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Category Archives: Andalucia
Head above the clouds
It really is a great feeling to wake up at sunrise and walk out onto the terrace and see this view as the sun rises. Living in the mountains of Axarquia at the height of around 700 metres lends itself to … Continue reading
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Tagged Cloud: Meteros, Lucy and Jorge Orta’s, St Pancras
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Chocolateless in Colmenar!
Easter is not Easter without my favourites ‘Charbonnel et Walker Champagne Truffles’ or ‘Thorntons Continentals’. So without my favourite chocolates it felt just like any other weekend. That is, until we decided to take our Australian guest with us into Colmenar on Friday … Continue reading
Semana Blanca
Today is a public holiday in Andalucía (Andalusia Day) and is celebrated February 28 every year. For most people, especially expatriates it is just another normal day but annoyingly the shops are all shut! Día de Andalucía commemorates the February … Continue reading
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Tagged Día de Andalucía, Semana Blanca, Semana Cultura
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Procesión Virgen de la Candelaria y San Blas – Colmenar 2013
On Sunday 3 February our local village, Colmenar, celebrated it’s patron saint with a nine hour procession from one church along the narrow streets of the village up to the Ermita at the top of the village. An event for the … Continue reading
Casamedialuna.es Contact Information
Due to an administration error by our website hosts our casamedialuna.es http://www.casamedialuna.es website is not available at the moment. If you wish to contact us with booking enquiries please visit the contact us page on this blog or email info@tangomedialuna.com and … Continue reading
In Search of Narnia
En la mano literally translates as ‘in the hand’ which is a phrase everyone in Axarquia knows when wanting to get any work completed in and around their homes. A consequence of the heavy rain before Christmas was quite a large landslide all … Continue reading
Hector’s House
After being scorched once by the mark of Zorro we decided to get some new hens so we obtained two more to make the coop back up to five hens. Once again one turned out after a couple of months to … Continue reading
What did the Roman’s do for us?
On our recent visit to Bolonia Cove we went to see the extensive ruins of the Roman city of Baelo Claudia. Built in the second century BC, the city became prosperous from mackerel and tuna fishing and as a trade link. . The ruins … Continue reading
Posted in Andalucia, Walking holidays
Tagged Baelo Claudia, Bolonia, Garum, Roman ruins Baelo Claudia
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Life’s a Beach…
After looking after people on holiday here at Casa Media Luna we felt we were long overdue a holiday ourselves, so we are just back from our first holiday in over 4 years. We first went to Sevilla for three nights … Continue reading
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