World Of Tourism

Tomorrow is the start of the two-week countdown for my departure for Spain for my annual three months there to escape the tail-end of a northern Scottish Winter and see Spring well underway before I return back to the UK in June. I am beginning to get quite excited by the prospect.There has been 'radio silence' in this blog for quite a few weeks. My apologies. I have had many personal matters to

He perdido las ganas de escribir mi blog ...J'ai perdu l'envie d'écrire mon blog ...لقد فقدت الرغبة في كتابة بلوق بلديTôi đã mất đi các yêu cầu để viết blog của tôi ...If this situation changes I will resuscitate this blog ...Si esta situación cambia voy a resucitar este blog ...Si cette situation change je vais ressusciter ce blog ...وسوف يبعث هذا بلوق اذا تغير الوضعNếu tình hình này thay đổi

There has been very little activity in this blog over the past month because I have been observing a period of mourning for my late mother, who died one month ago today. I hope to return to slightly more regular blogging from now on.

Because of problems with the code used to embed my blogrolls (resulting apparently from problems experienced on some browsers with using links to the blogroll host company) I am having to migrate all my blogrolls to a new host. There is quite a lot of work involved so it will take me some time to complete it. I hope to get my blogrolls up and functioning again within the next couple of weeks -

My good wishes go to everyone who reads this for a Peaceful, Happy and Prosperous New Year in 2010 and beyond.

I am signing-off for a few days for Christmas. I take this opportunity to wish all who pass this way: A Joyous Christmas... and that 'Santa' will bring you all you wish for!Not forgetting my sincere good wishesfor a Peaceful, Happy and Prosperous New Year.(The two images above are of a couple of the decorations I put up in my [Scottish] home every Christmas. I've been spending this

(My time in Mazarrón is almost over as I return to Scotland tomorrow.) I shall very likely be back in Mazarrón, however, near the beginning of March next year and will probably be here unti the end of May.Meantime I've altered the sub-header message at the top of the page to mark my imminent departure from Spain.As you were ...

Last Thursday was the second birthday of 'casabill - the blog'. However, I haven't been blogging much of late, largely because I had a guest staying with me here at MCC for a week until Tuesday last and a preoccupation with recent events here at the 'Country Club'. As with the first year of blogging here, it's been another eventful (turbulent?) year for people in Spain and around the world and

Keen-eyed readers may notice that I have adjusted the sub-heading at the top of the page to reflect that I shall soon be travelling to my home in Spain for a month - I won't actually be travelling until Wednesday, but may be quite busy for the next few days and not have time to make the change later in the week. I'll be in Spain until mid-October.As you were ...

As someone who has struggled to control his weight more or less all his life I have a lot of sympathy with others in the same predicament and who have obviously worked hard to try and resolve the problem. This gentleman (rough translation here) has obviously worked very hard to achieve what he has so far. Congratulations!PS/ My own 'before-after' story is here, but it's an ongoing struggle.

It is possible I shall not be blogging much over the next few weeks, or at least even less frequently than has been my habit of late. I have not been feeling well since the weekend and at lunch-time today I had a doctor's consultation to diagnose the problem. It took him less than 5 seconds to decide what is affecting me and prescribe the treatment.My ailment is not, thank goodness, in any way

Well, after three mostly very enjoyable months here in Spain at the Mazarron Country Club, it's time for me to return to Scotland for the summer (or such summer as we can be grateful to get in the far 'arctic north') and the very lengthy daylight hours which I love in that part of the UK in the summer months. I leave tomorrow, but hope to be back again for about a month in mid-Setpemnber, so it's

Yay! After about 4 months when it has been impossible to update blogrolls hosted at blogrolling.com, we are now promised that the updated version will FINALLY be launched this coming Monday, 2nd March.I've been adding quite a lot of new blogs (to me, at any rate) to my feed readers over recent months, but have been unable to incorporate them into my two most important blogrolls embedded in both

I mentioned a few days ago that I had recently started a mini/micro- blog using Twitter and that I'd probably add an RSS feed to this blog. Well, I just added it and you can find it near the top of the right column. I've taken the opportunity to amend the look and feel of my Twitter page to make it more compatible with this blog, for the the time I am in Spain, although the style will probably

I have just updated the header message at the top of my blog in anticipation of my departure tomorrow, almost exactly 24 hours from now, for about three months in Spain, to escape the tail end of the British winter and enjoy the early Spring-like weather in Murcia over coming weeks.I'll probably be blogging here rather more frequently during my time in Spain of course than I am accustomed to when

After wasting many hours on Thursday trying to cope with a very defective internet connection (it became clear to me it was not my own connection that was at fault, but was obviously a fault in the internet itself, as I could easily get into some websites, but not others), it came back to life at around midnight on Thursday/Friday.This allowed me to do two specific things I NEEDED to do urgently

This has got nothing to do with Spain, but I thought one or two readers might be interested (cross-posted from my other blog).All my life I have had a problem controlling my weight. Over the years I have tried many different methods of trying to rein it in and many have worked temporarily, for a few years (specially those based on controlling calorie and fat intake), but ultimately I have found

With my very best wishes to everybody for 2009. May the New Year be good to all of us!Con mis mejores deseos a todo el mundo para 2009. Espero que el Año Nuevo sea bueno para todos nosotros!

A belated greeting to anyone who passes this way with my best wishes for a Peaceful and Joyous Christmas. When I began writing this post a few hours ago I was just sitting down, at long last, with my feet up on a foot-stool to watch the last half hour of J S Bach's Christmas Oratorio in a recording from 2000 at the Herderkirche in Weimar being broadcast over the past several days on BBC4

I have now uploaded and 'tweaked' the new blog template. It seems to look alright on several PCs I have checked it on, but if you notice any unexpected effects in your browser, please let me know. Thank you.