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Political unrest (or just that we're sick of it all)
So if you haven't read the news recently you might not now that the most important plazas in Spain are currently occupied by students, long-duration unemployed people, public healthcare workers and retirees claiming against the current political and economical system.
While this sounds like an empty phrase, the people are demonstrating since ( Read more... ) -
Glasses!
I went to the Ophtalmologist for a simple checkup and the optometrics test said that I had -1 asthigmatism on my left eye and -0.5 on the right one. I was strongly recommended to use prescription glasses when I read and work. In Spain, they aren't convered by the Social Security ( Read more... ) -
Dando señales de vida
Hello
Is there anybody there?
Damn, quite a long time without posting. I have a good set of excuses (namely being too damned tired to write). Anyway, some things have been going around here.
First of all that I did my first go-live last weekend. It took us 15 straight hours of work. I drove to Sergio's house afterwards which was horrible because I was ( Read more... ) -
Fiesta!
More pics about the long weekend in Gran Canaria
Carnival means you get a costume and you goof around playing your character. Or you simply get drunk (or tipsy like me, because I'm a bad drinker). One of the newest and more established traditions in Spain is drinking on the street. A 2-liter bottle of soda, a 0.75l bottle of your favourite spirit, ( Read more... ) -
Because life must go on
Honestly, I didn't feel like posting pictures from such a great time after what's going on in the world and the LJ world but then I overheard "Life must go on" by Queen and I decided to show a small bright spot.
Without further ado, plenty of pictures from our Carnival at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
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Classic on the streets of Las Palmas
One of the things that happen in the Canary Islands (which are "Spain" since the 1400, longer than Catalonia, for instance) is that back in the times before Spain joined the EEC, they had plenty of different things. Since they were a free port, they had plenty of stuff that was unavailable in Peninsular Spain. One of the most remarkable things they ( Read more... ) -
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I haven't disappeared. I've just busy as a bee at work and starting the college semester ( Read more... )
