Living in Spain

José Luis, I was assured, was the only web page designer in the area, so I went to his studio.
“The design is done,” I said. “A single page with no photographs. I just need it placed.”
“Ahh, a single page. So you keep scrolling down. Very clever,” he [...]

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“Anyone for a drink?”
My northern European guests respond by looking at their watches and raising their eyebrows. My American guests respond with a sad smile and a slow shake of their heads. My Spanish guests respond with relish, telling me exactly what they want and how they want it, and my [...]

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“Who’s in front?” I ask.
“Leademall,” the wife answers.
“Has he been leading for long?” I ask.
“Since you fell asleep,” she answers. “Can we go to the beach now?”
“Who else is in the escape group?” I ask.
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I was sitting here writing something I thought was funny until I saw on the television set behind me in the mirror on my desk that sixty eight per cent of young people interviewed in Spain admit to having had sex while driving.
I don’t know why, but I find that funnier, [...]

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My lawyer once told me I could park my car in this country wherever it didn’t say I couldn’t, because in Spain, where the law is written in stone and justice is too often buried beneath mountains of paperwork, anything that is not expressly prohibited in writing is allowed.
This partly explains [...]

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