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MIRADAS MAY ISSUE

The May issue of MIRADAS DEL SUR is on the street, with a nice article on Jimena, plus something about wines and brandies of the Jerez area and about Berlin, polo, health and a great deal more. All of it in Spanish and English. Pick up your copy at the petrol station, at the banks, [...]

CINEBANK JIMENA

CINEBANK JIMENA is the place to rent DVDs and games - and more! They’ve just opened a small shop selling just about anything, including nice warm, fresh bread. And they have the most amazing hours: from Monday to Friday, they open from 6.30 a.m. to midnight, and from 9.30 a.m. to midnight on weekends and [...]

BULLFIGHT IN JIMENA

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You’ve seen the carteles (posters) all over the place, so there’s not much need to expand, except to say that tickets - which ought to be bought ASAP as a full turnout is expected - can be purchased at: The petrol station in Jimena (Estación); the La Vega dairy (by the silo as [...]

EL CASTILLO IS OPEN

EL CASTILLO, the restaurant opposite the crossing at the main road from Jimena, is finally open. Domingo Calvente, the owner, tells us that for the time being the menu, while ample, is limited to tapas and raciones, until they get the measure of their clientele. In any case, the inauguration, which took place on Sunday [...]

GOLF

A thought from Bob Hope, excellent golfer and great comedian:If you watch a game, it’s fun. If you play at it, it’s recreation. If you work at it, it’s golf.And another Spanglish golfing thought from Prospero:The word ‘golfer’ pronounced in Spanish, sounds a lot like golfo, which, in one of its many definitions according [...]