So I have made it to Valencia for the Las Fallas festival. Joyce and I are set up in an amazing apartment near the heart of the city. We can walk to everything. Joyce found this place and if I ever go back to Valencia I will be trying to book in again. Three floors with two bedrooms, two full bathrooms, a full kitchen (including a dishwasher and laundry), and all the mod cons we might need. Joyce is going back to Canada to buy better speakers as her IPOD s...

So its back to Spain for a short visit of seeing new places and new cities. And a trip back to Benicassim to say good bye to all my friends there. Jean picked me up at Murcia airport at 9 PM in a crazy rain storm. We are off to Granada for 4 nights to see the city and the Alhambra. Jean had made all the arrangements and she also did the driving to get there and home. Thank you Jean for getting all this planned for us. The hotel was great and everything we...

Read my Christmas blog first. It will make more sense then. Also there are two photo albums "Christmas" and "New Years". Jeans friend Eveline picked me up from the hotel in Alicante and we drove to Torre Pacheco. This area of Spain is called the Garden of Spain. Crops of lettuce, artichokes, broccoli, cauliflower, and other tender vegetables. Most of these crops are harvested, packed and loaded onto the trucks at the field and then taken...

Here I am back again. I have to get this caught up or it will be 2010 and I can't be behind right from that start! Finally my Spanish classes started in mid October. 8 hours per week. Monday and Wednesday from 8:15 to 9:45 in the evenings and Wednesday and Thursday from 4 to 6 in the afternoon. I have two very different classes. Pilar is my instructor on Monday and Wednesday and the class has other students that are just learning the language. This is a pe...

I just realized that some of you may not know Jose Luis and Paloma Bracons yet. Please let me introduce them. Some of you will have heard of "Craigslist". A free website to advertise items for sale, trade or rent. While I was still in Vancouver I went to the local Craiglist site and entered "Spain" under the Vacation Rentals tab and the only apartment for rent in Spain was the one I am living in in Benicassim. After I met with Carlos Brac...