Life in Culebron
(Alicante)
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We are two Britons living in Culebrón, a small village in the Alicante province of Spain.
These are some of the things that happen to us and around us.
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Gran Canaria
Posted on 04/04/2013
We went on holiday last week to Gran Canaria one of the Canary islands just off the coast of Morocco and the Western Sahara. The islands have been Spanish for a long, long time so, despite...
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The Real Spain
Posted on 23/03/2013
We were probably as guilty as anyone. We wanted the Real Spain. That's the one where dark skinned men ride donkeys and raven haired señoritas swirl their skirts. Houses should...
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Filling up
Posted on 17/03/2013
I try to avoid the single petrol station in Pinoso if I can. They aren't ever actually unpleasant but they are a bit offhand. The staff sort of vaguely ignore me or talk across me to...
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Back to Benidorm
Posted on 04/03/2013
It cost more this year. 15€ more to be precise. We set out earlier and I think we maybe got an extra meal. Otherwise it was very much the same. In Spanish style we stuck with what we...
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El Pinós, Poble de Marbre i Vi
Posted on 17/02/2013
Traditionally the first words of a seaside landlady to this week's guests are that they should have been there last week when the weather was oh so much better. It was a bit like that...
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Bean there, done that
Posted on 21/01/2013
As we waited in the queue to pay, there in the place normally reserved for those last minute temptations - the sweets that have children tugging on their parent's sleeves and the diet...
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Rhyme and reason
Posted on 06/01/2013
One advantage of the English language is that the word banker has an obvious rhyme. The Spaniards share the sentiment but not the rhyme.To the best of my knowledge this is a vastly...
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Billowing skyward
Posted on 31/12/2012
Nuclear Power Plants always take me a bit by surprise. I remember the first time I saw the one at Heysham when I was catching the ferry to the Isle of Man. It was just there. No more fuss...
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Coming to get us
Posted on 28/12/2012
I'm that sort of age.The heart attack, the stroke. Despite our best efforts an exploding gas bottle could leave one or both of us bleeding amongst the tattered ruins of the house....
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Seasonal snippets
Posted on 24/12/2012
Christmas Eve and we have a turkey in the fridge - dead you understand. We have sprouts too though they are frozen because there weren't any fresh ones available in our chosen...
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