As you may know, there
was an air-crash yesterday. Am I alone in regarding the obsession
with it on the rolling news programs as close to voyeuristic? Ghoulish even. Though it must be a godsend to them all, of course, in
their challenge of filling every minute of every day.
A well-connected
Spanish commentator endorses the view that pointy things are out for
President Rajoy. "Behind Rajoy", he says, " the knives
are out for a president who has the personality of a clam."
Taking the shellfish analogy further, he adds that "The fear of
the liberals and the Christian-democrats is that Rajoy will stick to
his presidential quarters like a mollusk". For Spanish speakers,
there's more here.
Changing Spain: When I
came to Spain in 2000, the annual road fatality number was pretty
dreadful. But a minor miracle has been worked since then and it's now
less than half it was back then. The statistic for cyclist deaths is
also now very low. But this, of course, is because nearly all of them
use the pavements/sidewalks.
Changing Spain (Maybe):
For the second time in a few months, professors and students are to
go on strike against the Bologna measure which will bring the
university system in line with that elsewhere in Europe for first
degrees and masters courses. One result of this will be to throw most
graduates onto the job market a year earlier. With 50% youth
unemployment, this is not what they want. But I can't see them having
any choice, however much they complain.
Finally . . . Back to
driving in Spain: This seems to be a useful site. I don't yet know
what it says about roundabouts - the traditional ones or the new
turbo-roundabouts. I do know you get nothing if you search under
'roundabout'. 'Rotonda' is more productive, though 'glorieta' isn't.
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