A sojuourn to a remote Canary village, to finish a book and continue training for a marathon, opens up disturbing vistas of human life.
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Tag: Spain
El Apartamento
Apartment living is supposed to be easy. But with truculent neighbours and incessant noise, it’s anything but.
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Spanish ‘World First’ Octopus Farm to Start Construction Despite Global Protests
Despite outrage and protests around the world, a Spanish seafood company is due to begin construction of a controverial octopus farm.
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The Best Little Shop in the World (Part III)
The good times have returned to a remote and spectacular part of Lanzarote as the pandemic finally burns out and fat foreigners arrive.
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The Art of the Protest, Octopus-Style
Animal-rights activists gathered at government buildings in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, to protest against a controversial octopus farm.
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The Best Little Shop in the World (Part II)
Getting away from it all — yet again — amid the roar of family and the festive season.
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Gran Canaria’s Al Fresco Sex Scene Has Many Hot and Bothered
Men searching for sex in the protected Maspalomas Dunes are breaking the law and despoiling a protective reserve amid a lack of policing.
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Blowing Your Top in the Canary Islands
By William J. Furney Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez decided to postpone his trip to the UN General Assembly in New York and head to the Canary Islands, the seven-isle
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The Best Little Shop in the World
Spending time in remote places brings real challenges, but they can make you all the more appreciative when you get back home.
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Lost, and Sadly Found, Amid the Cactus Fields of Macaronesia
By William J. Furney Resources are scarce on these Macaronesian islands. There is no rain, and life — plant and animal — clings on, desperately hoping for some kind of
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