PHOTO COMPETITION

May 17th is International Internet Day, an occasion that is being celebrated by the Guadalinfo Centre in Jimena with its 2nd edition of the ‘My Mascot & I’ photo competition.

SUNDAY MARKET IN JIMENA?

We came across Jimena’s very own market this afternoon. Just opposite the Mirador, above Bar España, Paco had taken out most of his refurbished ‘antiques’ into the street. As we chatted, a couple stopped by to purchase a lovely old door. Apparently, he intends to open his street shop every Sunday after 3 p.m. There [...]

EASTER PROCESSION IN JIMENA

It is a tradition throughout Spain to hang out one’s best mantillas (shawls) or, in the absence of these, even one’s best bed or table linen, on the route of a procession. Queti was no exception. And that is all Prospero managed to get of today’s Palm Sunday event, but you can see a slide [...]

THE RED DUCHESS

Luisa Isabel María del Carmen Cristina Rosalía Joaquina Álvarez de Toledo y Maura, 21st Duchess of Medina-Sidonia, often known as The Red Duchess, died on March 7th at the age of 71. She was a well-known anti-Franco Socialist, whose family estates (most of which she gave away over her lifetime) once included Jimena de la [...]

FOREVER LIVING

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THOUGHT FOR TODAY

All of my life I been like a doubled up fist … poundin’, smashin’, drivin’, — now I’m going to loosen these doubled up hands and touch things easy with them. Tennessee Williams