Archive for: May 20, 2012

The British Lib-Dem leader Nick Clegg has a Spanish wife.Those Spaniards who live in Olmedo ( Valladolid) have known him for many years.He met Miriam Gonzalez at a school in Brussels.She is a EU negotiator with the World Trade Organisation …

Redovan is a town near Orihuela on the Costa Blanca.A rock band competition has been started which is open to unsigned groups who have at least one member who is a resident of either Alicante or Murcia provinces.

The type of …

The newly formed Torrevieja cricket club has been given two signed bats by Sir Ian Botham.The bats are to be auctioned at their fund raising dinner ,which has been given a Caribbean theme.The dinner is being held at Bar Marina,Calle …

Moraira/ Teulada are two small towns on the Costa Blanca.They are each so small and separated by such a short distance that they have decided to stop calling them by their individual names and lump the two together.However most people …

Searching for truffles is a local passtime in Los Montesinos near Torrevieja.The soil in this region is particularly good for the desert truffle (Terfezia arenaria).This is not a truffle as prized as the black or the white truffle but it …

Benidorm has been having its Gastronomy Week.The theme was naturally the Mediterranean as a place for all of the special meals that were prepared.Nineteen restaurants took part  in the seven day event.

The Mayor opened the event and said that it …

Alfaz del Pi is hoping to go into the Guiness Book of Records for making the largest meat and vegetable stew.This type of stew is called a putxero.The event was announced by the Town Hall via its tourism councillor and …