The story of our adventure in Spain



In October 2002 we purchased a holiday flat in Guardamar on Spain's Costa Blanca - not far from Alicante and Torrevieja and we try to spend a good part of the year in Spain.

This blog hopefully will contain our thoughts and impressions of Spain - the good and the bad and lots and lots of photographs of not only Guardamar but the rest of Spain as we eventually get to explore it.

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Alicante weather

Friday, 17 February 2012

Sky over Guardamar


Sunset ....






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Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Twisted tree 2 ..


This has really twisted - there must be some wind coming off the sea.




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Monday, 13 February 2012

Twisted ..


The wind from the sea has twisted this tree into a rather peculiar shape - Guardamar pine forest.


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Saturday, 11 February 2012

Guardamar - Dunes



Reminder of warmer and sunnier days - in the dunes of Guardamar



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Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Buoy


Buoy - lying there doing nothing in particular ..




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Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Down on the beach - Guardamar



Photo taken this autumn - beach at Guardamar.




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Sunday, 5 February 2012

Over the fence ..


I guess this fence has been erected to stop people walking down to the sea - this is the site of a now demolished property and the fence is no barrier at all.



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Saturday, 4 February 2012

Guardamar TV



You can now watch Guardamar TV on your computer and catch up with what is happening around the town.

http://www.guardamartv.com/

Again - enjoy ..

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Friday, 3 February 2012

Antena3 / Telecinco / Cuatro


Away from Spain ?

Do you have a great desire to watch Spanish TV ?

http://www.antena3.com/ and http://www.mitele.es will allow you to catch up with some of your favourite programmes - watch direct.

Enjoy.

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Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Moros y cristianos - Guardamar



It is a near to impossible task trying to ascertain the dates of Guardamar's Moors and Christians celebrations.

However after a lot of searching the internet we have discovered it runs from July 20th to 29th this year.

The town will be very busy - it will be very hot but watching the parades and fireworks will make it well worthwhile.

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Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Guardamar



Quiet now down by the park but in summer this area will be heaving ..



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Sunday, 22 January 2012

Guardamar - Pine Forest


Another nice sunny day - photos taken September/October.



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Saturday, 14 January 2012

Dark clouds ..


Dark clouds on the horizon ..



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Wednesday, 11 January 2012

Flowers


On our return to Spain these will be long gone - lack of water ( unless heavy rain decides to visit throughout the winter )



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Sunday, 8 January 2012

Jigsaw


A visit to Spain is never complete without a jigsaw to pass away a few days.


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