Andalucia Steve

...living the dream

Driving in Spain

What's it like motoring over here?
On the whole I prefer driving in Spain to the UK. Something about driving on the right-hand side of the road and changing gear with the right hand feels more natural to me. On the occasions I've returned to driving on the left I've found it took me a few days to get used to it, though when I return to Spain I snap back instantly. I saw a report recently that named Spain as the 11th safest county to drive in worldwide.... read more
 

Language Learning Tips

A few ideas for improving your command of Spanish
It's a bit cheeky of me to be giving tips about language learning. You might as well ask Donald Trump to teach you how to dance the ballet. I've never been good at languages. It was the only thing I failed at school and after nearly twenty years of speaking Spanish I'm still far from fluent. That part of my brain that processes language just doesn't seem to work very well in me. However, having tried all sorts of things to improve my Spanish I am perhaps in a good position to say... read more
 

Funny Things They Eat in Spain

Warning: Don't read this if you are vegan/vegetarian
It was during my first week in Spain that I ascended an escalator in a big supermarket, turned a corner in to the meat section and was greeted by a rack of pig faces. It was quite a bizarre sight! It looked as though the left half a pig's head had been placed in a polystyrene tray and wrapped in cling-film. There were dozens of them, all looking the same way, which of course prompted a question in my ever curious mind. Where were the right hand sides of the pig's heads? Was there another ... read more
 
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