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Archive for the ‘Living in Spain’ Category

Can is start this article by congratulating Peugeot for manufacturing what must be one of securest motorcycle storage spaces (under the seat) in the world. I’ll explain in a bit.

Firstly of course festive greetings to all our readers who, if I know anything about All Abroad readers, will be warming up for Christmas and New Year rather nicely by now. I must also thank Elena Pei Shi Chen from BSA school Alicante who won our competition to design this month’s front cover – I’ll be seeing her at the school this month with her prize.

Right, the motorbike seat then. I’d gone to Elche to meet someone and after buying a few bits from a local supermarket I Read the rest of this entry »

So there we were. Standing outside of a bar near my home, my son alongside me and both of us injured; my son with blood pouring down his face from a head wound, and me with claret pumping out of my cut Read the rest of this entry »

Firstly may I welcome you all to this page where I’ll (hopefully) be offering some advice, help, info and probably lots of observations on life as an expat, but also from the perspective of the toughest job in the world…being a bloke. That may get a few ladies reading this slamming the washing machine door in anger but its Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve been out on the road during September visiting readers from Pinoso, Abanilla, Quesada and quite a few others actually and I must thank the NOSMO KING club down in Torrevieja for inviting me along on the 15^th when I gave a chat about some of the funny things that have happened to me (and others) in Spain down the years, we had a laugh and this month I’m off to Benijofar on the 12^th to meet some more expats and, of course, have a bit of a giggle…

I had the electrician in this month to replace the cooker hood that I melted with the great chip pan fire of July Read the rest of this entry »

Hotel Balneario – Banos de Fortuna

Dave Bull and photographer Mark Welton visited one of the regions oldest, and prettiest, hotels, the Hotel Balneario in Fortuna and discovered that things haven’t always checked out well for the historic complex.

Having been used by Romans and Moors as a spa, (not the supermarket…) Fortuna was left abandoned until 1860 when along came Juan Cascales Font with an idea to build a hotel on the site of the hot springs, the hotel was Hotel Balneario and it is much the same today, Victorian in its style and quality, as it was when it opened 150 years ago.

The first building built on the site was just 16 metres x 50 metres and was situated on top of the thermal springs Read the rest of this entry »