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Day 98 - "The End?"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - June 22, 2020 01:30 - 7 minutesTranscript: Day 98 The End? Sunday and the Alarma is over, Lockdown is unlocked, 99 days, it started on Saturday March 14th, but actually I consider that weekend to be the two phoney days of Lockdown. Saturday 14th March was a pretty normal day, the supermarket rammed with people takin...
Day 97 - "Of mousy women and men"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - June 21, 2020 01:30 - 7 minutesFull transcript: Day 97 Of mousy women and men Saturday the weather is calm, the sun is shining, I have been doing some extreme weeding on the mountainside and managed to not fall down, the one time I did I thought it was best to relax and just let my body slide to a bit where I could cling ...
Day 96 - "Tim Tams"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - June 20, 2020 01:30 - 8 minutesFull transcript: Day 96 Tim Tams Friday and the I made a terrible mistake today, I try very hard now to avoid the TV news from the UK, we have enough to occupy ourselves here with events in Spain. I caught a picture of Headmaster Boris holding a packet of Tim Tams up, from what I u...
Day 95 - "Bonfire Night"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - June 19, 2020 01:30 - 8 minutesTranscript: Day 95 Bonfire night Thursday and now just a few days before everything un locks, the end of the Alarma and the new normal will start on Monday, many Spanish can go back to work and get the working week off to.. er, well er, a two day start, because next Wednesday “we are hav...
Day 94 - "Assassination"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - June 18, 2020 06:56 - 6 minutesTranscript: Day 94 Assassination Wednesday and the excitement cannot be contained, I am going shopping with Chris, well to be honest he doesn’t want me in the first shop, - Mercadona, he tells me he has a routine now and that doesn’t include me putting unsuitable items in the shopping troll...
Day 93 - "Anyone for Tennis"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - June 17, 2020 01:30 - 7 minutesTranscript uncorrected: Day 93 Anyone for tennis? Tuesday and we are battening down the hatches, the wind is returning again with a vengeance, so far, the summer here has not really happened. Today it is overcast and sticky humid. Our Gym has opened, and we went last night, OK so i...
Day 92 "Dance Off"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - June 16, 2020 01:30 - 7 minutesTranscript (uncorrected) Day 92 Dance off Monday has come, I usually dread Monday as it always brings administration stuff which I really don’t care for. By the way if you want to catch all 92 episodes with transcripts of Spanish Practices head over to THE secret spain dot com. ...
Day 91 "Playboy Kings"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - June 15, 2020 01:30 - 6 minutesTranscript (uncorrected) Day 91 Sunday and Uncle Pedro has been doing his weekly Zoom meeting, he likes to surprise the regional Governments, just to remind them all he is the one in charge. So he has brought forward the date when Spain will open its borders to everyone except Port...
Day 90 - "Holidays from Hell"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - June 14, 2020 07:53 - 7 minutesTranscript here: Day 90 holiday from hell Saturday your Sunday and the Spanish Government has started to talk about how they envisage foreign visitors coming to the country, the first lot will turn up on Monday, they are Germans coming to the Balearic Islands. Interestingly about 35,00...
Day 89 - "Fag End"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - June 13, 2020 01:30 - 8 minutesFull Transcript: Day 89 Fag End Friday and we are off to the Administrator to sell our old car to Carmen, what could possibly go wrong, find out later in this episode. If you want to catch up on previous episodes and full transcripts, go to the secret Spain dot com Today I have b...
Day 88 "Plastic not fantastic"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - June 12, 2020 01:30 - 7 minutesThursday and the wind is blowing and driving us mad, a new Spanish law on plastic waste might change the way we use single use plastic and three good legs cat gets a scare, oh and something in Spain that has taken longer to build than the pyramids and still isn't finished. Find out more https:...
Day 87 - "Fake Spanish Waiters"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - June 11, 2020 08:38 - 6 minutesToday the embarrassment of explaining Fawlty Towers to my Spanish friends, an internet outage, and the end of central Government control in Spain Find out more: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 87 Fake Spanish Waiters uncorrected transcript Wednesday and the Spanish Parliament h...
Day 86 - "Inconvenient Death"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - June 10, 2020 01:30 - 7 minutesToday a story of a TV set and an inconvenient death, and speaking of inconvenience, how dare you ask to transfer money at a Spanish bank without an appointment. find out more at https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 86 Inconvenient Death uncorrected transcript Tuesday and the wind has dro...
Day 85 - "Testing times"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - June 09, 2020 01:30 - 10 minutesMonday and we are off to buy our new car in the Covid19 world of car showrooms, no coffee, no handshake, just masks and security tape. Has the glamour of car buying come to an end? find out more https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 85 Testing Times uncorrected transcript Monday morni...
Day 84 - "Car Share"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - June 08, 2020 01:30 - 8 minutesIt is Sunday and I have been driving our existing car for the first time, we are buying a new one tomorrow, as in Phase 3 we can go to a car showroom. Can I say that the gear box stick is in quite the wrong place and while we are at it, so is the steering wheel. Find out more: https://www.the...
Day 83 - "Hey Ya!"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - June 07, 2020 07:42 - 7 minutesBad news is good news for us find out why in this episode, also a reflection on the last few months as Andalusia moves into phase three of the Alarma. Find out more: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 83 Hey Ya! (uncorrected transcript) Saturday, your Sunday and I thought I would take a fe...
Day 82 - "Dough Boys"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - June 06, 2020 01:30 - 6 minutesToday a story from the past about two crazy American guys called Ben and Jerry and their weird ice cream, a trip to Leroy Merlin a French owned Spanish run DIY chain. find out more here: https://www.thesecretspain.com Uncorrected transcript here: Day 82 Dough Boys Friday and another ...
Day 81 - "Law and Food Order"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - June 05, 2020 01:30 - 6 minutesThursday and the bloomin wind is driving us potty, along with administration, WhatsApp spats about a community pool and we have a guide to consumer law here in Spain. Find out more: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 81 Thursday and a bit of a low day, hard to put your finger on it, bu...
Day 80 "Caves and Confusion"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - June 04, 2020 01:30 - 6 minutesDay 80, a day of confusion when we were told our house didn't exist, also we talk a little bit about Spanish Income Tax, and explore some caves in Nerja. Find out more: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 80 Caves and Confusion Wednesday and the day begins in Spanish confusion as the man th...
Day 79 - "Free Money"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - June 03, 2020 06:07 - 7 minutesDay 79 and slowly things are returning, restaurants are opening and the Government is giving away free money and claiming nobody died of Covid19.. although the regional Governments dispute this. Find out more: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 79 Free Money Tuesday, and yesterday no death...
Day 78 - "Brucie Bonus"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - June 02, 2020 01:30 - 7 minutesMonday and the day Bruce Forsyth didn't play his cards right, community swimming pools and dirty rain. The daily Podcast diary of a British couple in Lockdown Spain, phase 2. Find out more: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 78 Brucie Bonus Monday oh how I loathe you, but only because it ...
Day 77 - "Benidorm Brits and Bikinis"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - June 01, 2020 01:30 - 7 minutesToday the story of a railway porter who transformed the whole of the Spanish tourism industry, a story that involves a Bikini and General Franco. Find out more: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 77 Benidorm Brits and Bikini’s Sunday, the eve of Phase 2 and another step toward the ...
Day 76 - "Fiestas and the F-Word"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - May 31, 2020 07:21 - 6 minutesSaturday and the weekend has come with some bad news if you are planning a party in Spain, this is the story of a British couple behind the police lines in Spain, a daily diary of Lockdown. Find out more: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 76 Fiestas and the F-Word Saturday, and the we...
Day 75 - "Property Nightmares!"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - May 30, 2020 01:30 - 7 minutesToday how we lost a cool £49,000 to a Spanish bank, that we will never see again. Property nightmares and how to avoid them, here in Spain. Find out more: https://www.thesecretspain.com Disclaimer, we do NOT receive any remuneration from advertising, the views expressed our our own and not ...
Day 74 - "Shady Deals"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - May 29, 2020 01:30 - 6 minutesToday shady European Deals and shady terraces, as we continue our daily diary of Lockdown, Spanish style. Find out more: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 74 shady deals Thursday has arrived and we are awaiting the blind men, not that they are actually blind, but they are hopefully go...
Day 73 - "Beach Vigilantes"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - May 28, 2020 01:30 - 6 minutesWednesday and there is news that tourists coming to Spain will be greeted by beach vigilantes, who will be employed to make sure we all socially distance and bathe in the correct safe way. Day 73 of Spanish Lockdown for a British couple and their three-good legs cat. Find out more here: ht...
Day 72 - "Gone to Pot"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - May 27, 2020 08:04 - 6 minutesCould legally growing marijuana save Spains Economy? Today the whole podcast is going to pot, after all it is time we started to chill and relax, before the onslaught of tourists arrive here in Spain. This is the daily diary of a British couple in Phase 1 Lockdown in Spain. Find out more ...
Day 71 "Peseta Pats"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - May 26, 2020 01:30 - 6 minutesMonday and day 71, and a few tips about buying a property here in Spain and what you need to do as a Brit, before January 2020. Find out more: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 71 Peseta Pats Monday of week two of phase 1, we are still confused about why we have not moved to Phase 2, ...
Day 70 - "Tourist Trap!"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - May 25, 2020 01:30 - 7 minutesDay 70 of Lockdown, and Spain will be open for tourists in July says Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez today. What will it mean, and what is it like for tourists here along the Granada coast? The daily dairy Podcast of a British couple and their three good legs cat, living on the Costa Tropical. F...
Day 69 - "Alhambra"
Spanish Practices - Real Life in Spain - May 24, 2020 01:30 - 6 minutesDay 69 it is Saturday and a tale of majestic beauty and ticket fraud, the daily diary of a British couple in Lockdown, still, in Spain. Find out more: https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 69 Saturday and the weekend has arrived with thirty plus temperatures, somewhere nearby somebody...
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