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Tales from La Terraza: junio 2008
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Tales from La Terraza. Forget the friendly locals with their quaint traditions, this is a look at what life is really like in Spain - grumpy waiters, prostitutes, bureaucracy and all! Miércoles, 18 de junio de 2008. Next stop, the Priory. Hello, my name is Elizabeth and I’m an alcoholic. So I asked if anyone wanted a drink. They all agreed they were thirsty. And asked for: “Agua, por favor”. I explained to Marie-Jose how strange this behaviour was compared to the UK and told her about nights out with my ...
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Tales from La Terraza: The best drive-in show in town
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Tales from La Terraza. Forget the friendly locals with their quaint traditions, this is a look at what life is really like in Spain - grumpy waiters, prostitutes, bureaucracy and all! Jueves, 9 de abril de 2009. The best drive-in show in town. There are some abbreviations that are simply lovely. M&Ms, for example. or BYOB and DKNY. Then there are those that fill us with dread: OHMS, BMI (Body Mass Index, not the airline, and it always makes me depressed) and now there’s ITV. 8220;A family car? 8220;Then ...
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Tales from La Terraza: octubre 2008
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Tales from La Terraza. Forget the friendly locals with their quaint traditions, this is a look at what life is really like in Spain - grumpy waiters, prostitutes, bureaucracy and all! Viernes, 17 de octubre de 2008. Drink to me only. It has been fun, though, although a lot of that was unintentional from our guests. And mainly the guests from my side of the family. Two in particular - my sister, Marion, and her son, David. Marion and David are an easy couple to please so long as the sight-seeing ends with...
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Tales from La Terraza: abril 2009
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Tales from La Terraza. Forget the friendly locals with their quaint traditions, this is a look at what life is really like in Spain - grumpy waiters, prostitutes, bureaucracy and all! Jueves, 9 de abril de 2009. The best drive-in show in town. There are some abbreviations that are simply lovely. M&Ms, for example. or BYOB and DKNY. Then there are those that fill us with dread: OHMS, BMI (Body Mass Index, not the airline, and it always makes me depressed) and now there’s ITV. 8220;A family car? 8220;Then ...
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Tales from La Terraza: agosto 2008
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Tales from La Terraza. Forget the friendly locals with their quaint traditions, this is a look at what life is really like in Spain - grumpy waiters, prostitutes, bureaucracy and all! Martes, 26 de agosto de 2008. Baby, you can drive my car. It is with a heavy heart that I write that the streets of Madrid are no longer safe. Especially when I have to admit it’s my fault that the streets of Madrid are no longer safe. No You cannot pay me yet - first you have to pay a tax.”. 8220;Pay a tax for buying a car?
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Tales from La Terraza: febrero 2009
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Tales from La Terraza. Forget the friendly locals with their quaint traditions, this is a look at what life is really like in Spain - grumpy waiters, prostitutes, bureaucracy and all! Jueves, 5 de febrero de 2009. Think of Spain and what images come to your mind? A beautiful white beach? Ice-cold jugs of sangria? Handsome young men in shades? Okay, that last one might just be me, but the others will be there, along with, of course, a bright, shining, full-of-heat sun. Remembering those chilly days in Edi...
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Tales from La Terraza: enero 2009
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Tales from La Terraza. Forget the friendly locals with their quaint traditions, this is a look at what life is really like in Spain - grumpy waiters, prostitutes, bureaucracy and all! Miércoles, 7 de enero de 2009. However, being in a new country spurred me into super-organisation. When I discovered Spain doesn’t do Christmas cards (I know! In situations like this there’s not much you can do, except open another bottle of cava and search through the cupboards for anything not remotely oven-based to...
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Tales from La Terraza: What's in a name?
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Tales from La Terraza. Forget the friendly locals with their quaint traditions, this is a look at what life is really like in Spain - grumpy waiters, prostitutes, bureaucracy and all! Martes, 24 de marzo de 2009. What's in a name? My first attempt to explain what I was after at the stadium was met with the uncomprehending “huh? So I was fairly confident when I handed over the forms for Ged - full name Gerrard Ellis - and myself - Elizabeth Ellis. 8221; Ha ha! 8221; Hee hee - he couldn’t even get me...
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Tales from La Terraza: mayo 2008
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Tales from La Terraza. Forget the friendly locals with their quaint traditions, this is a look at what life is really like in Spain - grumpy waiters, prostitutes, bureaucracy and all! Domingo, 25 de mayo de 2008. Elvis is alive and turned into a speccy Spaniard whose chin bears more than a passing resemblance to Jimmy Hill. What's more - he's a star over here and beat the British choice in Eurovision. For the past . . . oh God, feels like years, we've been subjected to the Chiki Chiki. Or five inside us.
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Tales from La Terraza: marzo 2008
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Tales from La Terraza. Forget the friendly locals with their quaint traditions, this is a look at what life is really like in Spain - grumpy waiters, prostitutes, bureaucracy and all! Lunes, 24 de marzo de 2008. A hole lot of trouble. There’s so much building work going on in Madrid at the moment that I barely batted an eyelid when my friend Fernando told me his neighbour was having a Metro station built in his back garden. 8220;A Metro station? 8220;Yes,” he answered. 8221; I asked. Over the next few we...