Poor Spain

Earlier this evening I posted about a lovely holiday we had a couple of years ago in Spain; we were with good friends, we had good weather  we ate well, drank well, had a brilliant time. Everywhere looked smart and clean, everyone seemed happy and doing well… but that was several years ago. I was listening to The World Tonight, just after […]

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Elche… Elx…

  The other day as we were shopping for bananas and tomatoes, I noticed a fruit crate with a logo I recognised… We visited Elche when we went to Spain several years ago; it is a most beautiful city and was where we saw the medieval fair. The Dama de Elche is a famous bust nearly 2,400 […]

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Celebrate!

  We nearly always go out to celebrate a birthday  and my son’s 20th birthday is no exception  It was pouring down with rain, and we hurried from the car to the restaurant  we went to the Flute de Paris, in Weston-super-Mare; we’d never visited before although it has an excellent reputation… and it was very well justified. We had a delicious lunch – […]

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