Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that puts
the stars to flight
And, lo, the hunter of the east has caught the sultan’s turret in a noose of light.
Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable – Christopher Howse: ‘A Pilgrim in Spain’.
Cosas de España/Galiza
A positive spin . . . From dictatorship to European Union powerhouse: Spain’s 40-year journey of successes, setbacks and stories that transformed a country.
A negative aspect . . . Spain’s graduate crisis has been laid bare: Almost 30% of youngsters work in jobs unrelated to their qualifications – the highest figure in Europe.
And another negative, possibly connected . . . Thanks to the support of young men, the populist, anti-immigration Vox party is surging in the polls.
Can there be greater indictments of the stupidity of having 3 ‘international’ airports for Galicia than:-
- 1. Galicia will have 20 fewer international routes this summer,
- 2. The airport of nearby Asturias now has more passengers than Galicia’s busiest facility, and
- 2. It’s predicted that the high-speed train line to Oporto will mean the end – not before time – of at least one of the 3.
This is a video of a 48 hour visit to Pv city, in reality to the old quarter only. The streets seem strangely empty, even when the winter rains weren’t falling. I was surprised to hear the couple complain that the old quarter isn’t really car-free, as they were regularly confronted by vehicles. Despite living in Ourense, they seemed not to know that this is because delivery vans and trucks are only allowed to deliver in the morning, when they did most of their walking around. Oh, and I also found the claim that the Parador is cheap outside the – longer-than-it-used-to be – high season.
The Middle East War
See my earlier post.
The USTA
The dangerously delusional, bellicose president/mad sociopath/directionless warmonger/imbecile
David Packman asks: Is Trump on something?
Trump’s psychosis has insiders terrified.
Why desperate Trump is scrambling to save his base
An even greater monster – Epstein. See here a harrowing insight into the man/beast and this methods.
The growing backyard empire.
Spanish
- Cainismo: Siblicide (From Cain, of course).
- Colar en: To sneak into.
- Tongo: Fix. [RAE: Trampa realizada en competiciones deportivas, en que uno de los contendientes se deja ganar por razones ajenas al juego.]
Did you know?
Why the world’s biggest airlines parking dozens of massive jets at a remote Spanish airport.
Finally . . .
Another of my mother’s sayings: You’ll laugh on the other side of your face in a minute.
My thanks to those readers who take the trouble to Like my posts.
The Usual Links . . .
You can get my posts by email as soon as they’re published. With the added bonus that they’ll contain the typos I’ll discover later. I believe there’s a box for this at the bottom of each post. If you do this but don’t read the posts, I will delete your subscription. So perhaps don’t bother if you have other reasons for subscribing . . .
I can also be read on Facebook.
For new readers: If you’ve landed here looking for info on Galicia or Pontevedra, try here. If you’re passing through Pontevedra on the Camino, you’ll find a guide to the city there.
If you´re thinking of moving to Spain, this link should be useful to you.
Thoughts from Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain 