The Happiest Day of My Life
February 18th, 2017 01:43 PM | Diary | No Comment
The Happiest Day of My Life
The Happiest Day of My Life
I know that one is supposed to say, and with much justification, that the happiest day of one's life was the day they got married or had a child, ...
Residency in Spain for Neem
February 17th, 2017 05:18 PM | General | No Comment
Residency in Spain for Neem
Residency in Spain for Neem
There are several things that you need for residency in Spain, or indeed, in any other Schengen EU country. Most of the EU countries have their own interpretation of the EU ...
Locked Out in Fuengirola!
February 16th, 2017 05:27 AM | Fuengirola and Los Boliches | No Comment
Locked Out in Fuengirola
Locked Out in Fuengirola!
We had been in Fuengirola, on the Costa del Sol in Spain, for three weeks and in our fantastic apartment for half of that time and we were loving it. However, it was ...
Our Apartment in Fuengirola
February 15th, 2017 01:35 AM | Fuengirola and Los Boliches | No Comment
Our Apartment in Fuengirola
Our Apartment in Fuengirola
We still had three days left to run when we found our apartment, but the staff at the Hostel Jomarijo understood our predicament and allowed us a refund of a day. So, we ...
Our First Five Days in Fuengirola
February 14th, 2017 12:48 AM | Diary | No Comment
Our First Five Days in Fuengirola
Our First Five Days in Fuengirola
We arrived at our hotel, the Reyesol, Calle Marbella, in Fuengirola at ten past midnight on Saturday. I had been hoping for a beer when we arrived, since leaving ...
Our Last Night in Thailand
January 26th, 2017 03:20 PM | Behind The Smile | No Comment
Our Last Night in Thailand
Our Last Night in Thailand
I have lived in Thailand for thirteen years, so I should have known better, but I had thought that there would be some sort of a fuss made. After all, I ...
WHUK – My Webhost
January 25th, 2017 06:17 AM | Diary | No Comment
WHUK - My Hosts
WHUK - My Webhost
I use WHUK as my UK webhost. It is the first UK webhost company I have stuck with since I started on line in 1996 with a corporate account with Clara.net. I seem ...
Spanish Embassy (part 510)
January 24th, 2017 04:11 PM | Diary | No Comment
Spanish Embassy (part 510)
Spanish Embassy (part 510)
Yesterday, we received an email from the Spanish Embassy to say that my wife's passport was 'ready for collection'. No mention of whether she had been granted a visa or not. Last year, ...
Dreams: Real and Illusory
January 23rd, 2017 08:37 AM | Diary | No Comment
Dreams: Real and Illusory
Dreams: Real and Illusory
I'll leave it to you to decide which dreams fall into which category. I, personally, take a lot of notice of my night-time dreams, but I know that many people don't ask on ...
Seratonin
January 21st, 2017 07:33 AM | Diary | No Comment
Seratonin
Seratonin
My doctor put me on Seratonin about fifteen years ago. I had had armed robbers tie me up in my own house, our family firm had gone through and my father had died all within a short space of ...
Do You Feel At Home Where You Live?
January 20th, 2017 06:50 AM | Diary | No Comment
Do You Feel at Home Where You Live?
Do You Feel at Home Where You Live?
'Do you feel at home where you live?' will sound like a strange question to many of you, and to be honest, I'm not really ...
Our Last Week in Thailand
January 18th, 2017 02:13 PM | Ramblings | No Comment
Our Last Week in Thailand
Our Last Week in Thailand
When we were in the Spanish Embassy in Bangkok a couple of days ago, a man that I think was in charge of the visa section, said to us: "I am ...
Thai W.C.’s
January 16th, 2017 02:08 PM | General | No Comment
Thai W.C.'s
Thai W.C.'s
I arrived in Thailand thirteen years ago, so I have some knowledge of the subject of Thai W.C.'s, but I have also had to guess some aspects of this article, as you will see.
When I got here ...
The Dreaded Spanish Visa (part 502)
January 13th, 2017 03:36 PM | General | No Comment
The Dreaded Spanish Visa (part 502)
The Dreaded Spanish Visa (part 502)
If you have not been following this tale of abject misery, it started in December 2015, with no emails to the Spanish Embassy in Bangkok receiving an answer. In ...
Calle Goya on KindleScout
January 9th, 2017 05:39 AM | Diary | No Comment
Calle Goya on KindleScout
Calle Goya on KindleScout
As you may have heard, I put this, my latest novel, The Ghouls of Calle Goya, in for a 'competition' at KindleScout. It did not 'win', or to be strictly correct, it was ...
Translation Service
January 8th, 2017 02:05 PM | General | No Comment
Translation Service
Translation Service
English to Spanish in Twenty-Four Hours
My wife and I want to live in Spain for a while. I am British, so that is no problem for me, but my wife is Thai, and the Spanish Embassy in ...
Open Apology
January 6th, 2017 07:51 AM | Diary | No Comment
Open Apology
Open Apology
To all my friends, colleagues and family, I'm sorry that I was not around over Christmas and the New Year to receive and return your best wishes, if you sent any.
Neem feels the same, but this is ...
Help Publish My Latest Novel
December 10th, 2016 08:50 AM | General | 1 Comment
Help Publish My Latest Novel, Please
Help Publish My Latest Novel, Please
I am not asking for Crowd-Funding, or indeed any money at all, and it will take two minutes of your time.
Amazon, through a subsidiary, KindleScout, wants to know how ...
Tiger Lily of Bangkok
December 8th, 2016 06:50 AM | General | No Comment
Tiger Lily of Bangkok
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Calle Goya (First Chapter)
December 7th, 2016 04:32 PM | General | No Comment
The Ghouls of Calle Goya
The Ghouls of Calle Goya
I have entered this book into a competition for a publishing contract - the first time I have tried such a thing. You can help me to get that contract by ...
Ban Koy, Laos
November 29th, 2016 03:15 PM | General | No Comment
Ban Koy, Laos
Ban Koy, Laos
Yesterday, I told you about my opinion of Laos and how we got to the hotel we were going to stay at on my visa run to Laos. As I said, we normally stay in ...
