Time for change, but literacy and numeracy and asking for advice from beyond the tribe might still be a step too far for The Real Spain, which is distributing postcards to tourists: While the Spanish peple face fines of up to 600,000 euros for defending their social rights, Politicians and bankers still walk free after…
Company would be most welcome along the following route, assuming a purchase is made on Wednesday: (Pontevedra,) N-541 O Carballiño, N-541/N-120 Orense, N525 Verín, Benavente, Castrogonzalo, N-610 Palencia, Villalobón, Valdeolmillos, Torquemada, Cordovilla la Real, Quintana del Puente, N-622 Lerma, Covarrubias, Hortigüela, N-234 Soria, Calatayud, A-1504 Miedes de Aragón, Cariñena, A-220 Belchite, A-1307/N-232 Alcañiz, N-232 Valdealgoría,…
Sez Colin re “Make Love To Me!” (1954). Well-known but worth repeating, from a Dutch English-language school: The Singing Organ-Grinder mashes the chorus onto a canon of Barcelona street songs (Ctrl-F for “Crits del carrer”) but has not yet found an appropriate podium.
Where is the Economist’s Gulliver from, what is he/she taking? A robot wouldn’t make this kind of error: As any visitor can attest, the narrow Gothic streets behind Las Ramblas, a tree-lined shopping promenade, can feel like rush-hour on the tube; the must-see Gaudi sites tend to be well-hidden behind deep ranks of visitors slung…
The gypsy beggars and backing-track musos who work the Barcelona local train service systematically and efficiently are an example to Spanish local authorities looking to improve their act: no grasping, arrogant, incompetent, Weberian civil service; a fine tradition of no-budget graphic design; and simple, effective copywriting in the language most likely to mean something, not…
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