I love Spain but, after
nearly being hit by imbeciles on bikes and quad bikes in the narrow
streets of the old quarter both last night and this morning, I'm pining a
bit for the order and safety of westernised Holland, against the
disorder and risks of easternised Spain. Which will be purely
temporary of course. But, meantime, bound to upset a few Spanish readers . . .
I was going to read this list - from The Local, of course – which purports to name the
10 Spanish dishes you really should eat before you pop your clogs.
But, after seeing the first one was percebes, I decided not to go further. I
feared the second would be bloody tripe and the third pig's ear.
Which is far too much for me to stomach, even merely on paper. So, check it out for me, please.
Heres
Don Quijones addressing the Spanish issue of moment – Will any of
this week's crop of greedy rogues and scoundrels ever see the inside of a jail? If
so, how long before President Rajoy selects them for one of the
thousands of pardons he hands out each year. [See what I mean about
Spain being eastern, as well as thoroughly western?] Here's DQ's
final paragraph:- Many of them are so intimately connected
to the political and business establishment that it’s almost
impossible to imagine them warming a bench in a jail cell. If they
are given similar treatment, expect public anger to reach new
heights. If, by some miracle, they are sent down, things could be
about to get very interesting in the Eurozone’s fourth largest
economy, especially with six senior central bankers waiting in the
wings to testify about the Bank of Spain’s role in the collapse and
subsequent bailout of Bankia.
Interesting times.
It's been claimed many,
many times that (North) Americans don't get irony. When you see that
almost half of them support an orange-faced, oddly-coiffed, consummate
liar, cheat and billionaire who goes on and on about 'fake' news and
claims to have the interests of the little man and woman at heart,
you do begin to wonder. Can one of the county's numerous gun-happy
individuals not get him in their sights? By the way, the richest irony
of all is that Trump bangs on and on about saving citizens from
Islamic terrorists but says nothing about all those American kids
massacred each year by Christians with Uzis. You couldn't make it up.
But it's Carnival week
and there's a lot of noisy fun going on around this café, which I
will now investigate. Leaving you with:-
- The inevitable list from The Local of Spain's craziest Carnival festivals, and
- Another Bill Tidy carton:-
"Seems like nothing'll cheer him up".
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