Watch Out! Theres a Blogger About
Saturday, March 29, 2014
A Blog
A truncation of the expression - Web Log.
Is a discussion or information site published on the world wide web and consisting of discrete entries or 'posts' typically displayed in reverse chronological order.
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So what makes a Blogger Blog
On 16 February 2011, there
were over 156 million public Blogs in existence.
On 20 February 2014, there were around 172 million
existence worldwide.
Bloggers come in all shapes shapes and sizes, from all backgrounds, classes, religions, creeds, casts and cultures, but are united by the common obsession to publicly record the events, places, times, quirks, oddity and most off all people that they encounter on life’s journey.
But beware you could have one living right next door to you
Bloggers are the observers of our times and are ever on the look out for their next Blog, they are not easily recognised as they come in a myriad of disguises. The quiet gent reading in the corner appears a first glance to be fairly harmless, but as he occasionally glances up from his book he is mentally storing the information of his surrounding for future use. The engaging sophisticated lady relating humorous stories in the heart of a cocktail party does not miss the incident occurring way up on the left hand margin, and with a click and a flash the Blog is half written.
Bloggers are the social commentators of our cultures, pastimes and habitats, and the mild camera toting pensioners aimlessly wandering around the sunny resort could both be planning the next post, and it could be about you!
The camera is clue as most Bloggers seem to be quite apt at capturing an image, after all it is the images of the mind that they seem to effortlessly convert into words.
And they do with aplomb;
where as you might write ..
“it was so refreshing to come in out of the sweltering heat¨”
The seasoned Blogger will touché you with...
”Inside was as cool as a lychee! Outside was as hot as a wok!
So Bloggers of the world Blog your blogs, leave no stone unturned, no beauty indescribable, no rarity unrelated and no characters unheralded, because if the extraterrestrials out the looking down on us want to understand humanity........
We´ll just send them a link to your Blog!
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My Personal Paco de Lucia
Sunday, March 2, 2014
My Personal Paco de Lucia.
 It was an incredibly bazaar set of circumstances that led me to the small mountain village in the contraviesa.
A liberating quest of discovery in 1980's Spain;
The warnings of mad mountain men and murderous gipsies from a brash arrogant estate agent.
A drive through a rapturous landscape surrealistically backdropped buy a snowcapped Sierra Nevada...... and that huge sky!
The steaming hissing radiator that forced me to coast down hill, around torturous bends that led me to a dark foreboding bar, the bosom of a village and my destiny.
 And Paco was there, in the bar, serenading that first encounter, filling the gloom with his strains of pure emotion.
Paco de Lucia laid tangable bridges between myself and the warm friends that I lived amongst. We would pass chill winter evenings sharing the feelings that he gave us as he effortlessly bathed us with the sounds of his soul, he led us on a journey threw the ebbs and flows, the sharp and the soft, the complexions that make a life. In turn we would stand, wail our own contributions, and in doing so, reveal a soul of our own.
 The love that these simple folk had for the man was as evident as the volume he was played at and even passing a doorway that was exuding his tones would be met with a stamp, a pose, and rhythmic clapping.
Paco de Lucia was omnipresent in the life of the village and taught me so much of the character of the people I had chosen to share time on this planet with. The depths of raw emotion that smoulder in a Spanish heart can be disconcerting to people of colder climes but Paco felt it, lived it and expressed it.
This world has lost one of its true gems but Paco will live on wherever there is pain, love sorrow or joy.
Hasta siempre! Amigo de mi corazon.
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Rowing, An Exercise in Integration
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Integration is fast becoming a buzzword in ex-pat circles but still remains a most satisfying exercise, and one we all try with varying degrees of success. Whilst we celebrate the differences that add interest and intrigue, we also find that when we combine this with a common interests a real coming together of cultures emerges into a memorable occasion.
Such an event took place on El Palo Beach, Malaga one sunny Sunday in January.
A visiting team of ladies traditional Gig rowers from Cornwall met up with their equivalent Jabega rowing club of Malaga.
Members of the Mounts Bay Gig Club, Cornwall, met up with members of La Espailla, Asociacion del Remo Traditional, for a joint row in Malaga Bay.
then rowed in unison following the shoreline to the lighthouse by the port. Augutin at the helm would at times steer the boat into the breakers as an added challenge, attracting the attention of Sunday walkers along the Paseo, who waved and cheered to the intrepid team
the atmosphere on board the Jabega was buoyant and banter was exchanged in both languages.
After a gruelling two hour row the joyful but exhausted team returned to El Palo for a well deserved lunch at El Zagal Chiringuito.
For full story, more pics and onboard video clik link below
http://malagaflipside.blogspot.com.es/2014/02/rowing-exercise-in-integration.html
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Flipsiders are go
Sunday, January 19, 2014
New for 2014 - Malaga on the FlipSide will take you to places that you could never hope to find on a short visit to this dynamic city. We will view the life of the vibrant Capital of the Costa del Sol through the eyes and hearts of the Malagueños, and hopefully expose the warmth of the people that reside here. For they are the heart and soul of this city.
From Morning coffee on the 'Paseo' at pedregalejo...............
............. to afternoon tea at Cafe con libros
plenty more to follow....
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