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The old adage “time waits for no (wo)man” manifests itself every day!  As Christmas / Día de los Reyes Magos is finally over and we head into 2012, I hear shouts of “where did 2011 go?”  Getting older years, months, days and minutes seemingly vanish partly due to the wonderful intervention of the www. Computers, […]

Over Christmas I had the absolute luxury of reading two books.   Both relate with Spain and both amazing stories of strong women striving against the odds. Here they are:   Passion India by Javier Moro, this is about a Spanish girl from Malaga who is swept off her feet by an Indian Raj.  This

Este es uno de los blog posts que me han traido buena fortuna.  I hope everyone can use Bing Translator to get the gist of what I am saying, in the meantime….here’s to all the Costa Women, and to an amazing Vision Chat that you can all have wqith me.  Special pricing for January through

When I was a little girl, my Mom used to tell me that I was “remarkable” and it made me feel very special.  Then I heard her say the same thing to my school friends, my sisters, and so on.  When I called her on it, she explained that in her world, every child was

Dear all Costa Women Members. A greeting from Norway and minus 20 degrees… I wanted to share with you our tradition here in Norway, how we celebrate Christmas and hopefully spread some Christmas Spirit with that. As I sit here in the kitchen of my parents house, with my hot cup of the and look

I am very excited about this weeks interview. This woman is the powerhouse behind an icon to children and adults since we first saw the fairy lights twinkling in our homes. So from a very scratchy and noisy skype call from Spain to the North Pole (those Elves can be loud)… here is my interview

Powerful Heart Energy Workshop on 4th February 2012   Gratitude Art, in conjunction with Dr. Susan Phoenix and Christine Heckel, will be holding a special Powerful Heart Energy Workshop on February 4th 2012 from 10:00 until 17:00 in the Miraflores Resort.   February is the month of St. Valentine’s Day, so this event will focus

What have Shakira, Einstein and Sarkozy got to do with the Christmas Nativity scene? Find out here: http://inthegarlic.com/2011/12/who-wants-to-be-a-caganer-2011/

Valerie, did Spain choose you, or did you choose Spain? Six of one, half a dozen of the other.  Italy was my first love but when I was 15 we had a family holiday in Benidorm and I started to learn Spanish. I always felt the urge to come back, and spent part of what

  I have to confess a secret, so secret I barely know it myself.   I love Alcalá.   Alcalá is like that dull, serious, stamp-collecting  boy you meet at university, the one that never gets drunk and seems indifferent to you, even though you have your share of admirers. You think he´s a bit of a weed