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

Politics: Miriam González is a lawyer and businesswoman (and, incidentally, the wife of former British Deputy PM Nick Clegg). She has registered a political party, called Democracia 21.The probability is that it’ll go nowhere, however valid its policies might be.

The worst airports in Spain for EES border delays.

It’s often claimed that Spain is only the second noisiest country in the world, behind Japan. I would dispute this, at least as regards bars and restaurants. And in flats and houses (like mine) with a shared wall. One factor with the latter, advised Lenox Napier recently, is that our walls are thin brick and plaster. Sound travels through them, he says, and then bounces off the tiled floor and naked walls.

Lenox addresses his loss of hearing here. Thank god his writing is not affected.

Noémi asks here if the Barcelona hop-on-hop-off bus is worth the price of the ticket.

This article identifies the 11 concentration camps Franco establish in his home region of Galicia.

Around 100 people are said to have succumbed to the curent heat wave in Galicia, again more than 1,000 in Spain as a whole.

Which reminds me . . . I clocked several Caminoers leaving Pv city in 35 degrees a 1pm to walk at least 12km to an albergue, or 25km to Caldas de Réis. Probably not advisable.

The United States of Trump America

Quotes

• Trump’s unique ability is to command attention.
• Trump’s effective technique is to simplify and repeat [regardless of veracity]

The turnout for Trump’s July 4 address seems to have been very poor, though Trump, of course, has invented numbers between 150,000 and 350,000. I think we can assume no Liberal Retards/Communists attended. Even to sabotage the event. Obviously not necessary.

Donald Trump hijacked America’s 250 and turned it into a ‘theatre of the absurd’. (US)America’s milestone birthday feels particularly joyless, less a celebration of the world’s most powerful country than a case study in how a demoralised, self-doubting nation has fallen prey to culture wars and the narcissism of its leader. Trump – a uniquely divisive president laying siege to freedoms, institutions and truth itself – has proved to be the ultimate party pooper.

The Guardian seems to agree with my sentiment of what the US needs to do soon . . . (US)America has lost its values. It’s time to go back to the founding text

Meanwhile . . . Trump will Destroy His Own Goons and self destruct. Podcast Video

Spanish

• Machimbrado: Tongue and groove.
• Llave: Usually ‘key’ but can mean ‘light switch’
• Llave inglesa: Monkey wrench. Lit. ‘English key’
• Llave Stillsons: Large adjustable monkey wrench.

Guess who’s having electrical and plumbing problems.

Did you know?

Facts facts about Spain that seem like fiction.

Finally . . .You Have to Laugh

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