I've needed a haircut for a while. I've been looking a bit scruffy and my "comb-over" is not impressive. But I never seem to find the time to drive to Ronda, where I live, to sit and wait to get my hair chopped.
Today, however, I found myself in Utrera (Sevilla), a delightful town, with time to kill.
The barber's shop was open, it was 5.15 pm, and had no customers.
So, I was all set.
My barber's in Utrera [Booksy]
"How did you like it, sir?"
My "stylist" was Emerson from Bolivia, who has been in Spain for a year.
His boss, didn't catch his name, is from Columbia and has been in Spain for eight years.
Then, all of a sudden, the barberia was inundated, with four Nicaraguans. They told me they left the country of their birth, which is in Central America, because of the political regime there.
Latin America [World Atlas]
They were interesting people, and they were fascinated by me, an Anglo-Welshman living in Ronda (Malaga) speaking fluent castellano. We had a great "chinwag".
They all told me they had opted to come to Utrera because the cost-of-living is lower than in Sevilla City. They do not intend to return home.
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