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Forum: Spain
Mar 27th 2011, 2:40 pm
Replies: 214
Views: 13,307
Posted By steviedeluxe

Re: Are you living the life you moved for?

I'm not sure it's such a good thing, but certain bar-owners in Spain know how to keep your alcohol intake up. Even in Madrid (allegedly an impersonal and expensive city) it sometimes only took a...
Forum: Spain
Mar 27th 2011, 11:36 am
Replies: 214
Views: 13,307
Posted By steviedeluxe

Re: Are you living the life you moved for?

I agree it is possible that some places (especially chains) do this. However my experience in many places in Madrid and Valencia is that you can often see into the cooking area. Go and have your...
Forum: Spain
Mar 27th 2011, 9:34 am
Replies: 214
Views: 13,307
Posted By steviedeluxe

Re: Are you living the life you moved for?

The courses I quoted - paella, fabada, puchero, lentejas or even (squeamish look away now) oreja stew or callos - are all fairly standard dishes in many parts of Spain. If you really needed to google...
Forum: Spain
Mar 26th 2011, 6:00 pm
Replies: 214
Views: 13,307
Posted By steviedeluxe

Re: Are you living the life you moved for?

Don't worry about it, but thanks! People not only have different tastes, they also have different prejudices (for want of a better word). There was a time when I'd only eat bland English food and...
Forum: Spain
Mar 26th 2011, 5:47 pm
Replies: 214
Views: 13,307
Posted By steviedeluxe

Re: Are you living the life you moved for?

Is it still the law that establishments that sell cooked food have to offer a daily Menu? I've been told that the law was brought in by Franco's regime, to ensure workers had at least one good meal a...
Forum: Spain
Mar 26th 2011, 5:42 pm
Replies: 214
Views: 13,307
Posted By steviedeluxe

Re: Are you living the life you moved for?

Sadly you sound like someone who hasn't experienced much of Spain, despite your claim of "fairly representative throughout Spain". Most of the central parts and north of Spain often have a...
Forum: Spain
Mar 26th 2011, 4:40 pm
Replies: 214
Views: 13,307
Posted By steviedeluxe

Re: Are you living the life you moved for?

Some people only feel they're getting quality goods if they pay a small fortune..

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Forum: Spain
Mar 26th 2011, 9:54 am
Replies: 214
Views: 13,307
Posted By steviedeluxe

Re: Are you living the life you moved for?

One of the reasons I like a big city like Madrid. Plenty of places that give big portions in their menus; indeed there are tapas bars that give big portions free with your drink. At the other end of...
Forum: Spain
Mar 25th 2011, 11:49 am
Replies: 214
Views: 13,307
Posted By steviedeluxe

Re: Are you living the life you moved for?

Well 4 courses is pushing it a bit, I always think of it as a two and a half course meal. The dessert is rarely anything elaborate, I often skip it and just have coffe, or sometimes take the fruit...
Forum: Spain
Mar 25th 2011, 8:13 am
Replies: 214
Views: 13,307
Posted By steviedeluxe

Re: Are you living the life you moved for?

Much as I've enjoyed the sunshine here in the UK this week, I think the weatherman's been a bit selective with the facts. Most nights here in the UK the temperature's gone down close to zero, and...
Forum: Spain
Mar 24th 2011, 10:53 am
Replies: 214
Views: 13,307
Posted By steviedeluxe

Re: Are you living the life you moved for?

I think you'd be fine in a larger UK city to be honest; London especially is very cosmoplitan. I suspect you'd get gossip and backchat in smaller places wherever you went to be honest (and I'm a big...
Forum: Spain
Mar 23rd 2011, 10:09 pm
Replies: 214
Views: 13,307
Posted By steviedeluxe

Re: Are you living the life you moved for?

Oh yes, no such place as the perfect destination. A colombian guy used to tell me about his home city. Apparently it had the perfect climate and rarely rained; moreover it never really got cold. But...
Forum: Spain
Mar 23rd 2011, 9:16 pm
Replies: 214
Views: 13,307
Posted By steviedeluxe

Re: Are you living the life you moved for?

We've had quite a few nice days recently here in London. Only downside is that the nights have been quite cold, and we're forecast more frost (and maximums of 7 or 8C) at the weekend. But on balance...
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