Monthly Archives: August 2016

Stockholm Revisited

we made a wonderful trip to our beloved Stockholm at the end of July. This is part of a private Swedish/Finnish cultural exchange programme with a Swedish couple whom we met in Almuñecar more than 12 years ago.

Consumer Rights

The travel industry in Spain is regulated by several laws the most important being the Ley de Defensa de Consumidores y Usuarios (law for consumer protection).

Fortified Wines

Before modern techniques were available most wines were fortified. This involves adding strong alcoholic spirit to stop the wine going off and to give the wine muscle to travel.

Reader’s Letter: Give Me Five

In years gone by, visitors to Spain were dismayed to see abandoned boxes of kittens by rubbish bins, donkeys and horses chained to stakes without shade or water, and dogs wandering around with open wounds.