What do you hate.
England 130,365 square kilometers 49.1 millon population.
Spain 493,486 square kilometers 44 million population. (8% of which are foreign residents)
Kevin77
Spain 493,486 square kilometers 44 million population. (8% of which are foreign residents)
Kevin77
Do you think that the huge difference in size has something to do with the nations infrastructure.power cuts, septic tank installation, gas bottles, water supply, telephone lines, and construction standards of property, especially in the campo
No muerdes la mano que te da de comer.
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Reading other threads, I've found something else to 'hate', namely ex-pats who live in the campo and get all snobby about the fact and think anyone living anywhere near the coast is some sort of pond-life. Because someone chooses to live near the coast - and it may be a very pleasant bit of coast, not the centre of Torremolinos or Benalmadena or wherever you think is typical of the worst of the Costa - doesn't necessarily mean they're going to be lager-louts.
If there one thing that would stop me moving to Spain, it would be the noisy bikes. Don't know if it has changed, but we used to sit in the square at Cómpeta, having a beer, and the kids used to come racing up the rampa, straight across the square, and up the street the other side. What a bl--dy row! And the police standing by the market watching them, never said a word.Fletch wrote:Yeah, noisy motorbikes, quad bikes and `peds late at night. Cold winter nights.
But the rest is just great thanks!
Regards, Frank
No soy residente, simplemente un turista, ¿qué sé yo?
No soy residente, simplemente un turista, ¿qué sé yo?
Motor bikes
Yes Frank. The noise from the bikes were terrible. But it's much better in Competa now. A lot of bumps in the roads and more observant police has helped a lot.
Jens-Kristian
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Re: Motor bikes
I'm glad to hear it! Or not hear it, as the case might be! I'm sure you are all very relieved. I think when we popped up there last year they were doing the rampa, it was a bit of a mess.soegaard wrote:Yes Frank. The noise from the bikes were terrible. But it's much better in Competa now. A lot of bumps in the roads and more observant police has helped a lot.
Jens-Kristian
Regards, Frank
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No soy residente, simplemente un turista, ¿qué sé yo?
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yeah that's right , I'm spanish and fortunately located in a part of the country that has not been affected by the British invasion. If you don't like the spanish package then go back to the UK, I manage to live and work there without complaint.Alan-LaCala wrote:But not you, eh? You're different.British immigrants eroding the spanish culture , keep the pollution down south.
Look, everyone is marching out of step except my Johnny!!!
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Hi Jules,Jules - Slowhand wrote:yeah that's right , I'm spanish and fortunately located in a part of the country that has not been affected by the British invasion. If you don't like the spanish package then go back to the UK, I manage to live and work there without complaint.Alan-LaCala wrote:But not you, eh? You're different.British immigrants eroding the spanish culture , keep the pollution down south.
Look, everyone is marching out of step except my Johnny!!!
Alan
Good to have a real Spaniard on the forum.
How wet is it in Asturias in the summer? Property prices seem pretty reasonable in that region and the countryside looks stunning.
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I do like the Spanish package. I haven't complained about anything; it was you who complained about the ex pats, and I object to having generalisations applied to me.If you don't like the spanish package then go back to the UK
Alan
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Just to add my dislikes about Spain..
Same as most really with regards to Quad bikes, dog poo and litter.
Also don't like it when people stand chatting with the lift door open.
Adverts on Spanish TV, blimey what can I say 20 mins of advert for 15 mins of Programme.
Shops and not being able to go shopping early, Mercadona 9.15 and carrefour 10.00 opening times.
Same as most really with regards to Quad bikes, dog poo and litter.
Also don't like it when people stand chatting with the lift door open.
Adverts on Spanish TV, blimey what can I say 20 mins of advert for 15 mins of Programme.
Shops and not being able to go shopping early, Mercadona 9.15 and carrefour 10.00 opening times.
Delighted to have a local on board, it'll be nice to hear it from the other side! I'm certainly nort defending the Brits here, but I'm sure you must have had some complaints about UK. I read a forum about Spanish people living and working London, and while I'm pleased to say the vast majority seem very happy there, there are some inevitable moans. Especially amongst some of the au pairs! Congratulations on your English!Jules - Slowhand wrote: yeah that's right , I'm spanish and fortunately located in a part of the country that has not been affected by the British invasion. If you don't like the spanish package then go back to the UK, I manage to live and work there without complaint.
Regards, Frank
No soy residente, simplemente un turista, ¿qué sé yo?
No soy residente, simplemente un turista, ¿qué sé yo?
We've got one of these too! Is it a common phenonema or are the 'lesser liked busybodies' prevalent in every English community?!citymike wrote: One woman stands out, she thinks that she is friends with everyone in the town where she lives, despite her not speaking a word of the lingo, but they laugh at her behind her back and they think she's vulgar, she thinks that she's posh and would probably post on forums saying how she hates English people who don't integrate. Ironic really
Re: Motor bikes
You`re right it is an awful lot better now, but I`m bringing over an AC Cobra kit car later this spring with a very loud 3.5litre V8 to get my own back!!!soegaard wrote:Yes Frank. The noise from the bikes were terrible. But it's much better in Competa now. A lot of bumps in the roads and more observant police has helped a lot.
Jens-Kristian
Is it hot here, or is it just me?
From what I can see the majority of British delude themselves. I swear blind that if a Spanish murderer were to disembowel one of the inland Brits they'd claim that they were much nicer disembowelers than the British.jane grant wrote:We've got one of these too! Is it a common phenonema or are the 'lesser liked busybodies' prevalent in every English community?!citymike wrote: One woman stands out, she thinks that she is friends with everyone in the town where she lives, despite her not speaking a word of the lingo, but they laugh at her behind her back and they think she's vulgar, she thinks that she's posh and would probably post on forums saying how she hates English people who don't integrate. Ironic really
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