Part 1 - Building and running a guest house in Southern Spain – in seven parts
I am writing this article on How I came to be living in Tarifa in southern Spain (and running a guest house to boot!) at the...
Magical evenings
Every so often it is totally wind-still in the evening. This is very often in combination with the full moon. At around 21.00 hrs...
All in the family
My son came to Tarifa first in 1986 to join a kindergarten school friend to set up a business in windsurf parts and sail repair. This...
A Working woman
I have always been (and still am!) a ‘working woman’ – by choice! This is of course a ‘luxury situation’. Privileged to have had a good...
Never has an egg tasted better!!
Lunch on a Friday at Venta El Caseron, Los Badalejos : tel. 629886151 – Pedro Directions on leaving from Dar Cilla, Tarifa: My suggestion...
Labour Day
This is a free day here in Spain and as luck will have it for all the locals (Spanish and foreign residents) it is a fabulous day. Blue,...
A change is as good as a rest ….
No view can beat that from the roof terrace of Dar Cilla, looking across to the mountains of the northern coast of Morocco with the...
Beach restaurant Spin Out
For me, it is a question of good planning, i.e. TIMING. It may only be mid April but given the perfect weather the beach restaurant Spin...
Anca Curro
The bar (Anca Curro) next to my guest house (Dar Cilla) has re-opened for the season, as yet only on Friday, Saturday and Sunday...
What a fantastic day
What a fantastic day today. The wind has dropped completely, and the silence on waking was almost weird. The Moroccan shoreline is back...
