The Credit Crunch !

Even the criminals in Spain are feeling the credit crunch!

I recently saw reported in a Spanish newspaper that a former bank robber who has had a clean record for 30yrs has been charged with 4 robberies this year.
He says he was forced out of retirement because of the recession!

Holiday in Spain Promotions!

Spain is to set up promotional campaigns in Britain to try boost tourism for this year. The reason behind this is the 22% drop in bookings from the UK market during the first 3 months of this year

''A Taste of Spain'' promotions are to be held in open air festivals in large cities such as London and Edinburgh. These will include all things which we associate with Spain, such as Flamenco Dancers, Spanish horses will be performing and giant paellas will be on the festival menus!

Santa Clotilde Gardens

Despite the bad weather which we had in April, its estimated that the figures for visitors to Santa Clotilde Gardens were well up on last year.

More than 11,000 people have visited the gardens, 4,000 more than the same period last year! All together the total for the first 4 months was 23,000. The most likely reason is that the El Punt newspaper have a scheme which allows their readers free entry to the gardens and Museo del Mar.

Lloret de Mar Boats

All the boats taking holiday makers up and down the coast to the other resorts are now back for the summer season. The most popular seems to be the larger and more powerful Dofi Jet as seen in the top photo. At this time of year you can travel as far as Tossa de Mar up the coast or Blanes further to the south. As the town gets busier then the boats will be sailing to other resorts further up and down the coast.

Lloret de Mar Weather

Temperatures in Lloret do seem to be much warmer these days both through the day and evening times. Here is the weather for the coming week, a little rain is forecast but it shouldnt spoil your holiday fun!
To check the weather for your future trips to Lloret you can always find an upto date forecast on the Weatherbug site.

Monday

11/05/2009

Hi: 21°

Lo: 14°

There is a 0% chance of precipitation. Partly cloudy. Mild. Temperature of 21°C. Winds ESE 17km. Humidity will be 68% with a dewpoint of 14° and feels-like temperature of 21°C.

Tuesday

12/05/2009

Hi: 22°

Lo: 14°

There is a 0% chance of precipitation. Sunny. Mild. Temperature of 22°C. Winds ESE 6km. Humidity will be 59% with a dewpoint of 14° and feels-like temperature of 22°C.

Wednesday

13/05/2009

Hi: 19°

Lo: 15°

Scattered showers. There is a 40% chance of precipitation. Cloudy. Mild. Temperature of 19°C. Winds ESE 13km. Humidity will be 72% with a dewpoint of 14° and feels-like temperature of 19°C.

Thursday

14/05/2009

Hi: 18°

Lo: 11°

Scattered showers. There is a 30% chance of precipitation. Cloudy. Mild. Temperature of 18°C. Winds S 19km. Humidity will be 78% with a dewpoint of 14° and feels-like temperature of 18°C.

Friday

15/05/2009

Hi: 14°

Lo: 11°

Rain. There is a 90% chance of precipitation. Cloudy. Mild. Temperature of 14°C. Winds NNW 12km. Humidity will be 82% with a dewpoint of 11° and feels-like temperature of 14°C.

Saturday

16/05/2009

Hi: 18°

Lo: 12°

There is a 0% chance of precipitation. Partly cloudy. Mild. Temperature of 18°C. Winds NNW 8km. Humidity will be 56% with a dewpoint of 9° and feels-like temperature of 18°C.

Sunday

17/05/2009

Hi: 18°

Lo: 12°

There is a 0% chance of precipitation. Mostly cloudy. Mild. Temperature of 18°C. Winds S 17km. Humidity will be 69% with a dewpoint of 13° and feels-like temperature of 18°C.

Lloret de Mar Today

This holiday weekend has been quite busy in Lloret with many visitors in town. It seems that most people in town are French, along with the Spanish who usually head for the coast every weekend. The weather has been excellent with no signs of it changing this week. If the forecast on the TV this morning is correct then temperatures are on the way up for the middle of the week.

 

Lloret de Mar Shopping

I wonder if we have a new annual event starting in Loret?

Yesterday [1st May] a large market was held in the El Reiral district, and it was packed! This is now the new location of the weekly market held on Tuesdays, much better than the old site behind the Casino. I gave up going to that one during the summer ages ago it was just impossible to get round!

The 1st of May has always been a day when all [or most] of the shops have closed and the streets around town have been deserted, but yesterday was a different matter. The large supermarkets were closed but just about all the other shops were open and the market it seemed was a huge success. It was a real treat to see many different stalls and real bargains to be had with lots of stalls selling good quality clothes at bargain prices.

The best market I've seen in Lloret yet !