In the previous years here in Spain I have got dressed up and gone to see the Carnaval procession and then gone out for a meal followed by a visit to a disco. Never enjoyed the disco because people were smoking in there and it is always difficult to breathe and it is . . . →Read More:Drummers at the Carnaval
I quite enjoy heading into Girona on a Wednesday at the Cafe Pati Verd which is part of the Carlemany Hotel. The Girona Grapevine meets every week to have a chat about whatever in going on in the Girona area. it is great to be integrated and a part of the Catalan community but . . . →Read More:Girona Grapes revisited In this podcast I talk with Brian Buchanan and he tells us about getting work as a teacher of English both without the TEFL and with the qualification. Brian had a year in Japan which sounds like a real adventure and now has been here in Catalonia for just 10 weeks or so. We . . . →Read More:BravaChat Podcast 06 with Brian from Glasgow photo credit:cecito During the summer I worked in a Camp site next to the beach in Platja d’Aro. The job was OK and the new boss was trying to improve things by stamping his authority left right and centre. I once made a suggestion that when some turned up looking for the other . . . →Read More:The Spanish way of doing business photo credit:ginsnob Me,I miss a few different food things. The small Soreen Malt loaf is a favourite of mine. On my last trip I brought back four of them. I would have brought back more if I had got space in my bag. Lemon curd can’t be bought here,but I have . . . →Read More:What foods do you miss Went to check out the Girona Grapevine meeting in Pati Verd today and it nice to meet friendly bunch. Short podcast coming. Hoped to have the podcast done this morning but I am on a collision course with a Ryanair trip to England. Leaving the house soon with my ruck sack on my back. This . . . →Read More:Girona Grapevine The Sunday of the Girona festival there is the Castels where they send small children to the top of a castle of people all standing on each others shoulders. I am sure it would not be allowed in the UK. But here in Catalonia it is tradition and better to keep traditions going than lose . . . →Read More:Crazy Catalan Human Castles [display_podcast] Podcast 03 Penny lives in Sta Cristina d’Aro and is a neighbour of mine. I was pleased that she was keen to be interviewed for BravaChat. She has a sales position with Calyenty pool heating and was keen to be able to promote the pool heaters that work by exchanging heat from the air. . . . →Read More:Penny Berlin and Calyenty Pool Heaters Today I went for a trip to Girona to meet with Peter Foremski of the web site MyGironaSpain and after a cup of tea,which always makes an interview run more smoothly,we got down to making a recording. I was using the Zoom H2 audio recorder which allows me to make recordings without having . . . →Read More:Interview with Peter of MyGironaSpain.com | |
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