Life in Culebrón

In January 2006, when I started this blog, anything I wrote about things Spanish was new. With the passing years repetition crept in. Nowada...

I haven't spent Christmas in the UK for umpteen years, so I may not be as expert on British customs as I think. Nonetheless, unless thin...

I have been trying to think of something to blog about for days.  I wondered about having a go at Spanish politicians and their inability to...

We start in the UK. Back in the 1980s Anglepoise lamps became trendy. Of course they weren't real Anglepoises they were just an accessib...

I know that Christmas cards are a thing of the past. I know that they clutter up all the surfaces not occupied by the Laughing Santa and the...

As usual we won nothing. Twitter was alive with complaints about the state broadcaster's presenters talking over the numbers and full ...

Shortest day of the year, ages old festival. Rural Spain smells of wood smoke from the open fires and wood burners. Burning things is bi...

I spoke to my mum on the phone today. She said that she'd had a good Christmas and New Year but that she was glad to be back to norma...

I've just been scanning through a number of other English language blogs looking for inspiration. It's time to write a blog entry...

There's an advert on the telly at the moment for el Corte Inglés, the big Spanish department store, which uses lots of Christmassy ima...

I was sitting beside an emergency exit, near the stairs to backstage. There was coming and going all the time. Babies were crying, a littl...

Just a bunch of assorted trivia that has tickled my fancy in the last couple of days. There are a lot of stars in Culebròn. That's prob...

I'm not much of a cook though I can usually produce something that is, at least, edible. That's not always the case; new recipes ...

As I remember it, In England, Christmas gets off the ground just after the schools start back in September. Nothing frantic but there a...

I heard something on the radio this morning about a charity, that had been collecting toys for poorer children. The charity had been robb...

I missed out on the red underwear last night. I forgot all about it. Blue and grey I think. And when I was looking for some background o...

I went to the Post Office to buy some stamps for my Christmas cards but there was a big queue. Now it can take fifteen minutes for Enrique...

When I went to the pictures yesterday, and today come to that, the shopping centre in Petrer, where the multiplex is, was heaving. This is...

Turrón is made from almonds, honey, egg whites and sugar. It's an Alicante speciality which is now produced all over Spain. Turrón, has ...

I think it started with the chappie on passport control at Stansted. The notices around him requested that we please do this or that. No ...