Ho ho ho and welcome to the December issue of Soltalk.
Christmas is nearly upon us! Santa is revving up his sleigh and
the reindeer are raring to go!
welcome and causes chaos. Even as close to home as the Nerja -
Torrox coast road was badly affected when a large chunk of
hilltop landed in the middle of the road, see News on page 9
for the details. Very frightening and extremely lucky that
nobody was killed or injured. Talking of weather, I just read
that the UK is in for its coldest winter in ten years but at least
that could boost visitor numbers here in Andalucia! Payback
for a great UK summer perhaps?
We hope you’ll find plenty of festive treats in these pages,
especially in our ‘Top things to do this month’ on page 22.
Most appealing to me is the Medieval market being held in
Rincón de la Victoria, it sounds fantastic. Closer to home there
will be a Christmas Fayre at Little Gecko in El Zoco de Nerja,
see Smalltalk on page 20 for details.
Sotalk’s new look website is growing every month and is well
worth a visit if you can’t always get hold of a copy of the
magazine. It’s a great way to keep in touch with what’s going on
here when you’re away, and a great source of information
if you’re new to the area. Take a look on www.soltalk.com.
We also keep in touch with readers via facebook - a great
way to let you know about last minute events and special
offers that were too late to get into print. So if you’re on
Facebook please ‘like’ our page if you haven’t already
done so! Thank you!
There is a major milestone this month for local group The Arts
Society Nerja, they are celebrating their 25th Anniversary.
See details of that and their December lecture on page 24.
If music is more your thing, there are two special evenings
coming up with “Michael Bublé” and “The Rat Pack”
tribute acts. See page 25 for details of date, venue and
how to book your tickets.
Once again De Cotta Law are sponsoring a Carol
Service in Iglesia San Miguel (St Michael’s Church)
in Nerja. Carols will be performed by the
CoraXalia Choir and the service will be followed
by mulled wine and mince pies. Funds raised will
be donated to the Good Samaritan Residencia
which cares for elderly people in Nerja. For
details please see page 48.
Well our next issue won’t be out until next year! So
I would like to take a moment to wish you and all
our readers, advertisers and contributors a very
merry Christmas and a happy and healthy new
year from all of us here at Soltalk. Your continued
support is very much appreciated and so are
your suggestions for things you’d like to see in
future issues. Please keep in touch - it’s easy via
our website, facebook or email (addresses on
page 3) we love to hear from you. Take
care. Enjoy December and enjoy this
issue.
We have certainly been having some very
inclement weather here in Spain, although
luckily we seem to be filling up the
reservoirs, it’s just the question of the
amount we get at once that makes it not so
SARAH BROOKES
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