Hangover Sundays
Sky Sports had billed this particular Sunday as 'Grand Slam Sunday' as the top four Premiership teams were playing each other, Liverpool v Manchester...
The history of Pinatas
Marco Polo discovered the Chinese fashioning figures of cows, oxen or even buffaloes, covering them with colored paper and adorning them with harnesses and...
The fame in Spain
In last months Grapevine there was a article about immigrants and I am sure many of you reading this will be a fellow immigrant...
Part Two around the Alhambra
The Alhambra is composed of four distinct areas; the original red fort of the Alcazaba, the palaces of the Casa Real, Carlos V's palace...
Kids Football
Football’s coming home!! Well, coming to Competa anyway. Starting in the next month or so, a weekly football training session for local kids is...
Huff and Puff
The UK has now overtaken Spain in the breadth and enforcement of banning tobacco use in public. Is this an infringement of our civil...
Spanish Sausages The Secrets
Simply by tasting any of the many varieties of Spanish sausage, warm, romantic and flamboyant images are conjured up: The intense Spanish sun,...
Neighbours
There is a myth that Spanish people are friendly. I know this to be false from personal experience. I have met rude, stand-offish, aloof,...
Walking in the area
The Axarquia is a great place to get out and about, and where better than in the Sierras Almijaras. Finding your way around can...
