A Foot in Two Campos
(Malaga)
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Blog of a newbie settling into a village in the Axarquía region of Málaga province.
tags: Axarquía, Newbie, Village life
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I'm a newbie in Spain, a recent immigrant to the Axarquía region of Málaga province from Dorset. I have been self-employed for the past 19 years, helping charities achieve their objectives. I bought a little village house in Colmenar, Málaga, in July 2012 and started my blog the first night I slept in it. The aim of my blog is to compare and contrast rural living in south-west England and the Axarquía, though it tends to focus far more on the Spanish experience! It is aimed at other immigrants in Spain, plus people thinking of relocating to Spain.
Latest posts on A Foot in Two Campos
56 – Getting Into Hot Water
Posted on 16/05/2013
It’s taken me 54 years, but I’ve finally learned how to chill. How to really, properly, chill. And it’s in the hot tub. When I set it up, about four weeks ago,...
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55 – A Blank Canvas
Posted on 09/05/2013
A hundred artists descended on Colmenar earlier this month. From nothing, each one created a finished painting within one single day. The photographs here were all...
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54 – Going West
Posted on 02/05/2013
I headed west last week. I didn’t like it. Not far west, I stayed within Málaga province. I’d already been further west and loved Huelva and Cadiz provinces...
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53 – First-World Problems
Posted on 25/04/2013
“Oh you’re SOOoooo lucky!” I get told that a lot. Of course I know I’m lucky. What’s more, I remind myself every day. ...
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52 – Inter-Cambio and Getting to Grips with Grammar
Posted on 18/04/2013
It must be extraordinarily difficult to learn Spanish if you think you don’t like learning languages, or if you hate grammar, or don’t know what the English words are for...
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51 – Bedding In
Posted on 11/04/2013
Springtime. My first Axarquía spring. A year since I came house-hunting in Colmenar. This week my white-van-man brought my final three boxes, some lamps, and...
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50 – The Splendour and the Silence
Posted on 04/04/2013
Changeable weather couldn’t keep the penitents, the celebrants, the Nazarenos or the tourists away from Semana Santa. In every city, town and village in Spain, people turned out...
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49 – In Search of the Northern Lights
Posted on 28/03/2013
The score is currently standing at Joanna Lumley 1 : Tamara Essex 0. But I’ll even it up some day. There was just one thing left on my Bucket List. And this month I set...
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48 – Soy Extranjera
Posted on 21/03/2013
Soy extranjera. I am a stranger. Soy extranjera en una tierra nueva. I am a stranger in a new land. I am in Spain. I am not of Spain. I tread lightly, fearing to...
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47 – Fifty Shades of Grey
Posted on 12/03/2013
I’m definitely a “cup half full” type of person. Just as well, really. I nearly burned my house down ….. but I didn’t and I’m turning it to...
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