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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.

REGISTRATION OF YOUR CAR IN SPAIN   If you import your car to Spain, you need to register it there. If you do it in the first 4 weeks the car is classed as one of the possessions of your move and the re-registration costs are lower. You have to re-register your car within 6

SpiritualMurcia held their first Coffee Morning with a difference last friday morning on Mazarron Country Club (Costa Calida) in the community actiivities centre 13-1.  It was hosted by The Circle of Potential, a local circle of curious and open-minded people who are exploring beyond the mind and into unknown territories… They know, have a gut

We all wish the world could be a better place. We look at the continual barrage of tragedy and horror served to us with breakfast on our television screens. We see the economic crisis swamp us with worry and stress, spiralling into a recession that has already been acknowledged by major government spokesmen as a

Have you ever tried keeping track of how many times a day you have a negative thought? Or keeping track how many times a day you go to the kitchen and open the fridge when it’s actually not a meal time? Or keeping track of how many times a day you find yourself wishing for