by Debbie Jenkins | Activities, Cartagena, evergreen, food, Murcia Region
We hit the Cartagena tapas trail in 2011, eating at eight bars, all in one night! We started with Pastelería Kuss on Calle Carmen, 8. It was supposed to be a surprise of chicken with orange sauce and crunchy sesame, the surprise was it wasn’t crunchy nor orangey! The...
by Debbie Jenkins | Activities, Bando De La Huerta, Beaches, Cartagena, Celebrations, Christmas, Easter, evergreen, Fiestas, flora and fauna, food, horses, Murcia Region, The Book
Our video showing all the wonderful aspects of living in or visiting Murcia on the Costa Cálida. We’d love your feedback, please add comments on youtube! Get the book: Going Native In Murcia
by Debbie Jenkins | Activities, Cartagena, Murcia Region, towns
Here is an account of David Billington’s visit to Cartagena. Much has already been written about Cartagena, but I thought I would like to share these few ideas for anyone who would like to visit some of the basics in this city. I had family on holiday with me, a...
by Debbie Jenkins | Murcia Region
I wanted to let you know that due to loads of brilliant feedback saying that we’re giving way too much value in our City Guides we’ve decided to increase the price from 99cents (about 77pence) to a whopping $1.99 (£1.50ish). To give you a chance to buy...
by Debbie Jenkins | Activities, evergreen
No matter how well thought out your move to Murcia may have been there may be times when you feel a touch of home sickness. You may miss your old friends or the speed at which your post arrives, the theatres and shows or the reliable electricity supply. You may even...
by Debbie Jenkins | Activities, evergreen, Murcia Region
We made a tourist promotional video about Murcia to help with sales of our book: Going Native In Murcia and we came across some excellent videos in Spanish by a professional video company. Some are quite majestic and certainly worth a look! And here’s our video...
by Debbie Jenkins | Celebrations, Christmas, food
We’ve spent 6 Christmases in Spain now and each year it gets better. And whilst I’m sure you’re just about getting over your over-indulgences and probably thinking about summer fun already, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the season of goodwill. We’ve been...
by Debbie Jenkins | evergreen, food, Murcia Region
Well, they’re both (my husband and his mother) still alive and they ate lots of them – so I think they liked them! Here’s how you serve them: 1. You need fresh “barra” – bread stick – slice it into rounds 2. Cut a juicy garlic...
by Debbie Jenkins | evergreen, Murcia Region, The Book
EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE CITY OF MURCIA! Full of useful tips straight from a British couple who now call this region their home. Let Debbie and Marcus be your guides as they share their love for Murcia City, its people and its surrounds with...