"febrerillo, el loco" is a Spanish phrase we heard today which roughly translated means "February is mad' and so far, we agree...
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"febrerillo, el loco" is a Spanish phrase we heard today which roughly translated means "February is mad' and so far, we agree...
Well, who would have thought this time last year that we, Andrew and I would now be ensconced in Spain as we cross over from 2016 into 2017. Yes, it was our plan for the year, but so much could have gone wrong to upset that particular apple-cart.
This was an unusual Christmas. For a start, this is the first year that I have not spent Christmas with my family - either with my parents or my children. It was just me and Andrew.
It's Christmas Eve and we thought that we would record a festive message for friends and family.
The 1st October, our first day at Casa Magdalena, seems a long time ago. So, what have the first two months been like and what were the highs and lows? Find out by listening to our first podcast...
There have been a few difficulties this week. On Saturday, I received an email from one of my brothers informing me that Mum had been taken to hospital following a fall at home...
Yesterday evening, just as we were settling down in front of the fire - voomph! - the house went dark: a power cut.
It has been a busy old week, and I am not quite sure where the time has gone. We are in the middle of our three-week run at school, and had friends to stay at the weekend, its all been rather hectic, so where to begin?
This week has been really tough. We have recently been studying three past tenses in Spanish and combining these proved a little too much for us...
Truth be told, it doesn’t take much for me to get frustrated, but yesterday was a bad day; the wind must have been blowing from the wrong direction...
