Madrid Teacher

The picture burnings of the King and Queen are a total disgrace. I think it is the most infantile method of showing opposition to something. The TV pictures I saw had the photos of the King and Queen upside down while being set alight by a protester with the rest of the crowd cheering him on. I know that it is only a couple of thousand people so it really is not worth worrying about, but if they finally achieve what they wish who would want this lot in charge. The politics aside, the Queen does many good works and I think that it demonstrates a lack of respect for the person rather than the institution. They will probably do their cause no favours, as I think that many people in Spain will be horrified.

They will be burning efigies next.

The say a picture paints a thousand words, well I daredn´t think what this paints.

Election - UK It might be worth sorting out very quickly any voting rights, I read that there will be a cut off date very soon. I contacted my local council in the UK.

The Air force is buying 87 Euro fighters and according to El Pais each one costs 124,000,000 million euros. Why don´t they just buy 80 and save 868,000,000 euros. One of the justifications is that 22,000 jobs are involved. It seems quite an expensive way to keep down the numbers of people claiming the paro. Funny how an election is around the corner as well.

Labels: economics, Politics

I have just found another incentive to continue with my epic adventure of trying to develop my Spanish, being bi-lingual keeps the brain sharp according to the BBC. This is quite handy because I need to phone Jazztel tomorrow to explain to then it is the router NOT our tele that is on the blink.

Labels: life in spain

Whenever we stay in a saturday R makes me sit through about 17 hours of salsa rosa programmes. Sometimes they are enjoyable sometimes unbelievable. Usually the guest end up crying and being overly melodramatic when I think many of their problems would easily be solved in they just bought tamazapan on a regular basis. However I think I have found who would be the perfect guest, Don Limpio, while he flirts with the housewives on the TV and leads them up the wrong path he must have deep seated issues with his own sexuality. I have never seen a cleaning product advertised by someone so obvioulsy gay.



Gran Hermano - last night the new series started, two sisters who were guests met for the first time, and the tackiest of the two when confronted by a long lost sister, who she obviusly had no idea about , instead of been emotionally overwrought just asked for a light. Amazing!!

Labels: celebs, tele

I visited many places in the UK this summer as part of my interest in my family tree. My father did the driving as I am afraid I have become acustomed to drving in Spain and tend to find that every unmarked junction in the UK causes massive palpatations in my chest not remembering which way to turn. I was shocked by the amount of speed cameras in the roads. At the V festival in Chelmsford they had placed a very crafty one , the road drops from 50 to 30 and then a speed camera is situated just at the corner, out ancestors must have been guarding us because the camera didn´t flash. This journey made me change my mind on the usefulness of these cameras. Before I felt a pang of happiness when they had been smashed (see the roads near Jabalquinto in Jaen for series of smashed velocidad monitors), however I now see their usefulness and the DGT should place more of them. The road deaths this summer highlight the urgency of this. I have little sympathy for the lunatics driving like arseholes but for every innocent death on the road there are dozens of families who have to live with the aftermath.

I thought the points system on the licences would have an impact but obviously not, so speed cameras with large fines might tone down the number of fatalities. Some of my friends argue that people wouldn´t pay the fines or take any notice, but this does not need to be the case, I am sure that the government using technology can capture the money from bank accounts.

I used to find driving a pleasurable experience, but to be honest I find I am beginning to dread driving. My swearing in Spanish reaches new highs when driving on the motorway or around Madrid.

Labels: driving

Just had our holiday in Benidorm. We love it, English breakfast for 2.75 euros, tetley´s bitter and sticky vicky who does stuff with razor blades you can only find in peep shows, beautiful beaches and its the only place where I actually look trendy (not wieghing 25 stone and having to buy XXXXL t-shirts). R who is Spanish just thinks that all we do is drink ourselves legless but I actually got him to try Bitter and he asked "do you think they have it in Carrefour?", however he just couldn´t face the belly buster full english

Our hotel was 17 stories high and the views were amazing, its our Las Vegas.



Sunset



Just look at the state

Labels: life in spain