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I'm very excited! I approached Wye Valley Life a long while ago to ask if they might be interested in some editorial about my journey, life in Córdoba/Granada/Málaga - and having a somewhat "dramatic" life story (you know I'm a Drama Queen - it could never be anything else could it;)) ... I'm delighted to say that the piece I wrote is appearing in the New Year edition :)

I'm rather amazed that they have agreed to be honest - their usual… Continue

Boy am I seriously pissed off today .... and I wish a hex on the Hotel Piemonte in Rome and their appalling behaviour .... They're going to wish that they were never BORN after this!


I think I blogged previously about one of the many online enquiry systems that I used to try and find a hotel with a room free at short notice .... and I think I also mentioned that one system in particular asked for credit card information without stating on the system that any enquiries constituted a confirmed b… Continue

I had the absolute pleasure yesterday of driving my nephew and his charming new wife back to Córdoba train station for their night train to Barcelona.

I don't normally look forward to the drive so very much as it is mostly motorway, but we decided to leave in plenty of time and take in a few of the local villages "off the beaten track".

We drove through Cabra without stopping ... Cabra means Goat in Spanish, and this particular town is one where I have determined to spend more time - the archi… Continue

Yesterday, having some time on our hands, we explored Malaga in ways I have never done before. We found a truly spit and sawdust sherry bodega - in fact the owner's contempt at the very suggestion that it was "Sherry" made me feel like I'd frozen over ... MALAGA WINES he bellowed at us, causing us to shrink back in fear.

Row upon row of vast wooden kegs lined the rear wall, each with a name chalked or taped onto the front of the keg.

As you bought, so your bill price was chalked onto the ancie… Continue

Yesterday probably ranks as one of the best "me" days in living memory - and something I will definitely be repeating again and again and again …..


I drove the 15 minutes from home to Adelantado - a beautiful drive winding down and around Iznájar and the lake, then up the other side and into the campo where I was pampered beyond belief in the most beautiful house set in a rolling valley of silvery green olive trees.


Starting at 11am, I had a full b… Continue