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Forum: Spain
Mar 15th 2011, 2:42 am
Replies: 40
Views: 39,573
Posted By SaratonyT

Re: Mosquitos-again sorry!

Definately the blue one!!! I wouldn't be without it - it is great stuff because it is not sticky. I have some mixed with the cologne you can buy in the supermarket and put in a spray bottle to use...
Forum: Spain
Feb 18th 2011, 3:58 am
Replies: 68
Views: 6,573
Posted By SaratonyT

Re: Newbies here :-D

Thanks for the advice regarding Aspergers, however, my son is NOT disabled - he has aspergers sydrome - we do not currently receive any allowances for him, neither would I ever expect any. He can...
Forum: Spain
Feb 18th 2011, 1:22 am
Replies: 68
Views: 6,573
Posted By SaratonyT

Re: Newbies here :-D

Who,s dragging anyone????? What an uninformed, unhelpful reply! if you had read my post you would see that we have been preparing our move for several years. The assumption that us parents are...
Forum: Spain
Feb 14th 2011, 8:07 pm
Replies: 68
Views: 6,573
Posted By SaratonyT

Re: Newbies here :-D

We have been planning to move out to Spain for the last couple of years with our three children who are now 6, 8 and 11. We have all been having spanish lessons and although the children are...
Forum: Spain
Dec 31st 2010, 2:32 am
Replies: 3
Views: 2,898
Posted By SaratonyT

Re: moving to punta prima torrevieja

Hi, the local town hall is the Ayuntamiento on the N332 at Playa Flamenca, if you go there they will provide you with all the information you need. Because we don't speak fluent spanish, we had...
Forum: Spain
Nov 8th 2010, 1:01 am
Replies: 21
Views: 1,808
Posted By SaratonyT

Re: The best tv series

Some mothers do av 'em!!! They are rerunning them on GOLD and I have been watching them with my children - I was a child when they first ran!!!
Daft but funny!!!
Forum: Spain
Oct 18th 2010, 7:20 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,783
Posted By SaratonyT

Re: Thinking of Spain again!

We have lessons once a week, but there is homework. The children have fun lessons, based on what they would learn at spanish school, they have completely different lessons to us - they have learnt...
Forum: Spain
Oct 17th 2010, 7:01 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,783
Posted By SaratonyT

Re: Thinking of Spain again!

Hi Mike, we have 3 children, all will go into Spanish State school when we move to Spain next year. We have been having spanish lessons for nearly a year and will continue until we move. The...
Forum: Spain
Oct 5th 2010, 8:23 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 3,588
Posted By SaratonyT

Re: Ryan Air to pull out of Murcia

Easyjet have also stopped flights from Murcia - hopefully only for the winter although I don't know why they stopped completely because the flights were always really busy. We are travelling from...
Forum: Spain
Jul 20th 2010, 11:22 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 2,806
Posted By SaratonyT

Re: TV antenna on roof

I think you're right - the problem is with the President. The solar panel is already up and was up before they ruled against them being fitted on the roof - therefore it isn't going to be moved. ...
Forum: Spain
Jul 20th 2010, 9:21 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 2,806
Posted By SaratonyT

TV antenna on roof

On our urbanisation we have a UK tv package with about 10 channels. We would also like to receive spanish tv, but our president doesn't want us to put an aerial on the roof of our villa. There are...
Forum: Spain
Jul 13th 2010, 7:42 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 34,659
Posted By SaratonyT

Re: villamartin

Don't forget Murcia airport - it is about 15 minutes drive away!:thumbup:
Forum: Spain
Jul 12th 2010, 3:11 am
Replies: 4
Views: 4,740
Posted By SaratonyT

Re: La Zenia

I also have a home near here (in Villamartin), we have been holidaying in the area for 5 years and love it. With regards to crime, I go to Spain for weeks on my own with the children and always feel...
Forum: Spain
Jul 10th 2010, 6:55 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 34,659
Posted By SaratonyT

Re: villamartin

We love villamartin, in fact we have already bought our villa and are moving there next year. Villamartin has everything we need as a family, plus we are a couple of kilometres from beautiful...
Forum: Spain
Jul 8th 2010, 7:45 am
Replies: 27
Views: 2,651
Posted By SaratonyT

Re: Flies.

I know the ones you mean, they are sandflies (their name comes from their colour). The problem with them is that you rarely see them bite! In Australia they are a problem and they call them...
Forum: Spain
Feb 7th 2010, 5:37 am
Replies: 32
Views: 9,518
Posted By SaratonyT

Re: Dying Palm Trees

I found some useful information on www.livingonthecostas.com - we are going over next week and the first thing I will do is check my trees!!! It sounds as though the local councils are being a bit...
Forum: Spain
Jan 24th 2010, 9:16 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 8,445
Posted By SaratonyT

Re: Strange little grubs eating door frames

Thanks for the replies - haven't got any photos of the little critters although we did have the neighbours in to have a look and nobody knew what they were. They were tiny grubs, the largest was...
Forum: Spain
Jan 23rd 2010, 3:58 am
Replies: 16
Views: 8,445
Posted By SaratonyT

Strange little grubs eating door frames

I noticed the door frames looked a bit funny, in fact the frame was being held together by the varnish only and the wood had disappeared. On closer inspection I noticed very small grubs (no adults...
Forum: Spain
Jul 16th 2009, 7:03 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 2,593
Posted By SaratonyT

Re: M & S to open in Spain????

I saw an article in one of the free newspapers a couple of months ago which said building was going to start on the new shopping centre and the land has definately been cleared. They didn't say what...
Forum: Spain
Jul 3rd 2009, 3:19 am
Replies: 33
Views: 45,134
Posted By SaratonyT

Re: Driving from Santander to Alicante

We drove down from Santander to the Alicante region at the end of May. Left the ferry at 12 noon and got to our villa at 10 pm that night. Had a great drive down and via Madrid. Lots of new...
Forum: Spain
Apr 18th 2009, 6:19 am
Replies: 10
Views: 13,204
Posted By SaratonyT

Problem with electric water heater

The electric water heater in our apartment is dripping! It only drips when the water is heated and only loses a very small amount of water. Does this drip mean the heater is on its last legs or is...
Forum: Spain
Feb 14th 2009, 11:41 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 3,445
Posted By SaratonyT

Re: Torresat

We are coming out on Tuesday and are expecting our TV signal to be scrambled. Can someone please tell me where in Playa Flamenca the Torresat office is so we can get things sorted out while we are...
Forum: Spain
Feb 2nd 2009, 8:00 am
Replies: 76
Views: 9,748
Posted By SaratonyT

Re: Easy Jet - Think Twice

Thanks JDR, but we do have speedyboarding, even with that it is stressful, you firstly have to get to the front of the baying mob to pass through the gate avoiding the evil looks and then whenthey...
Forum: Spain
Feb 2nd 2009, 4:45 am
Replies: 76
Views: 9,748
Posted By SaratonyT

Re: Easy Jet - Think Twice

We always fly with Easyjet, with the children we always take our own food on the flights otherwise it would cost a small fortune.

The only problem we have had with Easyjet is the boarding...
Forum: Spain
Jan 5th 2009, 11:39 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,105
Posted By SaratonyT

Winter bugs and illnesses

Here in the UK it seems that Winter = illness. Since November and all through December my family seems to be constantly ill with colds and bugs. In fact local schools had to be closed due to the...
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