Hondon Valley Homes, Villas & Property

This year the “Hondón Christmas Carols in the Square” are to be held on 19^th December.

This is the third anniversary of the event in the Hondon de las Nieves main Plaza and will be a little different this year.

Dutch and Spanish Choirs have been invited join the British Choir and sing their own typical Christmas songs.

Presents for All !!

Father Christmas is going to be with us to give small gift to the local children, and again this year we will be giving mince pies and mulled wine to everyone in the square.

We’re Collecting for Hondon

We will be collecting money towards our target of 1700€, to donate a First Response Kit to the local Police. Our efforts, including a very successful book club have raised 1300€ so far this year and the Friends of Hondon are very grateful to anyone who has given their time to this very worthy cause.

Please come along and enjoy the festive atmosphere, free food and please make a contribution to our community cause…   and of course SING OUT LOUD !!

As part of the Hondón Christmas Festival, a motley crew of willing Hondón Expats / volunteers formed a ‘choir’ to sing traditional English Christmas carols in the Nieves square at the weekend. The aim was to raise a little money for equipment for the local medical centre and of course bring some festive spirit to the village on a lovely sunny day.

Despite some dodgy sound system (kindly donated and set-up by the Nieves Ayuntimiento) and a range of singing keys, the carollers muddled through favourites such as We Wish You A Merry Xmas, Ding-Dong Merrily on High, Silent Night, etc.

Afterwards some wonderful people gave out free mince pies and mulled wine. Yum!! And yes people did give generously to the tin-rattlers. And a big thumbs up for Santa (Papa Noel) who mananged to find time in his busy schedule to visit the children in Nieves. He gave a jolly Ho-HO and sweets to them all. Well Done Guys!

Ok, it’s getting a little chilly in the Hondon Valley lately. There are less people about al fresco and the tan’s are fading now. It’s strictly long pants and a jumper or jacket now.

So what’s happening?
Well there’s a new bar to open soon in Frailes (formerly Sinatra’s Bar). It will have a new name and is being decorated as we write. Finger’s crossed it’ll be a bit different and attract both ex-pats and the Spanish like VientiOcho does in the same village. We could do with another nice place to go.

The local Town Hall (Nieves) has been running ‘free’ Spanish Classes for Expats. These are popular and well worth it. We say ‘free’ but there is a joining fee and you need to buy books. Pop along to the Ayuntimiento and ask for Maria Elena, although I think they are full until the new year now, but get your name down at least!

Eva’s Restaurant has opened in Nieves, she used to have one in Frailes. I have already tried the Menu Del Dia there and it was a typical MDD affair but nice enough. Try it out for yourself – it’s opposite Bar Central.

Christmas is coming and already there is talk of locals singing carols to the Spanish Villages – so a choir is being formed and will hopefully raise money towards a good Nieves cause… It’s good to make a contribution to the Village for letting us ‘invade’ their territory !!! We shouldn’t just take and they invite us to all their Fiestas don’t they? So if you see a tin a rattling at least spare a Euro or two for a good local cause.

And finally for now… if you need to sell or rent your Hondón property you can put it on here very cheaply!… See you soon !!