Latest Tobacco Prices

Here is the very, very latest price list from the tobacconist which shows the new prices for cigs and tobacco as they are today 25th July 2012 in Spain.
Most significant price rises at the moment seem to be on the hand rolling tobacco.

A Colourful Day in Lloret

 Yesterday while walking around the town there seemed to be a mass of bright colours everywhere, from the Town Hall which was decorated in flags to celebrate the Santa Cristina fiesta, to the parasols, kayaks and cocktails on the beach.

This is just a small sample of the colourful photos we took.

Lloret de Mar - Santa Cristina Fiesta

There's been a lot of activity out at sea in Lloret today, this was to celebrate the patron saint of Lloret de Mar, Santa Cristina. This special fiesta day started early this morning with the procession of boats setting off to the hermitage of Santa Cristina carrying the statue of the saint from Lloret's Sant Roma church.  Once there they then make their way to the tiny church of Santa Cristina where they all gather for mass and a typical Catalan meal of Estofado (a very tasty meat stew) is served for those taking part. It was far too early for us to be out and about taking photos of the start of their journey but here we have a few of the boats making their way back to Lloret to return the statue of Santa Cristina.

Lloret de Mar Fiesta

This week sees the start of the Santa Cristina fiesta with daily events taking place in the streets and squares in and around Lloret. It will be a week of processions, music, dancing taking place in the Town Hall square. The fireworks display which seems to be the fiestas most popular event takes place down on Llorets main beach Thursday 26th at 10pm. A massive bang will be heard all over Lloret 15 minutes before the display starts to alert everyone of the spectacular show which is about to take place.