The Bear (Disney) has made me appreciate restaurant staff even more 🤯

20 minutes ago this was a beach full of people putting on sun cream.

Then the Galician mist had other ideas. #ACoruña

ICYMI.

The Estrella Galicia will be flowing on this Sunny Sunday in A Coruña.

Buenos días ☀️

‘Tired of overtourism pushing up rental prices, Málaga locals have found a novel way to vent their anger.’ Ashifa Kassam

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Para los jóvenes de mi generación, vivir con una familia era una de las experiencias más enriquecedoras para acercarse a la cultura de otro país.

Esta semana, gracias a esta carta publicada por el The Irish Times con la complicidad de Simon Harris TD, me ha venido a la memoria el…

⚽️Cheering against the underdog
⛴️How Spain lived Bilbao's party
🗳️Basque elections next Sunday
💰Tax privileges & regional rivalries

Here's a piece on Bilbao, its football club and a region transformed.

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Had a wonderful train experience last week from Barcelona to Madrid. Loads of room, a giant cafe, steady WiFi for just £60 return. Now on the train from London to Bournemouth which also costs £60 despite being 1/4 the distance. And half the journey is on a rail replacement bus.

Agreed. As someone who has been to Bilbao many times Brendan Boyle this really hits the spot.

Parisians, it seems,need to be more patient with children - basically, they need to be more like Spaniards.

Simon Kuper's new book reviewed in today's The Irish Times

‘That all four young Basque adults (born in 2004) recently interviewed by El País had never learned about ETA in school, however, is an educational failure.’

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‘With a population of just 2.2 million, the Basque Country is one of the most prosperous and developed parts of Spain. Since the transition (to democracy), it has enjoyed the most wide-ranging autonomy of any region in the EU.’

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‘The Basque Country accounts for less than 5% of the Spanish population: a team from a pool that small, where the depth of identification is unlike anywhere else, had reached five finals this century, which is a huge achievement.’ Sid Lowe

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Brilliant piece this

Buenos días ☀️

A Coruña ready for another día.