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I’ve been a Costa Women member for nearly a year now without having written a thing. That’s pretty disgraceful for someone who writes for a living. But maybe understandable? In my defence, anything digital gives me ‘cybertrauma’ (I just went to Preview this post and it vanished. Luckily I copied it first – I know […]

What do you fear more than anything? What do those dreams that jolt you back into consciousness consist of? Is it losing a child? Is it being alone? Is it not having enough money? Is it not being ‘anybody’? Is it being ill and not having anyone to care for you? Is it growing old?

My name is Ali Meehan and I’m an expat-aholic. Over the last 15 years I have lived in Australia, Spain, Dubai, Thailand and back to Spain, which is now where I call “home”. My expat story really started with photos, memories and friends sharing my parents’ life in Libya during the 1950s. Exotic lands and

Nausea, hot flashes, night sweats reduced One in every eight women in the UK will develop breast cancer at some point in her life – more than 48,000 new cases were diagnosed in 2009. It has become the most common cancer in the UK, and is the leading cause of death for women aged 34

New post at the BWN blog .What Makes Spain Tick: Diversity

I’d been thinking about writing a story about the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela for some time, ever since we had made a visit to Galicia and fallen in love with the place.  All our Spanish friends had said that we had to visit the north of Spain, how cool it was in the summer and so green.  

How often do you forget to shower? I would guess the answer is never. Well, how about brushing your teeth? Here the answer might be rarely. OK. So how often do you neglect to give yourself food? And assuming you have hair, how often do you forget to brush it in the morning when you

Dear fellow Costa women members, Tonight I just wanted to share with you that my husband’s and my short film Inservibles (click link to go to our website) is finally available on-line (Sorry to say it is in Spanish, we will upload a version with English subtitles to Vimeo later this week). You can watch it here,

As mentioned previously, Costa Women have committed to help Sue Doran and her family who lost their house, built by her husband, together with their entire belongings and their car in the Malaga fires.  Tragically, the fire destroyed Pete Doran’s trade tools, meaning he was unable to return to his self-employed business as a builder. 

NIE The NIE Number is an identification number for foreigners, it is a personally, unique and exclusive number which the Police of Spain gives you. You need your NIE number to do any business in Spain like buying a property, a car or signing any contract that involves business, like contracts for electricity, water etc.