Blogs from Almería, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

26th July Almeria The approach to Almeria is stunning: the town lies surrounded by semi-desert at the foot of a range of mountains and its coastline alternating by long sandy beaches and steep cliffs. As you wander the streets the feel is more Moroccan than Spanish. This part of Spain is one of the sunniest and driest in Europe, other (maybe interesting) facts are that many spaghetti westerns were filmed here and apparently John Lennon wrote Strawberry Fields Forever whilst filming How I Won the War And not forgetting Game of Thrones The major attractions are the Cathedral and the Alcazaba and of course for us some Tapas and local beer. The Alcazaba, a great fortress stands 300 feet above sea level on three levels. It is undergoing continuing excavation and renovation.The first level was originally ... read more

07 mai 2017 : A midi, nous nous arrêtons à El Campello au lycée français pour voter pàour la présidentielle française. Nous mangeons dans un restaurant à mi-cheminb entre Alicante et Alméria. Nous arrivons à Almerimar à 17H00 chez Carlos, le cousin de Socorro. Nous allons manger une pizza le soir sur le port d'Almerimar tous ensemble. Almerimar est une charmante localité en bord de mer avec son port de plaisance et des bâtiments espagnols typiques.... read more

Up with the larks for last minute checking and packing and m re checking and packing. Our ride to the Airport arrived, in the form of gather in law Barry, big kisses ans hugs for the dogs and off we went. As is the norm, Alex was selected for a random security check while I was left to retrieve the numerous trays of coats shoes, bags and electronic devices! Flight to Madrid was on time and Alex was delighted to find a priest sitting over the aisle from us. Due more (I think) to the skills of the pilot rather than divine intervention we arrived in Madrid safely where we had an hour to kill the n the duty free shop before boarding our flight to London. Arrived on time at Heathrow and thankfully so did ... read more

Sailing 2014. Start 1 September Aguadulce near Almeria/ Andalucia - Spain. 1/9/2014: After a hectic day in Nerja, my 2 friends Lesley and Phyl took me to Aguadulce to join a sailing boat named Fabiola. We took a nice hostel with a room for 3 and after went to look for the boat. Lesley was not well , so Phyl and me went for a dinner in the harbour of Aguadulce, where we had little peek to see if we could find the Italian boat. Actually we did , as well as her skipper end his daughter. We said hello and promised to meet for a drink but first we had a dinner. Pier ( the skipper) is a very nice , very good looking Italian. Somewhere between a pirate and the Italian mafia. We all ... read more

Ok. Are you ready? Have you been practising overnight? We have. Are you now able to whistle and have you worked out the tune? The reason you need to whistle is that we are off to Spaghetti Western country where the film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was filmed in 1966. It starred Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach and has the iconic theme tune written by Ennio Morricone. Now that is why you need to whistle. Get whistling. We woke early as usual. Why is that you need less sleep as you get older. Whatever we plan, our body alarm clocks kick in at 6.15 and we wake. Even if we plan a day of doing nothing bang on 6.15 we are awake and up with the lark. Today was no ... read more