Registering on the Padrón Municipal has always been a fairly pointless procedure offering no benefits to individuals.

However the Padrón is now becoming far more important (as foreigners in Vic found out last month, and as you will if you try to purchase an automobile here.)
Many local municipalities are “refreshing” their lists and if you do [...]

Creative Writing Weekend with Mick Parkin. 27th-28th March in Sant Jaume de Llierca.(Girona)

“Strategies & Insights” is the title of the workshop to be led by Mick Parkin from Glasgow and author of “To Live” a book about events in Barcelona during The
Spanish Civil War. For more information contact Wali Hawes at frameworks@aol.es or call 972 [...]

Already faced with a rapidly ageing fanbase at home and widespread incomprehension and rejection abroad, Spanish bullfighting has suffered another major setback after the Catalan parliament voted to outlaw it completely across the region.
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Read this article in The Independent

Very interesting (and long) article about Girona’s relationship to the Rennes-Le-Chateau mysteries and the search for the Holy Grail:
http://www.andrewgough.co.uk/girona.html

Most of the best hospitals in Spain are in Catalunya, including Figueres:
http://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/17359/top-20-hospitals-in-spain-revealed
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Walking Group Report by Richard Edwards

Megalithic Roses – Dolmens and Menhirs. 25th June  2009
Please note you can click on the pictures for larger versions.
For a first walk I chose somewhere local. It was a trip of four and a quarter kilometres with a long but gradual ascent to the Les Gates plain and then a [...]

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The Telegraph website has an interesting article on how UK residents have basically been ripped off by the Spanish tax system- maybe you can claim some money back if you’ve recently sold your house:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/4950142/British-couples-living-in-Spain-illegally-overtaxed-on-properties.html
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Now read below about this new, latest money making scheme Ryan Air have just come up with……So, if you buy your duty free in the airport, it may just cost you muchas, muchas more…..No such thing as a cheap flight…..D

Spain Expat has a great article on slang terms you won’t find in your dictionary.
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