GAS SCAM

Further to our previous articles (click here and here) on a gas scam that has been carried out in Jimena, the Town Hall has published a bando (official announcement) on the matter. It gives instructions on what to do if you get a knock on the door from what could be an unauthorized gas installer, [...]

VANDALISM!

This is how Calle San Sebastián, perhaps Jimena’s most ‘typical’ street, awoke this morning (See more photos below). According to several neighbours, a group of Spanish-speaking people came through at about 2am smashing as they went.

THE TRANSLATION PEOPLE

Get it right!

10.4 MILLION JAPANESE TO SEE ANDALUCÍA

Channel 10 of Japan is to dedicate 60 minutes to Andalucía as a tourist destination, of a 95-minute special travel programme that is expected to be viewed by 10.4 million people. Japanese film crews are due to spend the next couple of weeks shooting scenes in Málaga, Granada and Cádiz as guests of the Junta [...]

USING THIS SITE - 3

The counter tells us how many visits we have had in total. (That’s an old screen shot - look at it now!). You can’t do anything with it, but we use it for advertising purposes. We also have a feature that you can’t access, called Blog Stats, which gives us a lot more information on [...]

PROCESSIONS CANCELLED

Many Holy Week processions throughout Andalucía had to be cancelled because of the rain. Television news last night showed scenes from Almería and Cádiz to Sevilla and Málaga of fervent believers crying in disappointment. Spanish actor Antonio Banderas, who takes part in the processions in Málaga, said that ‘these things happen’ and hoped they would [...]

VISITING THE SICK

A local tradition took place in San Martín del Tesorillo yesterday. The Christ Crucified is taken through the village, stopping at the homes of sick people. It is said that Tesorillo is the only town in the Campo de Gibraltar that does this, but we are reliably told that the same is due to happen [...]

THOUGHT FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING

New life comes from the shedding of old skins and pressing through the darkness toward the light. Spring is the season of new beginnings and of growth. Karen Kaiser Clark