Flamingos, Salt Flats & One Complete Idiot
There’s something about nature and the great outdoors that draws Mr Grumpy in. Give him a bird, a mountain, a strange geological formation or, apparently, a large quantity of salt, and he’s happy.…
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Alicante: The City Spain Quietly Forgot to Tell Us About
During our most recent trip to Spain, Mr. Grumpy, aka Tim, celebrated a birthday. Mrs. Grumpy, aka Sonja, feeling unusually generous, decided to treat Tim to a night away from their holiday apartment…
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Crazy About Crazy Golf!
Family Fun in the Sun Lady Grumpy and her family have always been completely mad about crazy golf. It’s a long-standing tradition, honed over years of seaside holidays and fiercely contested family outings.…
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Eggs Benedict & Other Life-Affirming Decisions
We’re not really ones to go out for dinner very much. We have this awful habit of believing – usually correctly, if we do say so ourselves – that the food we make…
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Uncovering Murcia’s Past – Brought to Life by Ignacio
Sonja recently spotted a post in a local Facebook group advertising a guided walking tour of Murcia City by Mediterranean Cartagena Tours. The tour was created to mark the city’s upcoming 1,200th anniversary…
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A Day of Wine, Laughter & New Friendships in Jumilla
A Rocky Start Back in April, we joined a winery tour organised by the La Torre Social Committee. We arrived at the bus pick-up point by the back entrance right on time… though…
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A Change of Plan: From Cocedores to Coffee and Coves and Bolnuevo
We already mentioned that we bought a paper map – but what we failed to say is that the one Tim purchased covered all of Spain and Portugal. As you can imagine, that’s…
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Chasing the “Petra” of Murcia: A Cautionary Tale for Optimistic Explorers
When we began our explorations of Murcia, we did something almost unheard of in the digital age – we bought a map. Yes, really. A paper, foldy thing with creases and everything, proving…
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