Well here in Spain the evening / night of the 5/6th January heralds the arrival of the three kings. This is the real christmas and the high point in most spanish speaking countries. See Wikipedia for full details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Magi In Monforte the three kings take advantage of RENFE (Spanish rail) and arrive by train rather than…
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Merry Christmas – Froehliche Weihnachten – Happy new year – Frohes neues Jahr –
To all our friends, (ex and new) neigbours and especially all readers of this blog  A very happy christmas and have a great new year. When x-mas dawned we thought “… oh there is time…”. Well now I sit in the new salon at the estufa (oven) and x-mas has already gone. Here in Spain…
Time of Matanza – Salon preview
Building work and general maintenance has kept me from writing. The latest excuse is the time of Matanza. All around us pigs are being killed and slaughtered. Whatever ones stance is on this, we have moved here and who are we to interfere with age old customs. It’s not for the squeamish but to see…
