almerimartoday

Prices 40 per cent cheaper than five years ago are now offered in many of Spain's tourist hotspots.

This could lead to a big increase in the nation's tourists this year, especially from the UK, with British holidaymakers further benefiting from a 6.4 per cent rise in the value of the pound against the euro in the past three months.

Read more on EWN.

Solar panel owners could soon be flogging the electricity they create to energy companies.

Those connected to Endesa’s electricity supply whose panels absorb more energy than they use will be able to inject the surplus back into the grid – and later have its value deducted from their bill. (Can´t see that happening in the UK somehow!!).

Read more on theolivepress.

We´ve all reached for the biscuit tin to perk us up during the post-lunch slump but now eggs are being hailed as an unlikely alternative.

Scientists have discovered that proteins found in egg whites help us feel more alert and are a more effective alternative to the carbohydrates found in sweet treats. Read more on theolivepress.

Hmm, it reminds me when we were kids my mum used to make toasted soldiers with marmite on :-) for dipping in your egg (or not in my case! not being a great lover of eggs).

Thanks to Chalky for providing us with this putting tip.

See here on the Simon Sheppard site for details.

Another way of finding out your dominant eye is to raise your arm and point your hand as if firing a gun. Whichever eye you use automatically to sight the "gun" is your dominant eye.

Thanks to Primera for the following information.

Each week over the winter Gula will be providing a set menu meal for 15 euros including 1 drink (glass of wine, beer or soft drink) each Thursday evening. The menu will change each week and will be inspired by food from different regions of Spain.

The menu will be available between 8pm and 9:30pm each Thursday.

As the menu is a special deal the standard FGS 5% discount does not apply to this offer. However it does apply to any other food or drink bought in Gula the same night.

Read More to see the menu for this week.

Apparently it was an earthquake of magnitude 2.2 at just after 20:11 GMT on Monday 16 January 2012 according to the data here on the Instituto Geográfico Nacional site.

It´s been quite some time since I posted any jokes but this one brought a smile to my face. Thanks to Lawrence for this one which I am sure will also make some of our readers laugh too ;-)

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To avoid being eaten alive by mosquitoes, you need to keep your feet clean. (errr, not true in my case as I like to think I keep mine clean and they have always eaten me to bits :-( 

Saying that, I have only suffered a handful of bites so far this year, so lets hope it stays that way.

The article goes on to say....

Scientists in the Netherlands have discovered that mosquitoes – which carry the deadly malaria disease – actually love smelly feet.

The discovery comes after researchers sampled sweat from the feet of 48 male volunteers aged 20 to 64 who were told to wear special nylon socks for 24 hours before sampling.

Read more on this here.

It is not very often that Jacqui and I eat potatoes. We tend to avoid both potatoes and bread to try to keep our weight down.

However once in a while we like a baked potato. Now after 7 years in Spain we have finally found somewhere to buy a small number of potatoes of a perfect size for baking. In the past all we could get was a large bag of potatoes where we had to pick out the ones that were big enough for baking. As we don't eat potatoes very often we then ended up throwing away a lot of the smaller ones.

Now we have the answer to our potato shopping - it is Lidl. They now stock a mesh bag of 5 similar medium size potatoes that are just what we need. Perfect for the occasional potato treat.

I guess we could probably have picked some up loose at one of the vegetable stalls at the El Ejido market. However that involves shopping on specific Wednesdays each month which is far too organised for us.