Adiós to the Summer

Last night was a farewell to August party in the Plaza – good food, dinner at 9:30, music till 4 in the morning, much wine and rum being drunk. We have a great team this year organising things, our ” Comissió de Festes” and barely a week has gone by...

Concert, Choir and Dance

http://deliciesarmoniques.blogspot.com.es/2013/08/amb-la-forca-dun-poble.html The Summer Arts Festival came to an end last week – what music! I make no apology for putting in a link to the web page of Miquel Morales, our outrageously talented musical director....

Sella Summer Festival

Tonight´s the last night of a week of evening entertainments. Every summer we get dance groups, music, concerts and variety shows. It´s fantastic! Today, Thursday 15th, is a public holiday here in the Valencian Community and at 22:30 we´ll have the Sella band in...

Mediterranean diet

One of Liz´s recent light lunches – by heck we eat well in Sella! Roast red peppers, sweet red onions, tuna, ” boquerones”, fresh basil, egg, Sella olive oil

Puig Campana

The 1408m peak of the Puig Campana ( Bell-shaped Mountain) dominates Sella and is seen locally as ” our” mountain. Of course, you can also see the summit from Benidorm, Finestrat, La Nucia… If you set out to climb it, start early and be prepared to...

Penyó del Diví

That´s the Penyó del Diví in the background. You´d think it meant ” Divine Peak” or something like it, but in fact a ” Diví” in Valencian is a fortune-teller, seer, even magician. So I like to think the best translation is ” The...