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Discovering a new life in Costa Almeria

Having made the decision that full time work really is bad for your health,my husband convinced me that we should get 2 puppies and retire early. What I hadn't anticipated was that retirement would see us in Almeria, in southern Spain. This is our story from making the decision to move to our life here. For more posts read the full blog at http://relocatetospain.blogspot.com. What I hadn't realised was that I wasn't ready to retire so after 2 years we are back in the UK. However, when I am finally ready to retire - Spain is still in the mix.

Introducing the Cicada....
Saturday, August 9, 2008 @ 3:07 PM

In the afternoon, between the hours of 2 and 4pm it's siesta time, a time to relax, a time to snooze, a time to keep out of the sun.

It's a pity that someone didn't tell the cicado, a relatively small member of the flying insect family, no bigger than the watch face of an average sized mans watch.
It looks like a very large fly and I've heard them as we've walked through the campo (countryside) and they make a rather odd clicky buzzy sound, the name cicada is a direct translation from the latin word meaning buzzer (That's the high brow intellectual bit over - promise). They are harmless to us, they don't bite or sting, and don't destroy plants BUT....

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Mark said:
Saturday, August 9, 2008 @ 2:14 PM

I wondered what those bloody things were. They seemed to know exactly when to start making noise, they seem to work in the same was as an alarm clock. I got a old squeezy washing up bottle to remove them in a "friendly" way :0)


More said:
Saturday, August 9, 2008 @ 8:13 PM

Yep, noisy little critters ain't they ? Listen to them here ...http://www.cicado.com/movie.html


Juju said:
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 @ 4:04 PM

I think they're great, same with the night-time crickets. Very seasonal. I wouldn't harm them. Leave nature alone - except for the many ants of different sizes which invade our properties - plants and cupboards!



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