I had the pleasure this week of having to renew my residencia as my “old fashioned” card with photo and fingerprint is now obsolete. This rant is not about how difficult or awkward it was to do, quite the opposite. Unusually for Spain it was quick, the staff were helpful and the whole job was Continue reading →

Does Spain have the slowest and most expensive internet broadband service in the whole of Europe? According to a group who should probably know better than most, the Spanish Association of Internet Users, it certainly does. In the first month of this year, the Association complained about the declining number of ADSL connections (the most Continue reading →

Motril and sugar are synonymous. Now I don’t consider myself obese but at 19 stone I am considered morbidly obese on the BMI index.  A few to many years without a gym, too much amber nectar and a perchance for a curry could have contributed to my needing to “lose a bit” I agree. It Continue reading →

I have just read that visitor numbers are down by about a quarter, recently Sevilliana got everyone’s bills wrong and  Iberbanda lost service for weeks on end. So what is the common denominator between these events? Lack of service (in the case of Iberbanda, in more ways than one). It just seems that the Spanish Continue reading →

Now I am not suggesting used car dealers in Spain are any worse than those in other countries but they do seem to be oblivious to basic market forces. I’ll elaborate. Used cars in Spain are very expensive. This is due to a number of factors 1) lack of corrosion – Therefore cars last a Continue reading →

– You know we’re all living a lie SKY TV – staple requirement of the British EX-pat in Spain, but why do we have to put up with such a lousy service.  I know all the legal bits about only licensed to broadcast to the UK but COME ON. You know we all subscribe to Continue reading →

I know Spanish dogs are a little stupid but what is the issue with chasing cars? I own a house in a remote village in the Contraviesa Mountains and the locals are lovely but their dogs are retarded. Every time, no matter how many times, I drive through the village the Dalmatian crossed with Satan Continue reading →

Butchering – Spare me the splinters Butchering – Spare me the splinters I am convinced that every maniac, murderer and lunatic is employed in the Spanish meat industry. As you will have noticed, not only do they have some unusual, no, very unusual cuts of meat, it seems to compulsory to have bone splinters included. Continue reading →

Now don’t get me wrong I like a girl in a bikini and I am very partial to a larger figure lady but there are some extremes going on here in Spain which are very unpleasant. Recently I was at a municipal pool with my kids when the XXXXL Power Puff girls entered (If you Continue reading →