Nikki Beach Marbella

Hi Jo,

Can you tell me where Nikki Beach is in Puerto Banus and do you have a map? Also what other beech clubs would you recommend for a group of 5 girls on a hen night.

Thank you

Susan


Hi Susan

Nikki Beach is now at Hotel Don Carlos, Marbella. The Telephone Number if you need to call them is 0034 952 836 239 and their website is http://www.nikkibeach.com/



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There is also Ocean Club in Puerto Banus which looks really nice with big white beds etc and also Puro Beach at Laguna Village

The beds can seem expensive but a few of you can normally fit on so between 3 or 4 of you Its not that bad.

Be great to hear how you got on.

Regards

Joanne

Clubbing in Puerto Banus in May

Hi Jo,

Just come across your website, great information.

Im coming out with a friend for a weekend at the end of the month. Could you tell me if the nightclubs are open and what else there is to do in May?

Thanking you in advance

Claire


Hi Claire

Most nightclubs are open this time of year.

I have only just posted up about Dreamers Nightclub having a mid week party and also The Ocean Club in Puerto Banus , you also have other nightclubs in Puerto Banus and Marbella.

Most of the bars in Puerto Banus are open too.

If you are looking to do something a little different then Sphere Mania is now here in Marbella.

Im sure you will have a great time

Regards

Jo

Peech at Dreamers Nightclub

At Dreamers Nightclub which by Thai Gallery (opposite El Corte Ingles) every Wednesday is "Peech". Its their mid week party with "House and RnB" music.

30euros to get in and free bar.

12.30am till 6.00am.

If you have been and have any comments please do leave one..

Fran Cosgrave at Ocean Club Puerto Banus

Fran Cosgrave is going to be Celebrity along with Immaculate Boys at Ocean Club, Puerto Banus Marbella.

Friday 23rd May for one day only.

As mentioned on their advert...

For one day only we are in the immaculate surroundings of the newly refurbished Ocean Club. We would like to invite our memebers and their guest to what is guaranteed to be an unforgettable day. Start your day with blissful beach beats whilst soaking up the atmosphere of the ocean, then later enjoy a soulful session of sounds chosen by our special Guest Fran Cosgrave.

We have polished off the music by delivering our very own Stevey Sax who will lay down some very swanky grooves and jams for you to dance around the pool to.

Door: Bring the invite (in most bars / cafes)
Time 4pm to 8pm
Dress Code: Swim Dine Club Dance
Address Avda Lola Flores N/N 29660 Puerto Banus Marbella: Far end of Puerto Banus (San Pedro side)

Table & Bed Reservations a must Telephone 0034 619 273 601
Email aj@immaculatetouch.co.uk - www.immaculatetouch.co.uk

After party with Fran Cosgrave @ Icon Club Marbella, Golden Mile 00.00 to 07.00.

Enjoy, if you have any comments to leave about the party please do!

I want to move to Benalmadena

Hello, my name is Michelle Brown from Aberdeen. I came across your comment on a page while trying to book a flight to Spain and me and my friend are planning on moving over to Benalmadena in August 2010. We are both still in education and will be finishing before summer 2010. We would both like to get our education out of the way before moving over and both need to clear our debts and save as much money as we can. We've decided august because of the summer heat and it gives us that few more months to work. Also we would like to get a Spanish tutor and learn as much of the language as we can. 2 years seems like a long wait but we've been talking about it a lot and its for the best, I think we need the time to do this properly. We both love Benalmadena but its just a start, we are planning on travelling round Spain too and then maybe moving on, but we'll see. Anyway sorry properly didn't really need to know all that; is there any advice you could give us, any would be greatly appreciated. Is there someone that we could meet with to help us with finding accommodation and medical/dental advice or is it all really down to us. Thank you for your time and I cant wait till I'm there but will enjoy the time I have left living in Scotland. thanks again Michelle

Hi Michelle I like the way that you are staying with education and waiting and planning a bit! All too often young people come on holiday, think yeah I want to live here, they come and they either get into trouble or they start working in bars in the evenings and before they know it, 15 years later they are doing the same thing! Regarding work here its hard if you want a "proper"job here. The main work for very young peopel who dont speak spanish is bar / waitressing. If the main thing you want to do is travel around spain, I think this is great. Spain is a fantastic coutnry to travel around. You have Malaga City that is very underestimated, seville, cordoba, granada, jerez all within just 2.5 hours away. Regarding Health Cover, if you get a job with contract they pay social security then you are covered. If not then you need to take out private healthcare. There is Bupa, Sanitas, Asisa, Numerous. I can give you a number of someone who can sort that all out for yo nearer the time. When you come you will find that its very english here, and it can be hard speaking Spanish. You really need to push yourself and I would start learning now in Scotland if you can, just basics at least. BBC website has a great section for learning spanish. Also there are websites where you can speak to other young people abroad, I see them advertise on Facebook etc. I hope this all helps a little Good luck Regards Joanne

Whats opening next to Deli-icious, Nueva Andalucia?

Does anyone know what shop is going in next to Deliicous?

Its been gutted from when it was Leonards and Virginas American Cheesecake Cafe and looks huge inside.

Been lots of workmen and people going in and out and just wondered if anyone new anything.

Why do people keep such things a secret? I just dont understand the logic sometimes.

That was a close shave!

This morning I couldnt get...Im so tired, cant wait to go to sleep tonight knowing I have nothing to get up for Saturday morning.

Went to the bathroom to wash face etc and I took what I thought was my Simple Face Wash, when actually it was my Veet hair removing cream. They are so similar, shape, colour, thank goodness that the smell of Veet is so disgustingly strong that I could smell it whilst trying to laver it up in my hands!

The other day I did the same with E45 Cream instead of Toothpaste...that will teach me to put things back in their correct place.

Maybe this is the start of something! Yesterday whilst putting on a short denim skirt I saw numerous dimples in the back of my legs in the mirror. Im also pretty sure I saw another bum cheek under the existing one! I think reality is starting to set in and my days of thinking Im still 21 is over.

Do you feel your age? The thought that my next big birthday is 40 ( I do have a few years yet) I find quite worrying as I do feel I have the mental age of a very young person, well about 21, 22 ish.

Food Delivery in Puerto Banus, Marbella, Spain

Some of the developments here can be a nightmare with steps, entrances etc. When it comes to lugging a whole load of shopping, it really can be awful sometimes.

If you dont live here or speak or understand any Spanish you may not realise that most of the shops do do food delivery.

Alcampo Im sure delivers when you spend over 100€uros

Hypercor also delivers over either 100 or 200€uros

Supersol delivers when you spend more than 60euros

And Mercadona, will deliver for 4.71€uros.

I know with Mercadona you need to give your details and your reference is either your passport or NIE. You can even shop online with Mercadona.

I know that when some of my friends arrive for their 6 weeks holiday, the first day they spend shopping, going between 2 or 3 different shops to get everything they need. This year they may think twice and even order online with Mercadona the day before they arrive!

Listening to the news in UK such Doom & Gloom

Im sitting actually doing some work today...no I havent even touched the Wii Fit! I on my pc listening to the news, Sky News, I dont know why because its so depressing.

Its such doom and gloom about money, interest rates, how bad things are going to get for people as people have borrowed too much money.

Maybe some Estate Agents from Marbella need to go over to the UK and do a big old sales talk as they do to their staff saying that the Market is Fantastic, its a buyers market, its going to be great here, buy buy buy....maybe if you are told its going to be doom and gloom, you make it that way i.e, you stop buying jewellery, or going on holiday, therefore the shops and holiday owners start loosing money, then the shops suffer and have laying off staff...its a game of dominoes.

If you are told its going to be fantastic then maybe it will. Tell yourself something enough and it can happen.

You cant even watch the soaps at the moment without people being unemployed or laid off.

And Im sure things are bad here in Spain too but not being able to understand completely I think kind of does me a favour.

Whats Duquesa like for Teenagers?

Hi Jo Just spotted your e-mail address and wondered if you can help. We are a family of 4 hoping to go to Duquessa Village in August. My dear husband is a little bit concerned that it may be to "quiet" for our 15 year old son and wondered what there is to do in that area? can you help? ThanksAJ PS: I like quiet!!

Hi Andrea,I dont know Duquesa that well to be honest...its about a 35 minute drive from us. There is a port area there with boats and restaurants and a few bars I think...not too sure n the nightlife though.
Im sorry I cant be much more help, however I will post your question up and often people reply so do keep an eye out. Regards Joanne

Primark Jerez

Hi,

I've just finished reading your post about your friend's visit to Primark when it opened last year. It made me laugh so much. :-)

I moved to Nerja in December and to say that i miss all my shops back home in Scotland would be a huge understatement. Particularly Primark for my 11 year old son who seems to grow and grow and grow and gets chocolate etc on new t-shirts all the time. Ok so they're not the greatest but i'm willing to spend a few quid (or euros now) on throw away t-shirts he's only worn a few times.

Did you ever find out if it was a worthwhile trip? Who was right about the prices too? :-)

Would be good to know as I'd like to go there soon. It's such a long way i don't want to end up with a divorce for a wasted 6 hour journey...........hehehe.

Regards

Clare


Hi Clare Im so pleased you enjoy reading it...I do try make it as short and sweet and enjoyable as I can. Well, my friend who went Susanne, she said it was good and cheap but they didnt have like the high fashion stuff, but more of the basics etc. She hasnt been back since. However, have you been to Jerez? Lets think of some things that may persuade your husband .... Its a lovely small city to see and we stayed in the Sol Melia Hotel, cheap. City of Sherry. Shops are really lovely in big old buildings, like the Mango or Zara is just the nicest. Also there are sometimes big horseshows there I think Someimtes there is Formula 1 at Jerez http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/1/7260.html Just to double check what she thought email suzanne direct...tell her I told you email her http://womeninspain.blogspot.com/2007/12/primark-jerez.html You can post a comment as a question.. Good luck, be great to hear how you got on Regards Joanne

Tonight on the Wii Fit in Marbella

Ok, so my night hasnt quite gone according to plan...

This Bloddy Wii Fit is so addictive I cannot tell you!

All I say is "just one more time, just one more time" and its been 1 hour! Even my daughter is getting fed up with me. I going to have to put it away in locked up cupboard.

Tonight I did Ski Slalom about 30 times, constantly trying to beat my record. I managed to do the beginner the other day in 33 seconds, tonight I finally did it in 28!

If you want to keep your life DO NOT GET A WIIFIT, is amazing, brilliant but very very addictive!

Childrens Spanish Nursery Rhymes

My daughter often comes home from school singing songs where I cant quite understand what she is saying...not that shes not saying it right, it me.

So I listen out for a few words and then search on the internet so I can join in and be up to date with what she is learning. Its also great way to learn new words through songs.

So yesterday she started singing about Los Pollitos...so i searched it and a video in You Tube came up...she then saw all the others and starts singing along to them too. So if you have a child who is about 4 years old, then these maybe songs they are singing.

Here are the words from http://www.hello-world.com/Spanish/song/pollitos.php

Los pollitos dicen
"pío, pío, pío"
cuando tienen hambre,
cuando tienen frío.

La gallina busca
el maíz y el trigo,
les da la comida
y les presta abrigo.

Bajo sus dos alas
acurrucaditos
duermen los pollitos
hasta el otro día






(these arent quite the same as the video)

Cucú, cucú,cantaba la rana,

Cucú, cucú,debajo del agua.

Cucú, cucú,pasó un marinero

Cucú, cucú,llevando romero.

Cucú, cucú,pasó una criada

Cucú, cucúllevando ensalada.

Cucú, cucú,pasó un caballero,

Cucú, cucú,con capa y sombrero,

Cucú, cucú,pasó una señora,

Cucú, cucú,llevando unas moras.

Cucú, cucú,le pedí un poquito

Cucú, cucú,no me quiso dar

Cucú, cucú,me puse a llorar

Heres the words

La vaca Lola, la vaca Lola,
Tiene cabeza y tiene cola
Y hace 'muuuuu'





Un elefante se balanceaba sobre la tela de una araña,
Como veía que resistía fue a llamar a otro elefante.

Dos elefantes se balanceaban sobre la tela de una araña,
Como veían que resistían fueron a llamar a otro elefante.

Tres elefantes, Cuatro, Cinco Etc Etc... Words from This website

Jennifer Jane Photography Marbella

This morning I shot up out of bed, tidied up, breakfast, took daughter to school, drove down to the accountants to drop off some paperwork, back to San Pedro for Yoga at 10am....

Yoga was Amazing, lots and lots of news stretches and at the end of the session I fell asleep...ahh just wonderful and what I needed after such a busy morning (for me that is).

I just walked in the door dyeing for my nice cuppa tea and slice of toast (or 2) with a thick layer of margarine and peanut butter and the phone rings.

Hi Jo its Jennifer, oh hi, how are you, blah blah blah....Ive never spoken or met Jennifer before and before we knew it we´d been on the phone for an hour!

We didnt stop talking...

Jennifer Jane is a photographer in Marbella and I kept coming across her name as she had taken some pictures of some friends of ours. When I went to her website I fell in love with the first picture on it with the 2 kids and the umbrella...so cute.

Then I came across her name again on Facebook...then one day 2 weeks ago I got an email from her...how strange life can be.

Jennifer hopefully is going to take some pictures of us as a family as we havent had any done for over 4 years. Its so hard to get good photos of all of us as Im the one who always has the camera.

I will let you know how the shoot goes!

Jennifer Jane Photographer website is www.byjenniferjane.com

Wheres the Houmos gone in Mercadona?

Mercadona has suddenly stopped selling Houmos. It was really nice too!

To be honest, its so easy to make, I dont know why I bought it anyway, but shop Houmos does have a lovely flavour.

This afternoon me and my little assistant made Houmos...takes under 10 minutes and great fun for this kids to make stuff they can eat afterwards.


1 Small Jar of Garbanoz (Chick Peas) 295g net weight
2 Cloves garlic crushed
Juice 1 lemon
4 large tablespoon olive oil
1.5 teaspoons cumin
Salt Pepper

Chuck it all in a food processor and thats it. Add a little more olive oil to make it smoother and Tahini if you like it.

I was buying a pot of houmos or 2 every week at about 1.80euros. This costs me about 50cents to make and I know whats in every ingrediant!

I know its not perfect houmos and I havent used Tahini or Cayenne Pepper, but everyones taste is different...make it a couple of times and mess around with the ingrediants a little...more lemon, less lemon, if you like it hot add more cumin.

Saturday Night with a game of Scrabble

We had a bit of a lazy weekend. We felt very very tired and couldnt really be bothered to do anything. Maybe its the weather? Im not too sure. We are suffering really badly with hayfever at the moment and husband has extremely bad wheezing.

Spoke to friends in the morning who were going to Tivoli World, Im always up for Tivoli World but the man didnt fancy it. Instead we popped to La Canada for a few bits came home and went for our siesta even though it felt like wed only just got up.

Friends then called to say not going Tivoli World´as they had fallen asleep too...whoopee they are coming over.

We order a curry from Taj round the corner from Mercadona. After scoffing that down, followed by a huge box of chocolate chip cookies from Mercadona, Kids then all cuddled up on the sofa with their favourite film The Cat in the Hat, which is very funny, whilst the adults try and start a game of cards....we all seemed to have different rules so the game didnt last too long.

Then everyone finally agreed to a good old fashion game of Scrabble. What fun, and surely great for the kids to watch their parents playing a great game rather than all the time of the Wii and Wii Fit which we are pretty addicted too at the moment.

I won...not too sure how, but I won and very proud of it.

Sphere Mania Marbella in La Quinta

Ok everyone, if you are looking for a very quick bit of fun, an adrenaline rush then we now have it in Marbella. By La Quinta Western Hotel, Sphere Mania Espana is here.

We went to the Park today in La Quinta and met some friends there, but noticed these Spheres. I have seen it on telly before, but not in real life. They are huge. All the guys there who own and work there were really nice and friendly.

There are 2 Spheres, 1 normal which you are strapped into and you can go on with someone else and 1 that one that is filled up with water...so you do need a change of clothes. Whilst we were there 2 kids went on the water one, age about 10 and 11 and they loved it. They said it was like being in on a mouse wheel. They came off a little bit cold but so excited. I really wanted to do it but then something kept telling me Im mental.

Maybe one day I do it!

If you are looking for something different to do for Stag Night, Hen Nights, Birthday Parties, Presents, then Im sure you can go along or just give them a call to arrange something.

If you mention Nueva Andalucia Life Blog, then Hedley the Owner will give you a 10% discount!

Honestly, I looks great fun and I do hope that one day I will pluck up the courage and do it. Everyone there is really nice and friendly too.

If you have been on it leave a comment.

Telephone Number 0034 693 479 476

Website http://www.spheremaniaespana.com/

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Getting use to bad service again after the UK

Once again, Im having problems adjusting to the service here. Dont get me wrong I love living here, but when you go back to the UK the service in cafes & restaurants is fantastic compared to service here.

Last night we went to Terrasana in Marina Banus which we love. But the service was pretty bad in the body language, the attitude, and the fact that they had run out of chips and it seemed salad too, but they still expect you to pay full price when half your meal is missing. The girls did sort my bill out in the end as I do go there all the time.

Then today in a Cafe in La Canada, you just have to wait and wait and wait to get served, then when you do, the wrong thing comes and then they forget something else. Then you spend ages trying to catch someones eye for the bill.

Im sure all will be fine in a few weeks once I have forgotten completely how good the service was in the UK.

Sorry to have a little moan today...very tired.