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Campello Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Campello, Spain and Canary Islands
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Accommodation Anarchy - Part 1
This is a top pick! ... greeted by a very rude Spaniard, very suprising! 4 hours later, we spun on our heels (still carrying these stupid packs) and headed towards Valencia. Yes a city of charm, people and what we did not expect more accommodation issues!! The 45 min ...
On our way to VALENCIA
... low season inc of electricity and wifi! Another dvd ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". 20th November Campello to Altea A very good sleep and up to brilliant sunshine again. Steve is in shorts and I’m in a strappy top it’s so ...
Garrucha to Campello
... were back on board at about 22.30. Subsequently Pete and Sylvie have been showing us the area. Campello lies between Alicante and Benidorm, perhaps two of the most over developed towns in holiday Spain. We were surprised therefore by the beauty ...
Secluded Beach
... (peanuts!)!! We wasted no time in hitting the beach. It was our first taste of Costa Blanca, the sandy white Mediterranean coast of Spain. The sand was soft, the water was warm, the beach was almost deserted. But it was windy, hence the name of the ...
Campello and a different view of the Costas
... busy week with Will & Angela in Dunfermline, & meeting up with friends it was a bit unsettling getting back to Campello. However bright sunshine & warm weather helped after snow & freezing winds!! Having our friends Peter & ...
Happy Birthday to Marie
... lunch...a hungry crowd for sure, every last drop consumed. Then is was siesta time for some of us. We returned to El Campello with the plan to see everyone later for dinner. It was a lovely way to celebrate Marie's birthday. I know it ...
Home again in Casa Largo Vida
... nbsp; A few trips to IKEA have provided most of the other items we needed for the house. And while we were in southern Spain our household items from Stockholm arrived. My personal assistant/AKA domestic engineer Sylvia received them and had ...
Countryside visit
... visit to one of their friends, Mahfoud, a very talented artist who lives in a remote area north of El Campello. Surrounded by olive and almond trees he works in wood, stone and bronze, drawing inspiration for his sculptures from the intricate wood ...
To the National Park....almost
... when you are going up a mountain. Almost all the way to the top and we had to turn around in fear that weck down and out to a gas station. Luckily just coasting down the hil for 10 km still left us with enough gas to putter into the station ...
Photos from our Visitors
... , along with his mother Ulla and Lars' brother Simon visited us last week. They found the weather much milder than Stockholm's and a few days of rain didn't dampen their spirits. This isn't a very long entry, just an opportunity to share some photo ...
Getting Settled
... hours to go through all of the cycles...but things are definitely clean! We continue to explore El Campello. We found several restaurants we like and while vegetarian choices are limited we've been able to follow our diets fairly well. I'm ...
Our B&B opens....
... I been, you ask? No posts for 10 days....what's happening? Last week we began welcoming friends and family to our apartment in Spain. We were even able to provide some sun along with a sandy beach and a view of the ...
Hurrah, hurrah...the first of May...
... but we haven't learned all of the details yet. After we applied for our card we walked down to the Campello beach to enjoy a caña and some people watching. Families with small children, boys kicking balls, even a few hearty swimmers were there to ...
Hola Espania!
We've returned to Spain, this time as new home owners. Our real estate transactions was completed by Vincent just one week before we arrived. And during the next six days everyone worked to prepare it for us! Many thanks to Vincent for ...
Casa Largo Vida hosts Swedish & American Friends!
... to Alicante for a few days of R&R before "Tall Barb" and Curtis returned to the US and "Small Barb" and Dick continued a road trip through Spain. We had a wonderful visit with them including a long lunch at La Pondarosa, our favorite restaurant on the ...
L&M moving assistants!
Lars and I made a very compulsive decision two weeks ago. Vincent and Marie were moving into their new home near El Campello. Late June is the one of the busiest time in their business season and we sensed there was a lot to do and they could ...
Sonos Sunday
... pair 2 or more). The speakers can be easily moved from one place to another. You connect a "Bridge" (between your computer and the speakers) to your wifi router and then all you need to do is plug your speakers into an outlet and you're good ...
Leaving soon...a peek at our next Spanish Home
... and I are making an offer on an apartment here on Playa Muchavista. Our hope is to spend a least six months in Europe, five here in Spain and one month in Sweden. In our search for a Spanish home we want to be near the sea. If all goes ...
Scotty, Beam down some Internet. please!
... always connected to the Internet...at home, on the high seas, even during road trips across the US and Europe, but here in our little Casa in El Campello we have the worst internet access, perhaps in the world! We've tried both Movistar and ...
Home....things are taking shape
... looking much better! We are happy to now have two comfy rooms for entertaining guests. Our first guests, neighbors Darlene and Octavio are coming for dinner tonight. They are vegetarians and we're all going to order Indian food from a ...
Oh...what a perfect day!
... then came back to our condo to check out the pool. The water there was the perfect too and we finished our day with salt and fresh water swimming. To seal the deal after we showered we had a wonderful siesta...Life in Spain...now we GET it! ...
More fun with our extended family
... there are some things that are "lost in translation" We met at a Belgian restaurant "Brel" here on the beach in el Campello. It was a wonderful time for us. We enjoyed being with them and catching up on news about all of their ...
Friday's this and thats....
... has been one of our favorites since he restored power on a rainy Friday night when we arrived in El Campello last fall. He has also made numerous repairs and changes to our new home. It seems we always need an outlet in a place where none can ...
Hola....we've moved to SPAIN
... week or two. Out of the dream (and Lars has them....he pursues them!) we worked with Vincent and Marie to find a "winter" rental in El Campello. Thanks to them we have a wonderful 3 bedroom duplex apartment with two terraces, one large enough ...
Warming the House...Casa Largo Vida
On Saturday we welcomed many friends and neighbors to help us celebrate our new home. Earlier in the week we asked our neighbor Darlene to help us word our invitation in correct Spanish. She kindly help with the translation and also agreed to invite ...
Happy Birthday to Us Spanish Style
... planned destination. The air has cooled at bit, it was 22 degrees, perfect to me! There were wind surfers and sunbathers enjoying this wonderful October day. Our lunch was one of my favorites, vegetable paella! Afterwards we ...
Our Guest Gallery....
... ) Lotta, Bosse, Margareta and Janne (Stockholm, SE) Madelyn and Alexia (Aigües, ES) Pedro, Julie, Sammie and Fico - Staying nearby in El Campello (USA via Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK) Tommy, Tina, (Umeå, SE) Lennart and Gunbritt (Stockholm, ...
Little projects
... I was at the computer. Adian and his family have lived here for six years. He was only five when they came to Spain from England. He spoke no Spanish when they arrived and the first year was tough, but now he speaks like a native! They ...
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