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No bargains
Millionaire’s golf I think the January sales have started, but it is rare now for us to find real bargains in Spain. The repair to my wedding ring (after it was roughly cut into three pieces at the...
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I’ve looked at clouds
from both sides now So, this is the start of the cold front, and I am sitting wrapped up warmly in my dressing gown, thinking of writing a blog. Anything to avoid that cold water wash, that even colder...
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Residency in the EU
I read in the Guardian that many remainers are “getting over Brexit”. Are they? I certainly am not! On the contrary, I get more and more convinced of the sheer lunacy of it. I am particularly saddened...
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Gachas and migas
I think I’ll have fish soup, thank you Our first taste of certain foods can influence our tastes for a lifetime. The first meal I ate in a French home was a dish of green haricot beans; I had never...
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Skipping breakfast
Skipping breakfast makes lunch taste even better I like breakfast. I believe in breakfast. Indeed, I have stood up in an assembly of two hundred people and told them how important breakfast is,...
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Mosquitos
There are a lot of mosquitos around. This surprised me, as I associate mosquitos with hot weather, but, apparently, February to May is the prime time for them. When we walked through the park to the...
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The RFEG licence for visiting golfers
I do like to understand rules and regulations and feel that they are being fairly applied. That isn’t always easy here in Spain. In the UK you can often check things out on YouGov, but sorting the...
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A visit to Clisol
Beautiful and delicious vegetables Although we have been coming to Almerimar for twenty years, we had never visited a greenhouse. We had, on many occasions, received offers to show us around one, but...
View ArticleInheritance tax in Spain after Brexit; unanswered questions
Living in Andalucia, you can’t help but read about the “impuesto sobre sucesiones”. This is a state tax on inheritance that is applied throughout Spain. However, the different autonomous communities...
View ArticleSwan song of a Welsh European
It is raining and I have no inspiration to write. The news isn’t good, and I feel quite hopeless and totally frustrated as I watch us head irrevocably towards the now inevitable triggering of article...
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