Life in Culebrón

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...

When I first started the  blog it was simple. The idea was to celebrate, or at least note, the diffferences between what I'd always co...

Last century I passed a fair bit of time in schools. Firstly I had to study in them. My secondary school, between 1965 and 1972, was qui...

Forgive the indulgence of this entry. I started a new job a couple of weeks ago teaching English with a language school based in Murci...

Here are some ramblings from this weekend. Once upon a time Pizza Express used to serve really good pizzas in interesting buildings. The...

It was a few years ago now. I was in  a small supermarket. The product organisation escaped me. I'd found the washing powders and ba...

It's probably some sort of jingoism on my part but I can't say I'm that impressed by the professionals that we have occasio...

The music festival season is just beginning to warm up in Spain. We usually try to get along to at least one event. It's good to hear ...

I signed up for a weekly Spanish course yesterday. I haven't quite given up on the language yet - despite what Maggie says, and what I...

I remember some adverts at the cinema along the lines of "Which teacher changed your life?" It was a recruiting campaign for tea...

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 ...

I don't start work for a couple of hours so I thought I'd go to a local bar for a bit of a read and a coffee. I'm in La Unión...

There's a bit in Moonstruck - actually it could be in any film featuring Italian people in the United States but I'm pretty sure i...