More and cheaper flights to Finca Arboleda

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Veragooner

There seems to be more choice of flights into Murcia and Alicante this summer as Murcia today reports here

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RVP

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Veragooner

Andrew has been to stay, again, with his parents and couldn’t wait to show me his prize possession.

The story behind this is that he is a Man Utd fan and I for my sins an Arsenal fan, last summer his team stole our best player. When he went to see utd he bought a scarf with RVP on it which he thought we should wear!

RIP…RVP

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Dia de la Vieja (Day of the old lady)

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Veragooner

This is a very local fiesta celebrated around Mojacar, Villaricos and Vera. It takes place during lent on a Thursday, 3 weeks before Holy Thursday.

Families head off to the campo in the afternoon for a picnic, Later on there are piñata’s of old ladies placed in the middle of the country and everyone begins to throw rocks at them.  Eventually the old lady is demolished and sweets breaks out from the inside and the children all run to grab them.  And that is Día de la Vieja.  Now aside from those wonderful things, I have no idea how this day became and why it is only celebrated in our area.  Most people have probably never heard of it.

A theory is that it provides light relief for people who are observing lent.

Even if you miss the event you always know when it has occurred just by seeing the rubbish that has been left behind in true Spanish style !!!

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Golf in Vera Almeria area.

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Veragooner

Golf is very popular in this area with 5 courses to choose from. The beauty of staying at Finca Arboleda is that you aren’t committed to playing at the same course every time. The golf page has been updated but the problem is course information is hidden amongst information about holidays and villa sales.

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Bargain Spanish Property

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Veragooner

Prices here are probably at their lowest for 10 years, a great time to pick up a bargain in the sun. We have a couple on our site owned by friends that would both make beautiful, comfortable homes. You can see them here  http://www.fincaarboleda.com/property.html or better still why not pop out for a weeks holiday, get a feel for the area and decide for yourselves.

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Torre Bahia

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Veragooner

We made a rare visit to Mojacar yesterday for a group lunch with friends. It was a glorious sunny day and we had a good lunch.

Torre Bahia is a traditional long established family restaurant and we had menu del dia for around 10 euros. My starter, crispy fried mushrooms, was a little disappointing but the chicken breast in mushroom sauce that I had for the main was perfect, well cooked and moist it was followed by a chocolate mousse and coffee, no brandy as I was driving!. Everyone was happy with the food, service and atmosphere so it is recommenced and I’m sure we will return.

Vegetarians need to be aware that the vegetable soup contained chicken and pancetta! As someone who has been served soup of the day containing trifle I didn’t see this as a problem

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Almazara restaurant at Cortijo Grande

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Veragooner

We had a very nice lunch here. The restaurant is the club house for the golf course and is in a setting that is hard to beat. The owners were extremely friendly and the home cooked food very good.

Well worth a visit if you in the area.

 

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We’ve lived here for 9 years and still love it.

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Veragooner

Tomorrow we have lived at Finca Arboleda for 9 years. I was lazing by the pool, it’s 24º, eating a freshly picked mandarin and thinking it doesn’t get much better than this. But the only problem is this is our lovely home but it earns it’s existence as  a holiday let and nobody is staying at the moment!

So I got up grabbed the camera and took a few shots to show you what you missing on a beautiful sunny Sunday morning.

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Starlings

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Veragooner

Around Olive picking time we get large flocks of hungry Starlings which are amazing to watch. These pictures were on Tom’s folder where I took the Olive pictures from so I thought I’d share them. Thanks Tom!

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Olive picking 2012

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Veragooner

Well we did pick the Olives in November, not a great yield this year 16.6% due to the heavy rain at the end of September which the olives absorbed. As you can see from the pictures the weather wasn’t great and we had to postpone the start once. We pick and press all the olives in 72 hours to ensure quality so once we’ve started we have to go for it. The usual suspects turned up and we had a few new faces which was nice. As always the highlight is when we stop for refreshments.

The journey up to Lubrin showed the full extent of the damage caused by the floods at the end of September, now we all appreciate the ramblas and what they are for. (A rambla is a usually dry riverbed that takes the flood waters when they come which may be every 20 years) Thanks to Tom for the photos.

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