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About Jimena de la Frontera, the province of Cadiz and Spain as a whole, focused on this small village in the mountainsArchive for March, 2008
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
“Why are you rushing so much?” asked the rabbi. “I’m rushing after my livelihood,” the man answered.
“And how do you know,” said the rabbi, “that your livelihood is running on before you, so that you have to rush after it? Perhaps it’s behind you, and all you need to do is stand still.” Tale about Rabbi Ben Meir of Berdichev
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, of which Jimena has had its fair share already, having taken up to €250 from elderly and non-Spanish-speaking residents. They are unlikely to turn up this time of year, though. For a translation Read the rest of this entry »
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. Read the rest of this entry »
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 de Andalucía. Read the rest of this entry »
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