It’s 4am. The bus is parked up in a service station. Just outside Albacete. A group of weary travellers cluster around the door, talking to the driver, their fags like glow worms in the night. The cafeteria area smells faintly of sick and bleach. It’s almost deserted, dozing – a woman … [Read more...]
It’s Not to Hot to Tango
July 21, 2010 By
It’s August the mercury is in the 30+ region so summer is in full swing – or should I say Tango. A new feature for summer in Torrevieja is street entertainment. Whilst taking my ‘paseo’ last night I came across a couple in ‘Come Dancing’ mode demonstrating the Tango. Fortunately no Bruce … [Read more...]
Parador Hotels
July 8, 2010 By
Fancy staying in an old castle or monastery? Then one of the state chain of hotels, a Parador, may well be for you. Paradores are a product of a dictatorship in Spain, probably not the last one but the one before. The dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera that lasted from 1923 till 1930. Primo … [Read more...]
