Archive for the ‘Travel non-Andalucia’ Category
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
When I saw in the newspaper last week that a replica 17th-century galleon had arrived in the port of Sevilla, I realised it must be the same one I had seen some time previously, just before it left on a 6,000km voyage.
[caption id="attachment_4892" align="aligncenter" width="203" caption="Galeon de Andalucia docked in ...
Posted in History, Tourism, Travel Andalucia, Travel non-Andalucia | 1 Comment »
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
Today is the first day for the new toll on the A22 road in Portugal. This is the continuation of the Sevilla-Huelva motorway, the A49, after it crosses the bridge over the river Guadiamar after Ayamonte, and carries on into the Algarve.
Many residents of western Andalucia are up in arms, ...
Posted in Travel Andalucia, Travel non-Andalucia | 31 Comments »
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
In Spain, everyone needs an identity card. And children need theirs before their fifth birthday. As my son turns five next week, we took him to the comisaria (police station, for it is there where DNIs and passports are issued - on the spot). He is now the proud owner of an ...
Posted in family, Healthcare, Travel non-Andalucia | 7 Comments »
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Hello, I'm back in Spain now, and melting like every one else. Thanks very much to Sarah for her excellent blogs over the past month while I was away. She wrote about exactly the sort of interesting topics which it's easy to overlook when you've been here for a while, ...
Posted in Education, family, Holidays, Travel non-Andalucia | No Comments »
Monday, May 10th, 2010
As I’ve covered some fairly serious issues over the past few weeks – politics, the economy, bullfighting - it’s time for something a bit more light-hearted (and indulgent). In these times of crisis (OK, 0.1% growth is, at least, positive – only just, though), we need something to take our ...
Posted in Economy, Food, Shopping, Travel non-Andalucia | 2 Comments »
