Andalucia Steve

...living the dream

The low down on Spanish weddings

What's it really like to go to a wedding in Spain?
I stumbled across a DVD I made a few years ago of a Spanish wedding that I was invited to. I've been to several in fact, and I've noticed there are quite a few differences to Spanish weddings, some of which may seem a little odd to outsiders. Firstly, one doesn't necessarily need to know the bride and groom to be invited to a wedding in Spain. In one instance I was very friendly with the groom's father but I'd never met his son or the wife to be. On the big day, although I attended ... read more
 

Eight Great Reasons to Visit Spain

Why Spain is a great place to take a vacation
I felt I was unduly negative in last weeks blog post. To be fair, I was directly ranting at the folk in charge of tourism in Spain, not the country, which is rich in reasons to visit. So, to redress the balance somewhat, here are my eight great reasons to visit Spain. 1) People have been here since prehistory. The first time I stayed in Cehegin, the town in which I spent my first six years living here, I booked into a hotel that had copies of rock art on the wall.... read more
 

Tourism in Spain - why aren't they thinking ahead.

A rant about tourism
I received an official looking letter through the post this week. You know the sort, covered in barcodes and government logos. Roughly translating the label on the outside of envelope, it was from "The Institute of Statistics and Maps of Andalusia Council of Economic Transformation, Knowledge and Universities'. While mouthing the words represented by the three letter abbreviation 'WTF' to myself, I opened it up to find I'd been one of 5000 lucky people to be selected to take part in a... read more
 
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