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Andalusia or Andalucía?

The autonomous region of Andalusia (Andalucía in Spanish) is in the southern part of Spain. It spans from Atlantic coast in the west to the sheltered coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the east and from Málaga's Costa del Sol to the borders of Castilla – La Mancha the famous flat lands and Don Quixote windmill country.  With an average of 300 plus days of sunshine a year the coastal area is an all year round destination. Not so in the inland provinces of Cordoba, Jaen and Sevilla which ha ve baking hot summers that can reach +40c and cold winters which can be 0c or less overnight. The Mezquita, Córdoba Andalusia is divided into eight provinces, each with a provincial city of the same name. Some of them are far more famous than others: Almería , Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Sevilla. The three land-locked provinces are Córdoba, Jaé n and Sevilla, the rest are coastal. Each province and city is full of culture, history, traditions, fabulous monuments and cre...
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Writing Course & Writing Retreat in Spain

I really don't know how I managed not to write much about my Barcelona writing course trip here because I really enjoyed and gained confidence from it, now I seem to be writing about it everywhere else!

Last week's writing challenge on Wanderlust saw me penning a post about a lovely lady I met on the writing course - have a read? The Most Remarkable Person I Met While Travelling


This week on the Thelma & Louise website there's a piece I wrote sharing my experience in Barcelona on the writing course that was a prize win, but not originally mine. The winner backed out at the last minute, it was offered by Pink Pangea to anyone who wanted to take it, and I applied and got in. Read about it here - Rachel, the Travel Writer.

After leaving Barcelona, the writing course and the group of women I'd shared that time with I wrote a piece about the course and how I felt at the conclusion of a pretty emotional few days. It is on the Pink Pangea website if you fancy reading it or want a bit of a push to attend a writing course - Highs and Lows - Preparing to Land


As for writing retreats in Spain, come and stay in my holiday home in Jaen, northern Andalucia. No wifi and no mobile phone coverage in the house, peace, quiet and chill out time. I always find ideas come to me in moments of silence and inactivity and Casa El Reguelo is a great base to relax and write. I live less than ten minutes away if want you help, companionship, shopping doing etc.
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