What a great start to the day, the sun was beginning to slowly saunter from East to West, fresh ground coffee was brewing and Barry Manilow had already been played twice on Sunshine Radio, for all your Costa sounds. Not your usual Mandy stuff either, proper album tracks. The breakfast show is sponsored by Specsavers and The English Butchers, (they close on the 23rd so get all your bangers now). I was also unhappy to hear, on the breakfast show, that the rumour that had apparently circulated amongst the expat crowd was not true. If the euro crashes all British Expats will not be evacuated. Imagine!!
It’s easy to take the mick out of expats and the expat lifestyle in general. Bingo on Wednesday night, curry on Friday and the English shop to sell you stuff so you don’t have to eat foreign muck. See; without an effort mick taken. It would be hypocritical to go too far having greatly enjoyed my time as an expat, looking forward to watching the Premiership on a Saturday and the occasional digestive reminder of home.
However there is a difference between knowing a couple of bars that show the game; to every bar showing it and a major difference between taking a drive to score pizza to desperately trying to find a restaurant that serves Spanish food, in Spain!! Welcome to the Costa Brava.
We are just North of Torreveija, a coastal town between Cartahenga and Alicante, our villa is three stories with a roof terrace. A little more space than the van and 10 minutes to the English shop! And 20 degrees c today....
We did most of our Christmas shopping in Chino metro (think a posh poundland the size of wales) some great pressies to greet Cat and H!! Christmas dinner is now going to be at home having weighed up the cost of eating turkey for 40 Euros we decided to go with some Rick Stein in Spain inspired Christmas grub, with Cava and Rioja.
Happy Christmas all. Ho Ho Ho.
Merry Christmas lovely Sullivans xxxxx
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