Month December 2014

One odd thing about this time of year is that yesterday, El Día de los Santos Inocentes (day of the innocents) is the equivalent of our April Fools day. As the day is to commemorate the killing of the babies…

In preparation for my About.com contract not being renewed, I’ve been planning a daily creative challenge called A Creative Year cr8365, which I’m hosting on my Away With The Pixels site. The aim is for people to draw, sketch, doodle,…

Ian was surprised to see that the local supermarket has turned into a Cada Dia, which is a small version of Dia supermarket03+6-. It is the same people who are running it, and I think they must have taken on…

Last week, during class crossover time, I was stood in the hall saying goodbye to one of my students, Olga, when a man popped his head round the door and started talking to Olga. I assumed he was a family…

I’ve been putting our nativity scene out – several times – this week. I let the youngsters put it out which entails a lot of debate – not least because I include the witch.

Another thing that takes a bit of getting used to is how the two holidays at the start of December – Constitution day and the day of the immaculate conception – result in shops being shut so close to Christmas.…

I never cease to be amazed that children here do not know when Christmas Day is – I continually forget and take it for granted that everyone knows that Christmas Day is the 25th. Yesterday, in my class at the…

We saw the details of THIS FARMHOUSE and have added it to our list of potential places we might like to live. It is in the olive producing area of Jaen (as you can see by the olive trees in…