Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable.
- Christopher Howse:A Pilgrim in Spain.
Spain
- Cataluña and its impact on Spanish politics, especially the budget for 2018.
- A kick-back from Spanish judges against political intereference.
Life in Spain
- Remember that fabulously botched restoration of the face of Jesus that made him look like an orang utan? Well, now it's a comic opera. You can see it this year in Arizona and next year in Zaragoza.
- Talking of shows . . . There's also that giant vagina.
- It looks like Madrid is becoming as anti-car as Oxford. And Pontevedra.
- No less a person than the President of Congress has said that Spain's timetable is injurious to both work and to family life. This is a pretty regular theme these days but it seems to be all talk. Despite promises, here's no sign of any initiative being taken by the government.
Europe
- The Netherlands: Some bright sparks in the town hall of Jelsum in Friesland set up a road on the entrance to the town which played a local anthem at a speed which reflected that of the cars passing over it. Needless to say, it drove nearby residents insane. And so has now been abandoned. YCMIU.
Spanish
- Something I came across that will help students of this language with their street talk:- En España follamos, mayormente. También jodemos, echamos kikis, polvos, plantamos una pica en Flandes, tiramos, fornicamos, metemos, tricotamos, nos damos revolcones, zumbamos, ponemos un clavo, limpiamos el sable, nos damos un meneíto, chichamos, pasamos por la piedra, mojamos, nos comemos colines e incluso chingamos, cuando nos dejan. (quilar, kilar, mandarsele/la, chuscar, pinchar, empujar, triscar, echar un pinchito, repellar, frungir, hacer la caidita de Roma, rostollar). Not sure why the last few options are in brackets.
Galicia/Pontevedra
- Come the warmer weather, come the pilgrims, the cyclists and the bloody kids in on pedal-driven quad-bikes to the narrow streets of Pontevedra. But at least 2 of these groups don't dress as if they're taking part in the Tour de France.
- For some reason - the very wet spring weather? - the price of octopus has doubled in the marketplace. And our supermarkets have taken to applying security locks to them.
- We've experienced several small earthquakes/tremors recently. I can't say I recall any before in 17 years but the experts tell us they're to be expected. Global warming???
Duff Cooper
- Needless to say, things don't always proceed smoothly with his priapic endeavours. Sometimes he has to deal with a tearful wife, and sometime with a crying dumpee. And sometimes he has 3 of his women in the same room – or round the same table – and he's aware of waves of jealousy. His standard response is to accuse every betrayed female in his life of 'taking things too seriously”. I guess he viewed his adulterous affairs as something light-hearted which he just happened to pursue very seriously. Moving in every case from adoration (i. e. infatuation plus lust) to boredom at quite a lick.
- When a senior British politician makes a play for his wife, DC comments that 'They are strange people". I think he means Labour (left-of-centre) politicians. Perhaps because the chap lacked his finesse. Which started with a kiss at the door and an invitation to dinner. Not a crude grab when no one was looking. A la the king of Spain.
- Here's a book which might interest students of English: The Prodigal Tongue: The Love-Hate Relationship Between British and American English.
© David Colin Davies, Pontevedra: 24.5.18
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