While
I'm mentioning the bulls, I should say it's 'The Sun Also Rises' in
which Hemingway makes Pamplona famous, not 'Death in the Afternoon',
as I suggested. Or that's what I read yesterday; I can't remember
which it was.
I
did eventually find Dixie last night and I did spend the night in his
mobile home. After which I know I will now never buy one of these to
drive around Spain and North Africa. At least not if I have to share
it with anyone. Getting into the second bed involved a great deal of
precarious climbing. Especially when you've left something
'downstairs'.
The
Alameda in Ortigueira at 7.15 this
morning presented a challenge to those charged with keeping
the town clean. But this is something at which Spanish councils excel
and it didn't stay like that very long. The roads were already being
swept and hosed down at that hour. Quite a few all-night revellers
were lolling around and singing and there was at least one bar at
which live music was still being played. As I regularly say, fun is
taken very seriously here in Spain. Happily for me there was a café
open on the main street, where I could get my early-morning café
americano. And where I could watch the drama unfolding in
Pamplona.
Anyway,
here's a foto or two of Ortigueira.
Woman with duck on her head 1.
Woman with duck on her head 2.
Wedding cake house
Art Deco relic
Young pipers.
And here's what massed Galician bagpipes sound like. Those in the know will immediately realise that the gaita has one less drone than its Scottish cousin.
While Spain may take having fun seriously, it doesn't do the same with democracy. The President, Sr Rajoy, not only declines to respond to charges he and his party are crooks financed by the construction industry but also refuses to engage in any parliamentary process in respect of the allegations. It's at times like this that you understand how Spain bequeathed to South American states the sort of government they enjoy. Rajoy's next step? To repeal any law which prevents him from serving as President for a lifetime? As we wait to see, here's Guy Hedgecoe of IberoSphere on the subject.
Finally . . . Here, from Lenox, is an example of Spain at work. Or not.
By the way, I'm sure you noticed the woman who walked across the video, even though she knew I was filming the pipers. She made a token dip of the head in proof of this.
By the way, I'm sure you noticed the woman who walked across the video, even though she knew I was filming the pipers. She made a token dip of the head in proof of this.
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