“When I first began to ask around what people knew about horse racing in Madrid, many people responded to the tune of: ‘I didn’t know there was one in Madrid’, ‘I think it’s closed’ or ‘Yeah, but it’s not very popular’. The latter is probably true.” Simon Pynches describes a pleasant, if not so well known, Sunday morning out at Madrid's Zarzuela racecourse.
Read more...
Category: Spain
The idea for this article and the others to follow started when I saw two episodes of a recent series on UK television scaremongering about retiring to Spain. These two episodes are part of a current spate of programmes which seem to repeat the same message time after time and are on top of previous programmes shown last year. This time they seem to be concentrating on the medical provision in Spain.
Normally these things just pass me by; it’s not
Read more...
[Editor's note: this was Bob's humorous response to our opt-in email newsletter which was about strange pizza toppings we'd encountered.]
Spinach, cauliflower, carrot? My favourite type! (Yuck!)
Here in Andalucía (except in the cities, where a whole range is available) generally we are stuck with just two types: the ones with just cheese and tomato paste, which I guess would be the Spanish equivalent of the universal Margherita… and the ones with fish! You can have them with tuna, or with caballa
Read more...
Please note that the information provided in this article is of a general interest nature and intended as a basic outline only. You are well advised to contact a professional for advice specific to your circumstances. Nothing contained in this article should be seen or taken as the writer or publisher providing legal or financial advice.
For most people the dictionary definition of the words “relax”, “retire” or “leisure property” embrace a number of distinct and altogether gentler notions of “peace”,
Read more...
A day at the races in Madrid – Part Two
Read more...