In the fifty years I’ve known Spain it has moved from a poor but beautiful country run by a dictator to a modern and sophisticated democracy. This has been fuelled in the main by two factors – tourism and selling property … Continue reading
Every year on the final days of the winter and the arrival of spring the city of Valencia has five days of fiesta, to celebrate the feast of Saint Joseph, day of the father in the whole country. It … Continue reading
This starts very simply with a little girl leaving a tip for a street musician. What follows looks impromptu but you eventually realise it isn’t. However it made me quite emotional. Full marks to my bank, Sabadell. It is to … Continue reading
The annual tomato fight festival, La Tomatina, is held in the Spanish town of Buñol. Apparently this has been going on since the first accidental fight between two young boys in 1945. It’s now the world’s biggest food fight and … Continue reading
In 2013 it was reported there are nearly 450,000 politicians in Spain. The population of Spain is 47 million In the same year there were apparently less than 150,000 politicians in Germany. The population of Germany is 80 million How … Continue reading
Like bureaucracy, the Spanish have failed to eliminate corruption and incompetence by politicians. The possibilities are endless and I will bring you some examples in my blogs. They are endless because the political network has changed little since Franco’s days, … Continue reading
So now I have another reason for loving Spain and the people who live here. They saved our house when threatened by a fire on the mountain where we live in May 2014. Approximately 75 acres or 300,000 m² were … Continue reading
Bull fighting in Spain is a controversial subject. There is some who will say it only exists because of tourists. This is not true. Some say it’s part of the culture and history of the country, and must be retained, … Continue reading
Javea has been our home since 1999, and I’ve known this area since 1972, when I first purchased land here. Surely there can be few places as beautiful as this to spend the last chapter of our lives. Here is a short video which … Continue reading