Finally a Quiet Week | Houses for Sale in Spain

Finally a quiet week so I can actually get myself a little organised. Here is a selection of Valencia Property for sale for anyone who wants to visit this week and have my almost undivided attention because for once i am not too busy... yet!

http://www.houses-for-sale-in-spain.net/houses-for-sale-in-spain/finally-a-quiet-week 

I guess I shouldn't be celebrating of course as without clients it is difficult to make sales but this week is no looking too busy for a change. Therefore if you are thinking of coming to see some <strong>property in Valencia</strong> I can fit you in most days this week. Here is just a quick selection of some things that have become available in the last couple of weeks at decent prices.

Firstly this three bedroom house with orchard at 135000 Euros very near to Lliria.

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Next a lovely house in La Pobla de Vallbona just a kilometre out. If ever anything was key ready this is it.

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Thirdly a great Valencia Apartment for sale Attic flat with lift, three bedrooms and bathrooms and large terrace overlooking a park by the central market for 280,000 Euros

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And finally a lovely house in Olocau with three bedrooms and a large patio around a pool at just 149950 Euros.

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Spain Inspiration – Football and More | Houses for Sale in Spain

An inspiring video for all of those people already living in Spain or those thinking of coming to Spain. What can you offer the country?

http://www.houses-for-sale-in-spain.net/lifestyle-in-spain/spain-inspiration-football-and-more

CULTURE SPAIN – 14 8,000 METRE MOUNTAINS AND A SPANIARD ON TOP OF THE WORLD » Culture Spain – for all things Spanish

CULTURE SPAIN - 14 8,000 METRE MOUNTAINS AND A SPANIARD ON TOP OF THE WORLD

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Nov042010

EDURNE PASABAN - 1ST WOMAN TO CLIMB ALL 14 8,000 METRE PEAKS

Spain has had an amazing sporting year with trumph following triumph – not least in tennis and football.  However, one of Spain’s less well known achievements has been to be the birthplace of the first woman to climb all 14 8,000 metre mountains in the world.  This extraordinary feat was completed this year when the remarkable Edurne Pasaban stood on the top of  Shisha Pangma (8,013 m – 26,289’) – the final and fourteenth 8,000 metre mountain she had summitted.

I can almost here you sighing with ennuie from here! 

After all, climbing is nothing if not a minority sport and interest in it from non-afficionados is generally restricted only to epic climbs of Everest ending in tragedy.  Even then, it is hard for most of us to raise much interest in a sport where any drama and action is almost impossible to convey meaningfully. Even the terrifying and vertiginous heights of climbs and the fearful exposure of climbers is rarely accurately portrayed.

So, what is so special about climbing all 14 8,000 metre mountains?

Well, firstly, only 20 men have ever climbed to the top of all 14 8,000 metre mountains,  despite many trying.  This is because to do so requires not just great technical ability and supreme qualities of personal endurance but also – luck.  Without the latter, no climber is ever likely to successfully summit (and return safely from) any 8,000 metre mountain.

I remember a friend of mine, Stephen Venables (the first Briton to climb Everest withoutoxygen), saying to me that you do not conquer Everest – she allows you to get to the top and back.  By this, he meant that successful climbing of mountains is often beyond the control of even the very best climber.  Not least, the weather on high mountains can change abruptly and turn a fine day into a ferocious storm – so brutal and long lasting that any battle for survival will end in failure. 

In other words, luck plays a big part in mountainering and never more so that when you are at high altitudes.  Unexpected avalanches can occur, crevasses open up or the weather can change unexpectedly for the worse – even if that change involves the weather becoming warmer and thereby destabalising the surrounding snow and ice. 

Meanwhile, operating at high altitudes is extremely hazardous.  Above 8,000 metres,  the cells of a human body are dying faster than they can be made.  This is appropriately called the ‘death zone’ and is somewhere that, by definition, no-one can survive for long.

If all of this was not bad enough, all high altitude climbers that I have known admit to a change in their mental abilities.  Simple tasks become complicated, mood swings are not unknown and hallucinations common, whilst every climber is constantly battling utter and complete mental and physical exhaustion – day after day.  Needless to say, tiny mistakes at high altitude can lead to devastating tragedy, in circumstances where the emergency services are incapable of helping.

So, as only one out of 21 people to have indisputably climbed all 14 8,000 metre peaks, is Edurne Pasaban’s achievement extraordinary?

Well, frankly, it is nothing short of astonishing!

For a woman to have climbed all 14 8,000 metre peaks is a fantastic feat and one of which we should all take notice.  In fact, for all of us, Edurne Pasaban’s achievement should be proof that with ability, determination and luck – almost anything is possible…

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When A Phone Call Becomes a Game | Houses for Sale in Spain

A quick story about the game of life. Oh come on at least let me share some of the fun I have talking to sellers at times. There is a serious point here though. You don't always get the best offers on property because of the unrealistic expectations of the sellers. Of course not all sellers are like that, the vast majority are totally reasonable people who realise that the market is the market and if you overprice your property in the current market, or any market really, then you won't sell. Properties that are overpriced don't get onto my website.

http://www.houses-for-sale-in-spain.net/houses-for-sale-in-spain/when-a-phone-call-becomes-a-game

276000 Euros Villamarchante. Stunning house for sale with loads of light

This house has just come onto the market today. Very nice place with four bedrooms and a spare room, large kitchen, lovely living room with the largest windows/patio doors in history and a good sized plot of 2200m2 with a swimming pool with filter and lights. The house has adsl broadband, satellite tv and stands just a seven minute walk from the town of Villamarchante. Of course it also has the sought after arches and views. Take a look at the pictures and get yourself here to see this property. 

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