already posted in the short term one by mistake. rental within 30 mins of airport required

Hi Marian & Ron,

The Taray website is www.taray.es. Hopefully this gives you the information you're looking for.

Kevin

Hi Kevin

Thanks for that but this is the web site that I have been trying.  Have tried again but no joy both through Google and Ask.com.  All I can get up is a page of writing which doesn't even mean an awful lot (I did ask for it to be translated may that it the problem).  I will keep trying and you never know I may just have some luck if not I will just have to wait until I arrive in March.

Thanks again.

Marian

Hi KathyL

Try

http://taray.es/dev/?lang=eng&page=inicio&

This should take you to the Taray website in English.  Click on the 'All the developments' bit in the bottom left-hand corner and that should give you the option to choose which development you want to look at.

It does take forever to load on my ancient laptop, but it gets there eventually.  If you still get the page of text, perhaps you need to download some software, eg Java, as there is a lot of animation on the first page.

Diane

Hi Marian,

That's weird...I can see the Taray webpages in both English & Spanish, and toggle between the two. Maybe it's a problem with your browser. I'm using Internet Explorer version 7.0, if that helps.

Kevin

Dear Diane & Joe

Thanks for your help.  Yes it looks as though I must need some additional software because not only do I just get a page of writing but it is absolutely huge and will not scroll down in fact it won't move anywhere.  I will keep on trying but suppose I will just have to be patient and wait for two weeks until I can see the real thing!!!!  Can't wait.

Marian

tarray uses Java so you need to download it (it's free) from Sun Systems

 http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp

This will allow you to view the graphics and change pages

Julian & Ange

Hi All

Thanks to everyone for their help with the Taray web site.  Yes is was the computer I was using - borrowed the daughter's and logged on straightaway.  So once again thanks to everyone for their help.

Can't wait to visit the site in two weeks time and hope to meet some of our new neighbours.

Marian

Hi Tina

Well done with the Triathlon and learning Spanish.  If you can say more than you can understand, I guess it's the speed at which people speak that is the problem - ask them to slow down!  Shame you can't slow the TV down though!

I'm treating myself to a San Cayetano mini-break next week.  The hunt for furniture begins.  Any recommendations would be welcome.

Diane

Thanks Jan for that website, I have been on it but seems that the caravans are just for holidays where as we were looking for a site where we could buy a static caravan for a permanent home, for my parents.

Thanks again and if you hear of any in this area please could you let me know.

Bev

I am wondering what it is with the spanish and why they need to stamp everything 50,000 times. It can be any kind of stamp , blue stamps, green stamps even Ninja turtle stamps, who cares as long as everthing has at least 3 stamps. You need a 2nd stamp to tell you the 1st stamp is real, then a 3rd stamp to confirm the 2nd for the 1st is official, all need to be stamped from completely different people, from completely different planets and definately the stamps must be completely different shapes and colours.

Im scared to stand still incase some old spanish guy runs at me with his stamping pad and stamps my backside.   

NAME              Butthead

ADDRESS     Loser road, mind your own dam business.

AGE                 Im old enough to be yr gran

The above document would be perfectly acceptable as long as it has at least 3 stamps, stamped by 3 different people, from 3 different planets!! It is quite possible that one of the important persons who must stamp yr piece of paper should have green skin with at least 5 eyes. When your told you must visit Uranus before having that important piece of paper you have already waited months for its usually done so with a smug grin. The sort of smug grin that you could plough your fist into.

GIVE ME FLIPPIN STRENGTH!!!!

Love you really Spain!

Has someone been giving you the runaround then Tina ?

Just a bit. I have visited the same flippin office in Murcia 4 times now and each time i go back the goal post changes. This stamp, that stamp, this, that, those, them. trying to prove who you are here is not done with a passport, NIE or identity card. You actually need the brutal video of your mother giving birth to you.

All of this just to hand in a coupon for a free box of rice crispies. Its criminal.

Soon we will start the gruelling process of having qualifications transferred from the UK to Spain. Im just going to buy a Star treck stamping pad and stamp everything and hope for the best!

When we first arrived in Spain, i asked for my passport to be stamped to mark the start of our new life. The answer?............. A big fat NO! Thinking back i just cant believe that. I would have thought it would have been a pleasure to stamp every page!

This message was last edited by tinasolera on 1/28/2009.

Donna, forgot to tell you that I have a job interview tomorrow in a bank. I know I will get the job because I can stamp paper faster then superman. Im going to rise to the highest position with my excellent stamping skills, left and right handed then I shall implement a policy where I close all the tills at the busiest times. My smug smile is perfected for when everyone especially the english start screaming at me.

spain is such a wonderful country but its red tape is tortures!

p.s excuse my whinging but you know what they say, if you are stressed communicate to all and sundry, then soon they will be stressed too and yr not the only one!!!.............. just kidding!