Wednesday, August 29, 2007

The sweet taste of taste!

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You learn through pain. When we first arrived in Castelldefels there was a brief period of true while the mosquitoes lulled me into a false ...
Sunday, August 26, 2007

Holidays don't have to be fun you know!

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Holidays are not for the weak. Dianne, Gwen and Ceri found that out today. Having got up at three in the morning to catch the early flight ...
Saturday, August 25, 2007

Poor old me!

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“I’ve been defrauded!” How Count Prus’ words ring in my ears after having a meal in La Gran Cantonada. Admittedly the Count was taking abou...
Friday, August 24, 2007

Films don't always help.

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What sort of dentist actually starts a conversation about The Marathon Man while you, the patient, are in the dentist’s chair? I suppose it ...
Thursday, August 23, 2007

Primal Terror!

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Literature is littered with authors’ attempts to find the authentic voice of their childhoods. I have discovered that finding that voice is ...
Friday, August 17, 2007

There's a machine for that!

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The dishwasher has arrived and all is well with the world. Apart, that is, for a momentary glitch when I thought that the dinner plates woul...
Wednesday, August 15, 2007

The sands in time

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The topography of the beach has changed. I used to think that beaches just ‘were.’ They were there as a result of natural processes: the gr...
Monday, August 13, 2007

Lengthy completion - so to speak.

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Although it is not the middle of January, I am contemplating broken resolutions. I realise that middle of January is a little optimistic for...
Sunday, August 12, 2007

Reality is being surrounded by what you own

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You are allowed a few days off to recover when your stuff arrives from the UK. Moving house is supposed to be one of the truly traumatic occ...
Sunday, August 05, 2007

Poison pen again

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Mea Culpa! Been back in Castelldefels for days and not a finger to the keys! Well, I’ve had a cough; nuff said! The flight back from Mallor...
Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Last days

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Today to the north. A little resentfully on my part because I wanted to go to the beach and swim rather than go to some historically signifi...
Monday, July 30, 2007

An island revalued

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Visiting relatives can be very trying: especially if they are not your relatives and they have desirable houses! Carmen has contacted some o...
Friday, July 27, 2007

Holiday Delights!

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There has been a gap in my blog which will be filled by the following diary. DAY ONE Toni is a front seat driver. He is the sort of front se...
Sunday, July 22, 2007

I've read it. Have you?

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There are times when altruism pays off. I was searching through the bookshops of Castelldefels for an Ellis Peters novel, which I had recomm...
Friday, July 20, 2007

Driving is such sweet sorrow

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I’ve been searching for the right adjective to describe the driving approach of massive articulated lorries on Spanish motorways. ‘Frisky’ o...

Choices, always choices!

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[This is Wednesday 18th July's blog - the internet has been very reticent recently!] Which to start with? The beauty of the sunset ove...
Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Culture comes at a price!

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Joining the cultural elite in Barcelona is fraught with difficulties. The desire to see my first opera in the Liceu prompted me to try and g...
Sunday, July 15, 2007

Culture calls!

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I feel that I am nearing making a definitive statement about the driving qualities of Catalan drivers. But not yet. I would like to spend a ...
Saturday, July 14, 2007

The Snake in Paradise!

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I do not regard a car as a gadget. You would have thought with my love of things mechanical and electrical that I would have been a devotee ...
Friday, July 13, 2007

There's always a first time!

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I feel confident in asserting that no one else since the dawn of time has listened to Virgil Thomson’s “Four Saints in Three Acts” on the be...