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About Smart Insider Almeria Travel Guide - how I discovered Almeria....

...and fell in love twice


Hi, I'm Christina, but my friends call me Chris. This is all about how our Smart Insider Almeria Travel Guide was born:

Some twenty year’s ago (gosh, time passes by too quickly), I left my home country Germany and travelled to Spain, with one thing in mind: I wanted to discover the Spanish way of living while learning the Spanish language.

“It’s only for a year! – I’ll be back soon…” I still hear myself saying to family and friends, who kindly joined me on my way to the station to wish me a good journey. But destiny had other plans for me and I had no idea that this would be...

..the Journey of my life:

Once in Barcelona (Spain), I deeply fell in love with a handsome Spaniard. WOW!, this was something I didn’t expect and it was difficult to explain to my loved ones back in good old Germany. But, didn't I say I wanted to discover Spain and learn Spanish? (So if you want to learn a language, I recommend you falling in love with a native – honestly, it takes half of the time compared with studying at a language school!).

The second time I fell in love, was when he took me to his home in Almeria. The beauty of this Southern Spanish province in Andalusia struck me at once. Soon, my present day husband would become my private 'Smart Insider Almeria Travel Guide', showing
me the most beautiful places in this province.

What a privilege!


We settled down in Barcelona city (because of our jobs) and to cut a long story short, we got married and were blessed with two sweet little daughters. Whenever we can, we escape from Barcelona city, driving all the way down to Almeria, where we have our own little hideaway (a little cottage surrounded by almond trees), somewhere between the desert of Tabernas and Sierra Nevada, in the middle of nowhere, enjoying the Spanish family, peace and
tranquillity.
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Almeria is our passion which we would like to share with you by means of writing about it in this Smart Insider Almeria Travel Guide, and although I am the webmaster, all family members (including the Spanish 'abuelos', brothers in law and sisters in law) are taking it very seriously, checking out every corner of this province for you and hopefully giving you that insider knowledge you won’t find in any traditional Almeria travel guide.

Please note: This guide is currently under construction. Bear with me and check back from time to time. I will be adding more pages full of great information over the coming months.

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