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- Pirates off Macenas 1 day ago A 'londro' - the kind of merchantman that appears in this storyIn the middle of the 18th century, the Catalonian merchantman “San Raimundo”, was heading for Cádiz loaded with wine. She had been anchored off Águilas (Murcia), waiting for better weather. On January 22, 1741 she set sail and...
- The Lost Art of Hay Surfing 2 weeks ago Every farm in southern Spain has something called an 'era' which is a flat dirt circle, I think called a threshing circle in English, where the hay would be put after being cut with a scythe. A wooden board with rows of knife-like wheels underneath was pulled by a donkey and driven with long-reins...
- Grand Projects 3 weeks ago A friend from Madrid sent me this:I ran Spain's largest free-paper (in any language!) back in the eighties and nineties. There were three editions: Costa del Sol, Almería and the Costa Blanca - I never got as far as the Balearics. Of course, a free paper doesn't mean the printing and distribution...
- On the Road to La Matanza 4 weeks ago It was one of those adventures that sometimes spring up over a beer. It seemed that old Antonio el Perejil (Tony the Parsley) had recently gone to his reward and had left his house to his son, who wanted to sell it.The house was, apparently, quite close to Níjar, recently brought into the pack of...
- Buy This Book 1 month ago I was with my father in a dream last night. We were together in an office of some sort and I saw a bookshelf on my left. As my father was talking to the fellow behind the desk, I took down a book, thinking to read it. It was Ray Bradbury's 1953 classic Fahrenheit 451. I put it back. I had read it a...
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Barbara
07:19 AM January 10, 2013
07:19 AM January 10, 2013
Long-time blog written by someone who really knows (and likes) Spain. Humorous and informative
Geoff Barlow
20:45 PM September 23, 2014
20:45 PM September 23, 2014
Always worth reading. Interesting, informative and often uplifting.
