Tag Archive for summer

Fire!

On August 15th at the fantastic festival Virgen de la Antigua, a spectacular public fireworks display illuminated the sky of Almunecar during 20 minutes. Over 100.000 spectators watched the spectacle.

Acompalia Summer Raffle

About 100 years ago I met a lovely chap called Chris Oliver, at El Faro bar in Almuñécar. He thrust two pieces of paper into my sweaty mitt and asked if I would be so kind as to advertise the Acompalia Summer Raffle in some way in our top of the range magazine. Being a…

Cooler Summer Streets

NRJ Calle Pintada OnLNerja Councillor for Commerce, Nieves Atencia, has just promised that this summer the streets of the town centre will have awnings. Yes, elections are never very far away, you may conclude.

Midsummer – July Nordic Column

Some Nordic summertime thoughts taken from our July edition and written by Marianne Lindahl.
We celebrate Midsummer Eve in our summer cottage in the Finnish archipelago. The vegetable garden has been sown for the summer’s harvest with potato, salad, beans, onions, peas, chives and last but not least, the dill for our ‘gravlax’ the marinated salmon Scandinavian style. Geraniums in their boxes are bright red against the sheer greenery of birches and scrubs. Lilies of the valley and lilac branches decorate the tables of our cabin.