Life in Culebrón

One of the reasons our water heater stopped working was that water was coming down the chimney and soaking the electrics and electronics....

Ages ago quite a famous teacher of English here was being interviewed on the radio. The reporter asked him how long it took to become bili...

Our fridge went beep when the door was opened. It shouldn't. It still worked though. We could live with that. Then the handle came off...

Chinese buffets are an example. The first time you go to one it's all a bit confusing. The second time, less so, and by the third time...

I think it would be true to say that the majority of Britons who settle in Spain intend to learn Spanish. The general view seems to be tha...

I have been trying to think of a post for a few days and I couldn't. The rest is just space filler. My bosses at work asked me if I ...

So I'm in a restaurant. I have wine and rice in front of me, outside the sun is shining and I don't have to work. Someone passes w...

One of the things I've realised about being old is that my reference points are different to those of younger people. I know that very...

I used to listen to the Archers. For those of you that don't know the Archers is a long running British radio soap. The reason that I ...

I was asked if I'd ever written a post about learning Spanish. To be honest I wasn't sure. Normally my blogs complain about my in...

I do a Spanish class each Monday. I do it to make sure that I speak at least a little Spanish each week. Otherwise I probably wouldn't...

There is a local language in the Valencian Community which is called Valencian in English, Valenciano in the worldwide version of Spanish ...