I subscribe to receive posts from Seth Godin's blog who is a leading expert on sales and marketing and an author of 12 best selling books. I'd really recommend them if you are looking for some smart and interesting ideas. One that he sent me which I...
Continue ReadingCarnaval is upon us and Marbella Town Hall are organising lots of activities over the coming weeks. Some of the highlights are: Thursday March 3 10:00 h.: Carnival walk starting at Plaza de los Naranjos, C/ Estación, Plaza de la Victoria, C/ Pedraza, Plaza de Africa, C/...
Continue ReadingI love living in Spain, the climate, laid-back lifestyle, language and culture all really suit me and I couldn't imagine going back to the UK. However, I know that there are lots of people here at the moment who feel really differently and are frustrated...
Continue ReadingWe were delighted to be invited onto the Women in Business Radio Show with Hannah Murray a few weeks ago to talk about Shaw Marketing Services and our experiences of setting up a business in Spain. I was on with the lovely Beatriz Crawford-Carse and Muireann Gaffney...
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Gorki Marbella is just down the road from where we live and we think it’s a lovely place to have a good glass of wine in a refined wine bar atmosphere. They have an excellent selection of wines at reasonable prices and delicious food as well. This is a chain with other wine bars in Malaga, Seville, Cordoba and Madrid. Interestingly it started life as a deli offering people the option to sample the produce and they still have a deli part of the bar where you can buy some of the things on offer.
Read on for our review of Gorki Marbella.
If you’re bored of always ordering the same things and would like to widen your tapas horizons, I can recommend the busy and fun Taberna del Pintxo. As well as serving traditional cold tapas at the bar, in the evening from around 9pm they start to bring round trays of delicious nibbles for you to try. Tapas is charged by counting the cocktail sticks at the end of the evening, each type of cocktail stick being worth a different amount. It’s a lovely way to eat and the place has a great atmosphere too.
Here’s the lowdown:
Listen in to me on Women in Business Talk on Talk Radio Europe today from 2pm to 3pm. There'll be several members of networking organisation Women in Business discussing their businesses and the issues they experience as women in business in Spain, it should be a...
Continue ReadingIf you're interested in health and wellbeing, head down to the Puente Romano this weekend for the Living Well Marbella Exhibition. It's running from 10am to 6pm and will feature over 25 workshops and over 65 stands run by local health experts, clinics, doctors and complimentary health practitioners. There's...
Continue ReadingWe're delighted to announce that after a few months of hard work by our accountant we are now formally recognised as an S.L. company (the Spanish equivalent of a Limited Company). We believe this is a very positive step forward in the growth of the...
Continue ReadingAll us expats know the line "Should've gone to Specsavers" but few people I speak to realise there's one in Fuengirola! They offer the same great prices on glasses and contact lenses and have English speaking staff to help you. As if that wasn't a...
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