Close up Butterfly
Asprodalba painted
Asprodalba are one of our neighbours, it was the first centre for adults with learning difficulties in Andalucia. They do great work there, in fact, our tiled logo of the Orange trees was made there.
Well they’ve given themselves a fantastic face-lift as the pictures show.
Their logo is a Butterfly with a slightly damaged wing.
Actually it’s the back not the front they’ve painted so i guess it’s not strictly a face-lift but a ??
Painted Name
First Iceland and now an Irish bar, what are they doing to Vera?
paddy's bar
Picture stolen from David Jackson’s excellent blog
A listing site, Rentalia, is publishing the average response time for owners replying to enquiries. We were astonished to see that only 25% reply within 48 hours. We will normally respond within the hour, if we are out it may take a little longer but if you don’t hear back from us it is because we haven’t received your enquiry.
Your enquiries are important to us so if you don’t get a reply, try again, call or text us, we’re waiting!
If you like Spanish food be sure to catch Rick Stein’s Spain on BBC2, it’s live on Thursday’s. Part 1 was last week but still available on iPlayer etc.
Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia, tells us that a guiri is a local colloquial term used exclusively in Spain, not in Mexico or any other Spanish-speaking countries, to refer to foreign tourists on package holidays on the Spanish Mediterranean coast. The stereotype of a guiri is a sunburned, fair-haired and skinned English-speaking white person wearing shorts, socks, sandals, sunglasses and with a camera in full view. It is used to name foreign tourists in general, regardless of their ethnicity. For example, Japanese tourists can be guiris too, as well as African-Americans. The amalgam of wealthy, idle, and clueless is without a doubt the most common characteristic of a guiri.
A museum documenting the film history of Almeria has opened. It is in a renovated 19th Cent. manor house which was home to John Lennon when he filmed “How I won the war” in Almeria in late 1966. Lennon wrote Strawberry fields forever during his stay and recorded the 1st demo in the mansions bathroom! It is also speculated that he planned to split from the Beatles duing this period. He met Yoko on his return to London.
The Museum today
The museum has exhibits from the mid 20th Century onwards with costumes and props from Sergio Leone, Steven Spielberg and Clint Eastwood. It also features the locations used in the city, Tabernas desert and Cabo de Gata.
museo interior
We have availability in the villa until 16th July, you deserve a holiday and we would love to see you here. I’m sure we can agree a great price.
Tell your friends as well.
The NYT has discovered our hidden charms here, that’s Almeria’s not mine and Pirkko’s in this case.
You probably saw news of the earthquake in Lorca on Wednesday afternoon. Our sympathies to all those who were affected.
Just thought I’d confirm that although we felt it there was no damage or injuries in our area.
A sunny Spring day is always a good reason to get the camera out. All of these are shot in Finca Arboledas garden.
