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Hi this is about views on life in Spain, including mine of course!. I have lived and worked here for 30 years, so I have a lot of personal experiences that could be useful to others. I speak fluent Spanish and work in a lawyers office now, so legal advice can be obtained if necessary.

Smokng Restrictions in Spain
Thursday, January 20, 2011 @ 1:26 PM

The new restrictions inroduced in January to control smoking are causing quite a stir , some people seem to be really emotive about the new laws. I'm a smoker and now have to go outside to smoke, which I really don't mind. especially as the weather here is not too bad and a lot of bars have covered terraces so that we don't get wet. I heard a lady on the radio the other day getting quite agitated, because she said that now she couldn't sit outside and had to go inside, as there were people blowing smoke in her face on the terrace. Well I don't know which bars she frequents but I've never seen anyone deliberately blow smoke into someones face. I try to sit down wind so that the other people on the terrace aren't effected. Surely, next to the exhaust fumes, planes flying over etc... a little smoke outside is not really so bad anyway.  

Well all has gone quiet on that front, generally everyone is accepting the fact that they have to smoke outside. there have been a few individuals that have tried to protest, but after a hefty fine, have decided to conform.

Now we have the speed restrictions which to be honest don't really bother me much, from 120 down to 110 kph It doesn't seem to have made much difference in my area. You still get people flying past at 150 kph or much more.Can anyone tell me why more often than not it's a black car that speeds past?. It must have something to do with the personality of people who choose that colour, that would make an interesting study, Are there any links between the colour of your car and the way you drive. I'm sure that the insurnce companies must have been into that. 



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sneezey said:
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 @ 12:20 PM

Regulations for Restaurants
sneezey

Parcela



I have made 2 forum posts

I booked a table for my Spanish partner's Birthday in a restaurant in Manilva by the River. I knew it was an English owned restaurant, but they had a live music act and were doing a special menu for Valentine's so I thought, great. We arrived as planned, and we ordered a drink at the bar, they gave us one menu in English between us. When we asked for the menu in Spanish, they said that they didn't have one!!! They said that they didn't get many Spanish customers, (wonder why?), so they didn't bother translating it, also that there was no one that spoke Spanish employed by the Restaurant, derr? exscuse me where are we??? My partner felt very uncomfortable and unwelcome ..... so we obviously left.

Is it legal to own a restaurant in Spain and only have the menus in English?? Isn't there a law whereby you should have a price list, presumably in Spanish?? I would be interested to hear your view on this
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sneezey said:
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 1:18 PM

I try to update my blogg every now and then. I'm not sure if I'm doing it correctly, I can't seem to find out how to add to it without just writing a comment about my own blogg. I tried before and ended up with a new blogg that I didn't really want.
Can anyone help me with this?



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