Spanish language and customs

Last Sunday was a day, and a night, to remember. Long before the match started drivers were tooting their horns and the streets were full of people all, absolutely ALL, dressed in red and yellow (well done the Chinos, who must have sold Tshirts and face paints to every child in Spain and most of [...]

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I’ve been taken to task on this blog for criticizing Spanish customs (strangely enough, on the question of how Spanish waiters serve tea, which isn’t a Spanish custom anyway) and it led me to think that maybe we could have a little debate! “When in Rome do as the Romans do”  (or as we would [...]

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I seem to write a lot about airports (not so odd maybe since I also seem to spend a lot of time in them…) and now it’s Malaga airport’s turn again. I still like it, and the big new terminal, T3, is very…. BIG, I think best describes it, and new…. but I had to laugh, [...]

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A new terminal at an airport was officially inaugurated this week, and everybody was there to see it, from the King and Queen downwards. But which airport was it? How many people actually know that it is currently called the Pablo Ruiz Picasso airport? Probably even fewer than the people who know that Sheffield-Doncaster airport [...]

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I was reminded yesterday that globalisation has not yet reached certain places, and there are still cultural differences affecting such vital matters as cups of tea. In a very central cafe in Malaga, my companion asked for tea, and being wise to the ways of cafes in Spain, specified that he wanted it with milk. [...]

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I love the AVE!! I really do, I think it is the best possible, best ever way to travel. I hate the Renfe website. I hate a lot of Spanish websites. It seems to me that I can reserve cars, and book flights, and buy books, and bid for solar powered garden lights on ebay, all on UK based [...]

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 Similarities between the UK and Spain, which were flagged up for me during a recent trip – at East Midlands airport, yet again. What is it with set menus, that are set in stone? At McDonald’s in Malaga (I am told, I haven’t been since the first one opened in Pryca Los Patios and I [...]

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 Over the past weeks I have had to revise my opinion about East Midlands airport. Just a bit. The main reason is that whoever installed that rip-off plastic bag machine has now removed it, or else it’s hidden away somewhere and the security people no longer direct you to it as a matter of course [...]

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This blog, which was supposed to be about the Spanish language and maybe the odd Spanish custom or two, should probably be re-named, since more than one of posts have turned out to be about airports and airlines, and I can’t resist adding another, in the form of a warning to all readers thinking of going to [...]

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Last year at around this time I remember I actually summoned up a small amount of interest in the Eurovision Song Contest, and it gave me something to write about. That was when Chiquilicuatre played a ridiculous part wearing a ridiculous costume, singing (??) a ridiculous song in the … well adjectives fail me really [...]

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