Life in Culebrón

Interesting week this week. Out and about in Spain much more than usual. Last Saturday, the Neighbourhood Association of our village, Culebr...

Obviously it was going to be easy to "integrate". As soon as I was living amongst Spaniards my dodgy, evening class Spanish would ...

There's not much on Spanish telly on Friday night and so Maggie, who is much more telly aware than I am, often turns over to Gogglebox...

I'm sorry but I've been reading again. La familia de Pascual Duarte this time. In it, at one point, the "hero" of the bo...

I went to a meeting of the junta directiva, or mangement committee, of the village neighbourhood association this afternoon. I was worrie...

I could have driven home. I'm sure. After all I'm typing so I must be have some control of my faculties. But I didn't. It neve...

I'm cool with a romería and with Elena gone on to her birthday party it was up to me to save the vermouth session. Last night we had t...

I've been to some cold places in my life. England in January isn't that warm; the Isle of Lewis and Stockholm are often colder but...

It cost more this year. 15€ more to be precise. We set out earlier and I think we maybe got an extra meal. Otherwise it was very much the ...

It was the Annual General Meeting of the Culebrón Neighbourhood Association today. As is now usual we were greeted effusively by lots of p...

Benidorm has to be one of the oddest towns in Spain. For a start it looks odd. Far too many tall buildings for your average Spanish town. I...

Back in November at the AGM of the Neighbourhood Association  there was talk of going to Benidorm for a weekend. A couple of weeks ago tha...

The Junta Directiva I haven't commented on the Neighbourhood Association meal for a couple of years so I will this time around. To ...

20€ a year to join the Village Association. A bargain. Subsidised meals, sometimes a trip and the always enjoyable AGM where nothing gets ...

Like Captain Sensible, the residents of El Culebrón were glad it was all over. The biggest cheer of the afternoon came when the Annual Gener...

This morning we were in Pinoso and we bumped into our pals Paul and Dee as we bought rice crackers. We talked of fused spurs, model making l...

I've done it before. I don't quite know why. Inma, the "Mayor" of our little village sends me an email - "There's...

There are two "free" neighbourhood meals each year, one at Fiesta time in high summer and the other one in November associated wit...