Spanish Shilling

Comments and essays about Life in Spain.

Monday, May 27, 2024

Allez les Filles

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Isn’t it a grand thing when one can change one’s opinion? It doesn’t happen often in...
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Monday, May 13, 2024

Mojácar Mass Tourism

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There is so much spoken about making Mojácar more attractive for the tourists. This begs a few questions:  1. Why?  2. Where are we going to...
Saturday, May 11, 2024

The Banksters

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  And how are our friends the banks doing? The banks used to – vaguely and no-doubt erroneously – be thought to be more of a service for c...
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Wednesday, May 08, 2024

The Last Morisco (with some corrections)

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  A local author has written a fascinating book about the revolt of the Moriscos in 1570. These were the times when the defeated Moors who ...
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Saturday, April 20, 2024

If Wishes Were Horses, Beggars Would Ride

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 I was reading Laurie Lee, who left the UK at the age of 19 to walk across Spain from Vigo to Almuñecar, a town outside Málaga, back in 19...
Monday, April 08, 2024

Never Trust an Expert... Well, not Always.

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 Forgive me for having a laugh at an article provided by the Senior Travel Reporter for the Daily Express about the real lowdown on Spani...
Saturday, March 30, 2024

Graffiti Blues

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  We are surrounded by louche pintadas and graffiti, somebody’s initials in blue, black, red or silver spray-paint, squirted furtively but ...
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