by Debbie Jenkins | Activities, Murcia Region
This morning I did a little run, the first one for about 1 month. My excuse has been that it’s too hot, but really, I should be used to the heat by now and the last few days have cooled down a little, with a little cloud cover. I’m not really the...
by Debbie Jenkins | The Book
I want to make the 3rd edition of our book Going Native In Murcia the best it can be, and I know to do that I need your help. I’m looking to build a small focus group to help me. Going Native In Murcia is the only English language book about the region, and I...
by Debbie Jenkins | Activities, evergreen, Murcia Region, Top 5
Plaza Cardenal Belluga Leave the crowds of balloon sellers, buskers and tourists behind in the beautiful Cathedral square and slip around the corner to one of the city’s oldest bars. Since 1926, Los Zagales, have produced excellent local tapas, including Zarangollo...
by Debbie Jenkins | Murcia Region, The Book, towns
Well, it’s about time that we updated the Going Native In Murcia book. The last edition was finished in 2006, and a lot has happened since then. Not least of all the airport is still not built! So over the next couple of months we’re going to review and...
by Debbie Jenkins | flora and fauna, Murcia Region
About 10 days ago we had our neighbours up for dinner for Marcus’ birthday, our adoptive mom kept telling me about a new kitten in the village that the baker’s son had rescued for me. “It’s so beautiful, one black eye and one white eye.”...
by Debbie Jenkins | Murcia Region
If anyone is interested in the big cycle races like The Tour de France, Spain have their own big cycle race, called La Vuelta a Espana. 2010, La Vuelta celebrates its 75th anniversary. The race takes place between 28th August and 19th September. It is normally...
by Debbie Jenkins | Murcia Region
Film Set Extra. By David Billington During March 2010, I saw an advertisement on the website of my local town of Pinoso, asking for ‘Extras’ (Figurantes) to take part in the making of a film which was to be shot in the area surrounding Pinoso. I attended the casting...
by Debbie Jenkins | Murcia Region
Location: Café Golf, San Javier Start Time: 8.00 pm Date: 30 August 2010 * Do you want to clear out any unused golf gear? * Are you looking for a cheap set of clubs? * Looking for a Bargain? * Societies are you looking for prizes for your competitions? Then come along...
by Debbie Jenkins | Murcia Region
The feral kittens are still a little wild. Two of them will tolerate me touching them accidentally, wait by their bowls for the food and clamber over my lap to play. The third little black one, the only girl, is still very timid and won’t let me touch her,...
by Debbie Jenkins | evergreen, flora and fauna, Murcia Region
There are hundreds of feral cats in Spanish towns and villages. Usually they hang around the bins looking for scraps of food and they keep the mice and small creature population under control. These feral cat gangs are un-neutered and produce litters of kittens a...
