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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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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Tuesday 3 January 2012

Spanish unemployment ..



The number of people in Spain claiming unemployment benefit has risen to 4.42 million.

This is a fifteen year high and the fifth straight monthly rise.

The new government has a lot of work to do !!

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Sunday 1 January 2012

Happy New Year




Happy New Year 2012



Feliz Año Nuevo 2012



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