Smoking Ban in Spain

The ban on smoking in public areas begins tomorrow 2nd Jan. As from then smoking will not be allowed in bars, nightclubs, restaurants or hotels etc. Restaurants are very critical of this new law as they believe for them that the loss of trade will be massive.
Another concern is that those who gather outside of these public places to have a smoke will generate quite a bit of unnecessary noise and disturb those who live nearby.
The smaller bars and cafes are also fearful that they will loose much of their trade from those who just pop in to have a coffee and smoke while they read their daily paper.

Read more in the Euro Weekly

Lloret de Mar Stuff is 5 yrs Old Today!!

Lloret de Mar Stuff was started by Debbie after she came up with the idea and asked me if I would like to join her. (She is no longer involved with the writing of the blog owing to other work)  Since the 1st post READ HERE there have been 410 more posts giving a wide and varied insight to Lloret de Mar and surrounding areas, with 126,047 page visits from readers all over the world, and is still gaining popularity. The highlight of the last 5yrs for me came when I received a message to say that the blog had received an award after been voted one of the top 100 blogs in Spain - read the message  HERE...it was actually in the top 10 and is still  in the top 20 today!

So thanks to all readers and here's to the next 5 yrs and more!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL !

Lloret de Mar Weather at Xmas

We had great weather today in Lloret, clear blue sky for a while as you can see from these photos and feeling quite warm in the sun....not bad for 28th December.

 BUT.....

It was a different story just two days before Christmas when we photographed these scenes from inside the pub..where we had to stay until it stopped!

 

Christmas Day in Buzzby's

What a great time we had in Buzzby's in Lloret yesterday where we all celebrated Christmas day. We had everything - a fantastic dinner, crackers complete with the corny jokes, a free raffle where each of us one a prize....and lots of fun!

Peter's prize!

No, this wasn't Mandy's prize!

Lloret de Mar Buzzbys Xmas

A photo from our 'local pub' in Lloret, all the locals had a great time last night celebrating Christmas. We'll all be meeting again at lunch time where we'll all be having our Xmas Day party and dinner...more photos on the Xmas blog!