These are someone's idea of 50 fascinating facts
about Spain. Be patient, if they don't immediately emerge.
And here's the answer to the question - Is
Spain still a good place in which to retire? HT to Lenox of
Business over Tapas.
Summertime is party-time in Spain and Galicia in
no exception to the rule, even if the weather here may occasionally
be a bit of a damper. Which a lead into the citation of one
particular fiesta - the Festival SonRías Bixas. This is a
clever combination of the Spanish for 'smile' (sonrisa) and
the Galician name for our Lower Estuaries - Las Rías Baixas.
Well, I liked it, anyway.
Galicia has 11 Paradors, the 4 or 5 star
Government-owned hotels that were once castles, palaces or the like.
Only 3 of these were (marginally) profitable last year - in Santiago,
Baiona and Ribadeo. Pontevedra's lost €51,000. At least one - in
Ferrol - has been closed. Though only in the winter, as I recall.
This presumably an occupancy problem as they're usually good value
for money. Especially if you're young or old and qualify for one of
their discounts.
Finally . . . I may still be signing debit card
chits here but back in the UK, I read, folk are using their phones
and wristbands to pay for even the smallest items - by scanning them
across a reader. Britain is different.
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