Andalucia Steve

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Tourism in Spain - why aren't they thinking ahead.

A rant about tourism
I received an official looking letter through the post this week. You know the sort, covered in barcodes and government logos. Roughly translating the label on the outside of envelope, it was from "The Institute of Statistics and Maps of Andalusia Council of Economic Transformation, Knowledge and Universities'. While mouthing the words represented by the three letter abbreviation 'WTF' to myself, I opened it up to find I'd been one of 5000 lucky people to be selected to take part in a... read more
 
Posted by Steve Gould Sunday, October 4, 2020 2:13:00 PM Categories: Andalusia Economy Electric Vehicles Envrionment Spain Spanish Spanish culture Sustainability Technology
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Work. What is it Good For?

(Apart from the money)
A work colleague from long, long ago recently got in touch to wish me a happy birthday. I don't want to blow smoke up his arse but if I drew up a list of people I'd met in my life blessed with both high mental agility and being a good hang, he would be top percentile. In our email exchange, we both waxed sentimental over the team of extraordinary people we used to work with all those years ago. This got me thinking. I've had quite a varied and somewhat chequered career in public... read more
 
Posted by Steve Gould Sunday, September 27, 2020 9:56:00 AM Categories: Career Psychology Work
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Making money in Spain

The hardest thing about moving here is the income problem.
I wanna job in Spain and basically need to know if there is work out there for me, I’d do anything I just wanna move for the sun. Please help!! The above quote was a genuine question asked a few weeks ago on an online forum for 'expats' in Spain. I kid you not that I see these sort of requests all the time. Sifting through the three hundred or so replies reveals an interesting snapshot of people's experiences of having moved here in search of work. "Most men ... read more
 
Posted by Steve Gould Sunday, September 20, 2020 9:58:00 AM Categories: Black money Economy Lifeskills Spain
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