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Posted by Owen on May 16th, 2019 03:26 PM | Comments Off on Spanish Friends
I am giving away four of my most popular audiobooks in Spanish completely free of charge on a first come, first served basis.
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The Ghouls of Calle Goya – Audiobook

Posted by Owen on April 17th, 2019 01:55 PM | Comments Off on The Ghouls of Calle Goya – Audiobook
Frank and Joy head for Calle Goya in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol, Spain, but unexplainable occurrences turn their dream honeymoon into a nightmare bringing them both to the verge of madness!
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Daisy’s Chain – Audiobook

Posted by Owen on February 2nd, 2019 09:12 PM | Comments Off on Daisy’s Chain – Audiobook
Spoilt daddy's girl, Daisy, tries to earn the affection and attention of her hard-hearted ex-Eastend gangster father, but has she bitten off more than she can chew?
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Biometric Data for Residency Cards

Posted by Owen on December 4th, 2018 12:08 AM | Comments Off on Biometric Data for Residency Cards
My Thai wife may need a residency card to live here after Brexit - nobody really knows - and part of the application process is the provision of biometric data, but what a palaver, and a waste of time!
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Getting My Thai Wife to the UK

Posted by Owen on July 28th, 2018 07:59 AM | Comments Off on Getting My Thai Wife to the UK
Getting My Thai Wife to the UK (part 213) Getting My Thai Wife to the UK (part 213) Those of my regular readers who have followed the five-year saga of my trying to get my Thai wife into the UK will ...
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August 2017

Posted by Owen on July 22nd, 2018 10:02 PM | Comments Off on August 2017
August 2017 August 2017 This is the month I have tried to take off every year since I left school. August falls in the school summer holidays in the UK. When my father remarried, it was my sister's birthday on the first, my ...
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Residence Permit for Spain (final part)

Posted by Owen on July 22nd, 2018 08:20 PM | Comments Off on Residence Permit for Spain (final part)
Residence Permit for Spain (final part) Residence Permit for Spain (final part) We applied for my wife's residence permit for Spain on February 14th. 2017, although we had been working on it for a year before that. When we left Thailand ...
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Growing Old Abroad

Posted by Owen on July 21st, 2018 08:57 PM | Comments Off on Growing Old Abroad
Growing Old Abroad Growing Old Abroad Old age creeps up on us, as does getting older in general. Parents regularly wonder what happened to their youth, and older people wonder why they hadn't noticed it happening to them. These are common ...
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A Life in Twenty-Two Kilos

Posted by Owen on June 22nd, 2018 06:32 PM | Comments Off on A Life in Twenty-Two Kilos
A Life in Twenty-Two Kilos A Life in Twenty-Two Kilos Forty-four kilos is the average luggage allowance for a couple flying abroad - twenty-two kilos each. That is how much you can take with you, even if you are starting a ...
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Liverpool vs Real Madrid

Posted by Owen on June 17th, 2018 07:03 PM | Comments Off on Liverpool vs Real Madrid
Liverpool vs Real Madrid Liverpool vs Real Madrid It was Liverpool vs Real Madrid in some football cup final or other in our local pub in Fuengirola this evening. Well, I suppose it was in nearly everybody's local too. I am ...
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Jailed – Locked in, but Locked Out!

Posted by Owen on June 5th, 2018 04:27 PM | Comments Off on Jailed – Locked in, but Locked Out!
Jailed - Locked In, But Locked Out! Jailed - Locked in, but Locked Out! At six o'clock yesterday evening, I decided that I wouldn't go to the local pub for a drink, as I usually do, but that I would get ...
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Final Preparations for the UK

Posted by Owen on May 21st, 2018 02:55 PM | Comments Off on Final Preparations for the UK
Final Preparations for the UK Final Preparations for the UK We have started to make our Final Preparations for the UK, since we will be flying on June 13th. which is now twenty-five days away. I can't say that I am ...
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A Lonely Night in Fuengirola

Posted by Owen on April 4th, 2018 01:47 PM | Comments Off on A Lonely Night in Fuengirola
A Lonely Night in Fuengirola A Lonely Night in Fuengirola I wasn't happy that night - an argument with the wife, or possibly a misunderstanding... she is Thai, I am Welsh and I know for certain that we still don't fully ...
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Our Tenth Wedding Anniversary

Posted by Owen on April 1st, 2018 04:56 PM | Comments Off on Our Tenth Wedding Anniversary
Our Tenth Wedding Anniversary Our Tenth Wedding Anniversary Yesterday, March 30th. was our tenth wedding anniversary. Well, one of them, anyway, since most foreigners who marry Thais get married twice and not necessarily on the same day. However, despite the two ...
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The Weather on The Costa del Sol

Posted by Owen on February 5th, 2018 10:20 AM | Comments Off on The Weather on The Costa del Sol
Costa del Sol The Weather on The Costa del Sol The weather on The Costa del Sol is quite legendary in the UK and, I dare say, Scandinavia, which is one of the biggest reasons why people from those countries flock ...
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Mariscal and Abogados

Posted by Owen on September 16th, 2017 10:14 PM | Comments Off on Mariscal and Abogados
Mariscal and Abogados Mariscal and Abogados Mariscal and Abogados phoned me today, or to say it correctly, Mariscal y Abogados, since I am in Spain. By the way, 'mariscal' means 'marshal' and 'abogados' means 'solicitors' ('y' is Spanish for 'and'). Anyway, ...
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The Alien House Progress Update

Posted by Owen on September 9th, 2017 11:25 PM | Comments Off on The Alien House Progress Update
Alien House Alien House I just made progress on The Alien House! So far I'm 100% complete on the Writing phase. 0 Days remain until the deadline, so it's looking dodgy whether I'll make it as the story has not yet ...
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Thai Catering Services in Fuengirola

Posted by Owen on July 30th, 2017 10:54 AM | Comments Off on Thai Catering Services in Fuengirola
Thai Catering Services in Fuengirola and Los Boliches Thai Catering Services in Fuengirola The Three Lions in Fuengirola is now offering authentic Thai Sweet Green Curry made by Neem of Thai Catering Services in Fuengirola and Los Boliches. Nick and Luke of ...
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