a photo theme – colour, texture, or whatever. They always look like fun, and I often think of photos I’ve taken which would be ideal for a post, but…