Spanish Shilling

Comments and essays about Life in Spain.

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Can You Speak Up a Bit

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The co-official languages of Spain are a mess. Firstly – euskara is spoken by nobody outside the three Basque provinces plus neighbouring N...
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Easter Week (let's have a party)

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  Easter Week is here and for once the weather is on its best behaviour. Perhaps a few showers up there in Galicia (they seem to enjoy the...
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Monday, March 16, 2026

Döner Kebab

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I see we have been recently blessed with an alarming number of Döner Kebab outlets locally. My little Shangri-La has six (!) of them and Tur...
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Monday, March 02, 2026

The Electric Company

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 Endesa (founded in 1944) was a public company which was sold off to the private sector beginning in 1998 and finally ending up under the co...
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Scams, Shams and Spam

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Come Thursdays, and my email fills with unwanted spam. Last week I got a couple from Norton Security sent from two different sites remindin...
Monday, February 16, 2026

Breaking Wind

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Now I’m getting a little older, I have taken to walking each day. Severe walking. This means, according to those health experts that infest ...
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