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Abandon hope all ye that enter here III

Posted on August 6, 2014 by findmeahomespain

The futility of life or trying to buy an IKEA kitchen. On our last visit to IKEA we’d been given a rather expensive quote and told we couldn’t order a thing until the ‘measuring man’ had been. Going through the … Continue reading →

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Abandon hope all ye that enter here II – IKEA

Posted on July 23, 2014 by findmeahomespain

Clutching our cut out paper kitchen we returned to the big blue that’s IKEA,; they have the same layout the world over with the room designs and assembled furniture upstairs and then the Market Place below. There’s no escape as … Continue reading →

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Abandon hope all ye that enter here I

Posted on July 22, 2014 by findmeahomespain

Recently we unintentionally acted on some sound property advice: always buy the cheapest house in the best street. Well not literally as it’s an apartment not a house and not in a street either but a harbour side development. Oh, … Continue reading →

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Salad Days

Posted on April 12, 2014 by findmeahomespain

It’s a Leo thing apparently; the trait I have of leaving some things to the last possible minute. At school even with all the holidays to do my homework, it would still be done Sunday night before term started again. … Continue reading →

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Still space to be amazed

Posted on September 24, 2013 by findmeahomespain

With the world seemingly shrinking as communication and travel becomes easier and faster it’s refreshing to know we can still be amazed by this beautiful blue planet we inhabit. Only last week scientists announced the discovery of a canyon in … Continue reading →

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Guernica

Posted on September 19, 2013 by findmeahomespain

The town of Gernika (Basque spelling) is strategically important as 2 main roads intersect there with links to the port town of Bermeo and the Basque capital Bilbao. The river also becomes deep enough for trading boats to navigate the … Continue reading →

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Pompeii

Posted on September 19, 2013 by findmeahomespain

Pompeii was founded 2700 years ago by the Osci tribe. The next few hundred years saw the Phoenicians, Etruscans and then the Samnites in occupation. Around 400BC the Romans took control fortifying it in the process. The Appian Way passes … Continue reading →

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The Zombies of Spain

Posted on September 19, 2013 by findmeahomespain

Believe it or not there are around 40,000 zombies walking the Spanish streets; they are mostly invisible as they hide in their flash cars and behind the high walls of their plush homes. These zombies once feasted off their shareholders, … Continue reading →

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Bomber Harris

Posted on July 23, 2013 by findmeahomespain

Arthur Harris was born in 1892; his parents didn’t think him clever enough to go to Eton as his brothers had before, so gave him the choice of joining the army or going to the colonies. He chose the latter … Continue reading →

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‘Black is Beautiful’

Posted on July 5, 2013 by findmeahomespain

As soon as they came to power in 1948 the National Party started the policy of apartheid in South Africa. Two years earlier in 1946 Steven Bantu Biko had been born. His progressive thinking father was studying to be a … Continue reading →

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