So, Tuesday night was the big night. The night of Rach’s (or “Ratch” as Alexa calls her every time she connects her phone to the device) birthday dinner. As said previously, we were getting catering in from El Truc. We knew our chef was Sergei, and we had been told to expect him from around […]
Read More →Andorra is quite an unusual place. Essentially, it seems to be one long road through a valley. From the border to the city centre, we went past over numerous roundabouts, and it’s quite unusual to see a sign simply saying “France”. And coming back a sign saying “Spain”. It was at roundabout with one of […]
Read More →He’s a quick test for you. What do you know about Andorra? I know very little. Mainly because they have never made it through to the grand final of the Eurovision Song contest (sidebar: they are actually the only country NEVER to have made it to the Grand Final…a record in itself). They have never […]
Read More →For Rach’s birthday, we are getting catering in for the big day itself. The chef was recommended to us by the owner of the villa, and he runs his own restaurant in Agramunt. Fortuitously for us, he closes the restaurant on Tuesdays, which is the day of Rach’s birthday. We are all following him on […]
Read More →The other day, we went out to have lunch in the local town of Agramunt. We found a bar which seemed very popular. In fact it was so popular, that we couldn’t sit inside in the lovely air-conditioning, so we were very English and sat outside under a canopy. There was a pleasant wind and […]
Read More →Early on in the holiday we realised that even though we had done the big shop (see other Spanish blogs for the relevance of the big shop), we still managed to forget matches. This meant we had nothing to light the barbecue or the mosquito repellent with. Tibu offered to go through to the local […]
Read More →As I have said in previous blogs, the villa we are staying in is on the outskirts of a tiny village. The village itself is completely surrounded by fields. No matter which way we look, we see fields that have recently been harvested. Today we saw the combine harvester and bailing machine going round collecting […]
Read More →I wouldn’t exactly call myself a cat person. Karen and I have never lived in a house with a cat. Dogs yes. Cats no. However, Rachel and Tibu and Nikki have had or still do have cats. They are fond of the felines. They are catty people. They are kind to kitties. You get the […]
Read More →On the first morning here myself Karen and Tibu decided to go and explore the village. The villa is set outside of the village and so we have no immediate neighbours but just a couple of hundred yards down the road is the village of Ossó de Sió. It stands on the top of the […]
Read More →As we settle into our new home, we really are appreciating just how big it is. As I said before it’s two apartments joined together to make one huge property. The oldies have taken the penthouse apartment, otherwise known as the granny flat, and we are on the main floor of the building. This does […]
Read More →We left you with arriving in Spain and eventually being let into the country. We then picked up a hire car from okmobility (which we know does sound like some sort of mobility scheme and that we were going to hire five electric scooters, but they are a very good car firm, they just have […]
Read More →My dear reader…..oh sorry, I went all Lady Whistleblower from Bridgerton then. Well hello, how are you? Not seen you for a few years. You’re looking good. Have you done something with your hair? It’s been a few years since I’ve done a holiday blog. I guess for the past couple of years, the vibe […]
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