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Cost of living in Fuerteventura – food & supermarkets
By popular request I will be doing a short series of videos and posts on the cost of living in Fuerteventura over the coming months. Please let me know in the comments below if you would like me to cover any particular cost of living topic. In this video, I discuss the cost of food…
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Corralejo Beaches | Best Beaches in Fuerteventura
Corralejo Beaches | Best Beaches in Fuerteventura | Corralejo Dunes Beach Corralejo has many beautiful beaches, due to the magnificent sand dunes that stretch to the south. They all have lovely soft white sand, warm water to swim in and are mostly completely natural and undeveloped. They range from busy town beaches to watersports beaches…
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Top 5 reasons to visit Fuerteventura
I can’t think of a better location in Europe for a relaxing beach holiday than Fuerteventura, so here are my top five reasons to visit. 1. Cheap Flights There are many cheap flights from all over Europe to Fuerteventura with low-cost airlines such as Ryanair, Easyjet, Jet2, Norwegian and many others. If you can be…
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Fuerteventura Surf Spots: El Cotillo
Fuerteventura Surf Spots: El Cotillo – Old Harbour Point This episode of Fuerteventura Surf Spots was filmed on 4/4/2017 in El Cotillo. Old Harbour point (I have no idea if that is actually what it is called) lies just off the north side of the Old Harbour Obviously the waves have to be just right…
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Flying With A Dog To The UK – What does it cost?
Flying With A Dog To The UK – What does it cost? This week I was asked by a neighbour if I could take him, his dog (Indie) and their luggage to the airport as they were returning to the UK for good. His wife went in a separate car with other friends. Dogs travelling…
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Corralejo Carnival 2017 – Carnaval de Corralejo 2017
On 18th March the annual parade of the Corralejo Carnival 2017 took place. It started about 7pm and continued until quite late, as most things tend to here. This is quite a large affair and takes probably 2 hours or more to pass by. Many people that go to watch also dress up even if…
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Fuerteventura March 2017 – Rain, Carnivals and Gold Lamé
Expat In Fuerteventura Vlog March 2017 – Rain, Carnivals and Gold Lamé This month as an expat in Fuerteventura we, hopefully, saw the last of the very odd weather we have been having which included gales, rain and even hailstones. As usual there were the daily dog walks with Oscar and Jenson – the highlight…
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Fuerteventura Vlog February 2017 – Stormy Weather!
The weather in Fuerteventura certainly went downhill during February. We had a big storm with gale force winds and then almost two weeks of very changeable weather. Not like Fuerteventura at all. It is not all sunshine being an expat in Fuerteventura. Of course, living in the Canary Islands does mean a life in the…
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Spanish Builders – What are they like?
We bought our house here in 2013 and since then it has been a constant round of maintenance thanks to the Spanish builders. We lived in our two previous houses in the UK for 17 years and in that time I didn’t need to do as much as I have done on this house in…
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Fuerteventura Vlog January 2017 – Food, Friends and Music
In this month’s Fuerteventura Vlog January 2017 we had friends over who were staying in a hotel early in the month so we met up with them (and ate). We also had friends coming over to stay with us for the last week of the month. This means we can play at being tourists again…