Archive for the ‘Driving’ Category
Monday, January 21st, 2013
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Are you a non-Spanish person who drives here on an EU driving licence? As of last Saturday, 19 January 2013, there are new regulations for those who have been ...
Posted in Driving, Living in Andalucia | 2 Comments »
Thursday, May 24th, 2012
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Many of us will be heading off to the Algarve for our holidays now that summer is arriving.
The controversial new toll on the ...
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Monday, March 19th, 2012
Last weekend was the second edition of Ecosevilla, following the launch event last October.
There were more stands - 100, up from 70 - and the hall at FIBES Conference Centre looked and felt busier and fuller. There were stalls with organic food, drink, sustainable energy, handmade toys, environmental organisations, charities ...
Posted in Driving, Events, family, Fashion, Food, gastronomy, Our Environment, Restaurants/gastronomy | No Comments »
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
[caption id="attachment_5389" align="aligncenter" width="375" caption="The winner and runner-up of the Ladies Banesto Golf Tour Málaga Test. Laura is on the right, with the jamón!
Photo: copyright Fernando Herranz"][/caption]
GUEST POST BY REBEKAH THOMPSON
When we were teenagers, my brother, sister and I called ourselves the “golf orphans”, as our Mum spent many ...
Posted in Driving, Sport, Women | No Comments »
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
If you didn't know that there's a car museum in Malaga - the Museo Autovilistico (and not that many people do, it only opened a year ago) - then you'll be even more surprised to hear that it also has a fashion section - an extensive collection of vintage ...
Posted in Driving, Environment, Fashion | No Comments »
Monday, October 3rd, 2011
[caption id="attachment_4027" align="aligncenter" width="512" caption="This parking space at Carrefour supermarket is an electric car charging point. New since August this year, I haven't seen anyone use it to charge their car yet."][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_4022" align="aligncenter" width="433" caption="Charging point for Cochele electric car-share programme in Seville car park. "][/caption]
I did a ...
Posted in Driving, Environment | No Comments »
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
It's been very sad for all the hermandades (brotherhoods) who have not been able to go out because of the rain this Semana Santa, both here in Seville and around Andalucia.
And the forecast doesn't look much better for the next few days - 100% probability of rain today (so ...
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Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Last month I wrote a post about the new speed limit on motorways in Spain, which has been reduced from 120km/h to 110km/h. You could incur a fine, or even lose points on your driving licence, if you have a Spanish one.
Now there is a new campaign which drivers ...
Posted in Driving, Law | No Comments »
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
If you drive in Spain - whether daily if you live here, when visiting if you own a second home, or occasionally if you hire a car while here on holiday - you should be aware of an important change in the law which will affect your road use, effective ...
Posted in Current affairs, Driving, Economy, Environment | 1 Comment »
Monday, January 17th, 2011
I don't know if is the case throughout Andalucia - perhaps you can let me know? - but there have been loads of roadblocks around here recently to breathalyse people.
We were driving back from going out to lunch on Sunday a week ago, and at a roundabout between two towns, ...
Posted in Current affairs, Driving, Economy, Social affairs | No Comments »
