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Ruta Bancos Gigantes or Huge Bench Route in Andalucia

A new rage is slowly spreading across Andalucia with its beginnings in the province of Malaga and that is huge benches are being installed in beauty spots across the region. The Huge Bench Route or  Ruta Bancos Gigantes #rutabancosgigantes can be found on Instagram  where they are more active with updates on the new installations of these enormous benches and they have a   Facebook  page too. Map of the Ruta Bancos Gigantes The initiative started by Forest Green an agrobroker company that supplies and works with treated wood to large construction and environmental companies in Spain. The huge bench route is steadily growing, with constant new installations spreading across Andalucia. The enormous handmade wooden benches are 4 metre long and 2.3 metre high, with the seat being 1.3 metres above ground and needing steps to get onto them, appearing in natural beauty spots hopes to encourage people out into and  enjoy the views and of course take photos to be ...

Monday Morning Photo - Christmas Belen a Nativity Scene

Once upon a time the Nativity scene or Belen was the traditional Christmas decoration in Spanish homes. These days more and more Christmas trees are found but they´re not taking over, just an addition.



As with Christmas most Spanish homes have adopted the tree and present giving on Christmas Day as well as their traditional Day of the Kings on January 6th.

Most of my Spanish kids (who I teach English to) have both tree and Belen. Some Belens can be huge taking over an entire room. This is an average one, not too over the top - but add up the figurines and you´re talking quite an outlay. Most people add a piece or two every year.


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