It’s strange how you learn the important Spanish words that get you through everyday life here. One of the problems of living in Torrevieja for me is that everyone, absolutely everyone, speaks better English than I speak Spanish. When out and about I always ‘speaka da lingo’ as classier holiday makers tend to say, but […]

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After the full-time whistle blew and spectators began to dissect the final moments of yet another re-match while on their way home, I can honestly say that I am a convert to this yearly sport. This annual get together of colour, spectacle, heart-pounding drums, and raucous music has just come to an end in Guardamar […]

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I finally took time out of my busy schedule recently to visit the salt lake in Torrevieja - just a short stroll from my studio, and visible from the top of the house. Down by the waters edge a crowd of mud people gathered like extras from a Star Wars movie. Everyone was caked in […]

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It was such a lovely evening on Wednesday (9th) that I decided to take a trip on my trusty - & rusty - bicycle down onto Torrevieja seafront. The sun was about to say its daily farewell, taking with it the extremes of the summer heat.
I had heard that the new marina had a couple […]

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Let me introduce myself. I’m a 43-year-old professional artist of some fourteen years standing. I have had a home and studio here in Torrevieja, on the Costa Blanca for about six years or more. Until this last year or so I travelled between Spain and my other studio in Ireland and lived quite a nomadic […]

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