Spanish Shilling

What on earth is happening to Spain? We've seen the cruel demolition of a British-owned house in Vera by the authorities back in January...

A festive scene taken during the Mojácar fiesta. The hideous building on fire is the 'Angelas' (was 'Sondras') a nick-nack ...

Summer ends - or begins, depending on if you are a tourist or a resident - with the passing of August and the final convulsion of the Mojáca...

I was reading some rubbish in the comments section of a Spanish webpage called Meneame (Stir Me Up) at http://meneame.net/ which collects ...

There are several subjects that can always guarantee to generate letters (without which, by the way, you can’t seriously call your publicati...

We were talking about how a community can divide against itself when under threat. Sticking together is not always the answer, it seems, wit...

I've written before about how the Spanish would rather get it wrong, or check with somebody's cousin's son (who once spent a wee...

It's got a bit smart up there, a bit chi-chi. Here's a picture of the town hall square. The old bar on the left, Paco's, has be...

I’ve been in Madrid for the past couple of weeks and I returned to the coast a few days ago by car. Vrrm vrrm. Madrid is a good place, but r...

Turre may not be the most beautiful town in Almería - actually, come to think of it, it's probably one of the least attractive of the lo...

The parking lot by the office is far too small. There’s nothing new about that in Spain, where the nation’s last architect died in 1922, run...

Mojácar is famous for its chiringuitos - its beach bars. The playa has been scattered with them since the first ones opened in the early s...

Language is power. If you can communicate with someone you are in a far better situation than if you can’t. Both socially and commercially. ...

I recently wrote a piece about knocking down a billboard and, today, found this picture on the web.

The first meeting on the fledgling association AULAN was held on Friday 6th June at the Hotel Continental with about fifty people present....

When things go bad – rather than face the crisis, I like to settle down for an agreeable moment in front of the computer; to conquer the wor...

They were the first billboards for Mojácar. One was a construction company, another advertised the Tío Edy (a small German hotel run by an e...

From the Costa del Sol Action Group: '...of especial concern are the Equity Release schemes which have been peddled on the Coast in rece...

The wiring is a bit wonky in our house, no doubt thanks to the age of our establishment. The sockets come in two different sizes, necessitat...

Levante Almeriense: AULAN Covering the municipalities of: Mojacar, Carboneras, Garrucha, Los Gallardos, Cuevas, Bédar, Huercal Overa, Pulpi,...