Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable.
Christopher Howse: A Pilgrim in Spain
Note: Again, a few of the items below have been borrowed from Lenox Napier's Business Over Tapas of yesterday.
Spanish Life
- Some provocateur has suggested that strictly speaking, if the British were to return Gibraltar to its previous owner, this would be the Catalans. I've no idea if this is true or not.
- There's been a huge corruption trial taking place here for as long as I can remember, with the judge being changed from time to time, for one reason or another. It's named after the German for 'belt' - Gürtel. Hence La Maldición de Gürtel - The Gürtel curse. Which is the term applied to those who mysteriously die before they ever get to the court. So far, they number 9 souls.
- There's been some good news for Spanish hotels in the last year. After trials in the UK, the number of Brits - largely from the Liverpool area, I have to admit - claiming that food poisoning ruined their holidays has reduced to nil. It's said that this scam cost the hotel industry here over €50 million in 2016.
- For Spanish readers, here's a nice El País article on a north-south trip through the country,
- It was a 'mad, mad, day' yesterday, as Boris Johnson's plan/proposal/sham began to unravel. So so says Richard North here.
- A constitutionally correct impeachment enquiry/inquiry is now a palace coup, according to Ffart's defenders. In some countries, such a declaration would never get past the joke stage.
- Word of the Day: Rajatabla.
- In 3 days of driving in the UK, it's been good to witness 'normal' driving on roundabouts. I've seen only one incident of a driver staying in the outside line for the second exit and this was someone in a Spanish-plated car. Me, in fact. Rather ironically. Anyway, it annoyed the driver behind me, who'd naturally assumed I'd be taking the first exit.
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