NATURE PARKS ACTIVITIES

The Nature Parks of Andalucía have prepared a year-long programme of activities. Some are close by and some are not, but all of them hold an interest for someone. This month’s are:April 21 and 22 - To Sancti-Petri by kayak at Bahía de Cádiz Nature Park and a walk along the Vereda de la Estrella [...]

CHECKITOUT

if you are under 110, speak Spanish, live in or around Jimena, this is worth checking out (click on picture to txt them):

NON-RESIDENT TAXES

THE FOLLOWING IS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM THE AGENCIA TRIBUTARIA (TAX AUTHORITIES) PAGE IN ENGLISH
OWNER OF A PROPERTY FOR OWN USE

1.- General Obligations Any person who is not resident in Spain for tax purposes and who is the owner of any urban property in this country will be subject to [...]

TOMORROW’S WEATHER

Could be anything, really. But at least we know the sun will come out at least for a while.AREN’T WE GLAD WE LIVE HERE?

10 QUESTIONS FOR A CANDIDATE

THE FIRST OF THE QUESTIONS FOR THE MAYORAL CANDIDATES COMES FROM ‘ANONYMOUS’:“WHY ARE THERE NO LOCKERS AT SCHOOL? WE HAVE TO CARRY HEAVY BACKPACKS UP AND DOWN THE HILL AT LEAST TWICE A DAY.”
SCROLL DOWN TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS!OR GO TO TIOJIMENODIGITAL IN SPANISH

UPCOMING ITEMS THIS WEEK

HERE IS A SHORT LIST OF SOME OF THE ITEMS COMING UP THIS WEEK ON THIS SPACE:

NON-RESIDENT TAXES
MORE EASTER RECIPES
bBay RE-LAUNCH (see if we can get it under way!)
NATURE PARKS ACTIVITIES COMING UP
PRECIS OF HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY SEMINAR
HOW TO USE THIS BLOG TO ITS FULLEST
… and more (send something in via CONTACT US, above right)

PALM SUNDAY IN JIMENA (4)

La Borriquita must go into the church ‘backwards’, i.e. looking towards the entrance, so that it comes out facing ‘forward’, on its way back to Nuestra Señora de la Victoria.The manouevres involved require strength and perseverance from the carriers, especially having carried it down the hill at a slow pace. The few men present throughout [...]

PALM SUNDAY IN JIMENA (3)

La Borriquita as it approaches the entrance to San Francisco Church. It is unusual in Spain to see women costaleras, carriers, the job being carried out mainly by men. However, this chauvinist attitude is much less preponderant today (though there was a recent controversy in Cordoba in this regard). In Jimena, the reason so many [...]

PALM SUNDAY IN JIMENA (2)

The image of La Borriquita (The Little Donkey) was only recovered about three years ago as a processional figure and may have been brought from elsewhere when the present priestly order, the Oblates, took over the diocese. The order has been instrumental in changing many attitudes towards the Church in Jimena, which were, to say [...]

PALM SUNDAY IN JIMENA (1)

The only Holy Week procession in Jimena is that held this morning, Palm Sunday. Starting out from the Nuestra Señora de la Victoria Church, the image known as La Borriquita (The Little Donkey) is carried down the main street to the church on San Francisco, where a Mass is held. (CLICK ON PICTURE TO ENLARGE)