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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...

Rats, Mice, Snakes, Geckos and Grasshoppers

Creepy crawlies and four legged pests are hard to avoid in the heat of Spain. My first close encounter was with an 8cm dehydrated centipede under my bed. I´ve still got it.

Another less pleasant one was a presumed mouse which turned out to be a scorpion, I caught it in a jar, left it with no food or air holes on top of the combination oven, two weeks later it was still moving, indestructible.

Ok, I know I should have taken it outside and let it go but I was squeamish, fresh from the UK and not so countrified.

These days we´ve regular visits from mice inside, rats around the place outside and hordes of geckos everywhere. Not to mention the odd snake both inside and out.

This little green fellow caught my eye and chomped my cañas the other day. I played hide and seek with him for a while until I managed to get a good photo.

Every time I moved he swiveled behind the stem. Good colour coordination don´t ya think?

Green Grasshopper on plant

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