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A lot of wind...
Robin is a writer/photographer and an expat in Spain. He blogs about the trials, tribulations and triumphs in Tarifa, Spain!
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ExpatsBlog.com Expat Blog Awards 2012: Honourable Mention Award!
This blog won the Honourable Mention Award for best expat blog in Spain!
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Craig
16:45 PM October 13, 2012
16:45 PM October 13, 2012
Robin, I have been enjoying your blog and writings, etc. Keep on keeping on!! Best, Craig
Christopher Gamble
17:47 PM October 13, 2012
17:47 PM October 13, 2012
Great little blog...inventive, creative and bloody funny with a twist of charm
Inka
17:50 PM October 13, 2012
17:50 PM October 13, 2012
Your blog is not just another blog but full of poerty not to mention fabulous pictures. One of a kind which I always enjoy.
Matthew Hirtes
19:27 PM October 13, 2012
19:27 PM October 13, 2012
I regularly look forward to your weekly chronicle of your latest shenanigans. For a photographer, you're a darn good writer.
Paddy Waller
19:37 PM October 13, 2012
19:37 PM October 13, 2012
Not enough stars on your scale for Robin's blog.it's really a 6. I have only been reading it for about seven months but it is highly entertaining..great writng and intelligent and professional looking photos. Great stuff
Sue
20:45 PM October 13, 2012
20:45 PM October 13, 2012
Your blogs are always fanbulously witty and, at the same time, informative - I always enjoy reading them
Katherine
00:09 AM October 14, 2012
00:09 AM October 14, 2012
I think this is the best written blog I've come across. Beautiful photos too.
Belinda
06:30 AM October 14, 2012
06:30 AM October 14, 2012
Who needs colour photos - this warm, funny blog paints pictures with words and the line drawings add stylish charm. Every post draws you in like a book you can't put down.
Phil
10:31 AM October 14, 2012
10:31 AM October 14, 2012
Always nicely written and definitely a Spain I know and recognise immediately. Keep it up.
Cathy Sweeney
19:31 PM October 14, 2012
19:31 PM October 14, 2012
Robin is in a class by himself with exceptional storytelling & photography. He's funny, thought-provoking, insightful and full of surprises. So yes, this blog absolutely has what it takes to win!
Sophie
21:21 PM October 14, 2012
21:21 PM October 14, 2012
Poetry in words and photos!
Katja
10:09 AM October 15, 2012
10:09 AM October 15, 2012
2 years of beautiful writing and photography - thank you, Robin!
Andrea
20:00 PM October 25, 2012
20:00 PM October 25, 2012
Your blog posts always make me smile, Robin - excellent photography too. Really captures the joys and trials of being an expat.
Bláthín O Connor
20:54 PM October 25, 2012
20:54 PM October 25, 2012
Really lovely writings with a cheeky little quirkiness, which I thoroughly enjoy each and every time!
Michelle Flynn
23:01 PM October 25, 2012
23:01 PM October 25, 2012
I love this blog, insightful, comical and magical. Stories that make you believe your there and photos that make you wish you were part of them. Xx All excellent need I say more.x
Elle
15:33 PM October 26, 2012
15:33 PM October 26, 2012
Only discovered your blog today. How refreshingly different. Love the photography too! Got yourself a new fan. Elle x
Fiona Flores Watson
13:07 PM November 05, 2012
13:07 PM November 05, 2012
Robin writes heartfelt, personal, funny stories which show another side of the expat-in-Spain experience. And his photos are prretty good too!
Marianne Elizabeth
09:19 AM November 07, 2012
09:19 AM November 07, 2012
Alhough I have only recently discovered Robin´s blog, I was immediately drawn in by his warm, personal style of writing, and can recognise many of the amusing tales from my own experiences. Tariffa and the surrounding countryside is an area of Spain not to be overlooked - much like this blog.
Simon Harris
21:54 PM November 07, 2012
21:54 PM November 07, 2012
I enjoy reading this ... it's intimate voyage of cultural discovery!
