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It’s Not The Heat It’s The Humidity
The last two weeks in Valencia have had people complaining about the heat but funnily enough it is not actually as hot as normal according to the numbers, just around 32 degrees every day. However we are getting a really humid period at the moment and you walk around dripping. This is not the case in all parts of Spain, Madrid is a lot hotter but dry, Seville just gets seriously hot, North West Spain copies the UK weather patterns, rain, sunny spells and if it isn’t raining it has just rained or it’s about to rain.
Spain Is Different Issue 20 – Spread Some Positivity About Spain
After a hiatus we are back with our summer special. Some actual positive news out of Spain and a few stories you may have missed under the radar because it seems that only bad news sells.
So Spain is Different 20 can be seen here with stories including:
1) If Not France, Why Not Spain?
2) A Tourist Visit To Aragón
3) The A-Z of Seville
The Story of #SpainIs… Up To Now
Tired of all of the sniping at Spain?
Hating the way Spain is presented in the press?
Like to point out the good points about Spain?
Me too. Therefore along with a group of friends, Writers and Bloggers about Spain (Our Facebook group) we created the hashtag #SpainIs… on twitter in order to promote the positivity about the country despite all of the problems. And guess what? It was a major success. Here is a report in Sur in English newspaper about it
The Writers and Bloggers in Spain Extravaganza – Spain is Different 19
The nineteenth issue of Spain is Different is now out. It is a cornucopia of posts from a Facebook group I have of Writers and Bloggers About Spain. Of course on the suggestion of Yolanda, one of the members of the group, we should rename it as “Writers Against Bullsh*it About Spain” due to a lot of the rubbish being put out there at the moment especially in the Mail and Telegraph.
Spain Is Different Issue 18 – Mentions Bucharest Too
“It’s Bucharest Stupid” and a load of other stories from the last two weeks in Spain. Follow the Athletic Bilbao fans on their odyssey around Europe and find out why it doesn’t pay to get a geographical illiterate to plan your trip of a lifetime. Stories this week include
1) Black Economy news
2) Why Spain WILL leave the Euro (According to one economist)?
3) The robot fish sniffing out pollution in Asturias
4) Social Media in the Canary Islands
Spain Is Different 16 – What Makes The Spanish So Spanish
I realeased Spain is Different 16 a week and a half ago but didn’t put it onto the site, I was a tad overwhelmed with work. So here it is in its full glory featuring stories about:
1) The European Kids Association
2) Why Facebook Discussions Rock (A discussion about why Spain is a great place to live still despite everything)
3) How to Avoid Chicken Pox Spanish Style
The Mayor Who Banned Passing Wind – Spain Is Different 15
We missed a week I know but life was just so busy with clients and then also the holidays and visits so this week I thought it would be right to make the Spain is Different Magazine a compilation of funny!
So to read about the Mayor who banned passing wind, the man who paid a fine for a dog he hasn’t got, how a minor member of the Royal Family shot himself in the foot and how a Madrid company is willing to pay you €2000 to watch the grass grow
Too Busy, Sorry. The Ridiculously Busy Diet
I will actually get around to writing another post and putting out another issue of Spain is Different but I am massively, massively busy. The last week has been unbelievably busy. Promise I will be back soon.
Spain Is Different Issue 14 Is Out – Controversial But Essential
Spain is Different Issue 14 has a bit of a theme about it. Simply put it has a shocking title but it has been a bit of a shocking week in Spain. We had a general strike, a budget and an amazing story (If true) about prostitutes and bankers in Madrid. So let’s have a look at what you get in Spain is Different 14.
1) Prostitutes, bankers and blackmail in the news
2) Saving the Olive Trees
3) Saving the Heart and Soul of Spain
It’s Late but It’s Great. Spain is Different 13 Is Here
I had to go away. I needed to visit the UK at very short notice so I had to delay editing and publishing the latest Spain is Different Magazine. Unlucky 13 definitely. But the good news now is that it is out, it’s late and it’s great. Loads of interesting stuff this week, not least from Valencia.
So here it is and what do you get this week?
The City of Arts and Sciences
Spanish Architecture
The Jalon Valley
FC Barcelona Passing Coded Messages to the Syrian Rebels (Yep!)
Spain is Different 11 Is Out. 100 Videos And Too Many Cats
I put out the Spain is Different Magazine to the list yesterday and as usual the feedback and response was excellent. Thanks for that. So here it is on the blog. Download or look at the latest Spain in Different here. And what does it have this time?
The transition to democracy in Spain.
How to steal a cat
Do what you love and love what you do
Spain Is Different Magazine Number Nine
Welcome to the ninth issue of Spain is Different. As usual two ways of getting it. You can read the PDF directly on the page here or download it from Dropbox here. (This will mean you can open up links without leaving the page)
So what do we have for you this week?
Zero Budget Zombie Films in Seville
Who filmed what, where in Spain?
The Boss is coming to las Palmas
The Latest Spain is Different – Issue 8
Spain continues to be different of course even after eight weeks of telling you about it. So here is issue number eight of Spain is Different which again has the interview giveaways but also includes the following:
A Marc Chagall exhibition in Madrid
Why @tombcn still loves Spain despite everything
The Mayoress facing calls to resign for being nice
The Latest Spain is Different and a Couple of Houses For Sale
Spain is Different Magazine Issue 7 is out now on general release now with huge bonus downloads. I have been told this issue is the best yet. Hopefully you will like it http://www.houses-for-sale-in-spain.net/SiD7PDF
There is also a property version here with an extra couple of pages at the end showing some properties that are available too.
http://www.houses-for-sale-in-spain.net/SiD7PLUSPDF
So what do you get this time?
You Might Have Missed This, Spain is Different 6
If you are not following me on Twitter @grahunt, following the Facebook page for Valencia Property, or on one of my lists, you can sign up for getting the Spain is Different magazine on this page, then you may have missed issue six of Spain is Different.
Take a look at the latest issue with stories about the World’s first foldable electric car (Made in Spain), all about visiting a world of silence and darkness at the caves in Castellón, a guest post about why you should get a survey done on a property in Spain, skiing in the Pyrenees, one town coping with a huge wodge of cash coming in thanks to the lottery (Apart from one guy), barlife in Granada, a hint of corruption, the story of a Facebook page with 72000 people on it disappearing and more including me really annoying a Flamenco dancer by suggesting that Flamenco does not equal Spain.
Spain is Different For The Fifth Time
I have released the latest issue of the Spain is Different Magazine to subscribers. Two problems came up. It was due to go out last night but I timed it wrong and that is a good job too because, secondly, I put the wrong link in too! So rather than reading about another way to make a tortilla, the vintage train in Mallorca, Mourinho and Madrid and a match made in hell, money saving tips from Maxine Raynor, short snippets of Spanish oddities, economic news, and an editorial about the battle for the soul of Spain people were reading about an attic flat in Valencia! Mea culpa.
Spain Is Different Issue 3. You Are Going To Like This
The latest issue of Spain is Different Magazine is now out. Including stories about a 24 metre statue of a Megalomaniac standing outside an airport with no planes, how the USA bullied Spain into it’s new internet law, lots of only in Spain stories, 5 Spanish Start up companies that may do really well this year and our latest editorial about how you can help Spain become more dynamic.
Spain is Different Magazine Issue 2
Last week I put out a new magazine of curated content all about Spain. Read all about it here on the Spain is Different page of the site. The second issue is now out so you can keep up to date with what is going on in Spain. Those who have subscribed get it before everybody else so take a look at the Spain is Different page and sign up to get first notice.
Meanwhile therefore you might want to know what you can read about this week in the Spain is Different magazine. Well it includes stories about:
