Alonso to bid Madrid farewell after Bayern strike agreement
Xabi Alonso is poised to complete his move to Bayern Munich after Real Madrid confirmed on Friday an agreement had been struck between the two clubs for the former Spain international.
Euro Beer #64: Train to Aix en Provence
GENOA——>AIX Finally leaving Italy. Back into France for just a little bit before heading to Spain for a month. We grabbed these sandwiches from a Chinese deli in Nice near station during a break on the trip to Aix en Provene. Fried Poulet Sandwich with asian veggies. The beer . . . italian, duh, whi ...
Racism in the UK; Islam; Secret eating; Life in Spain. More new English; & A stylish departure.
All the reports on the appalling events in Rotherham in the UK stress they'd long been covered up because of a fear of being accused of racism. Well, up to a point. What people were really concerned about, I'm sure, was losing their jobs and their income after being accused of being racist. Like the ...
Social and Physical Disorder in the Urban Metropolis #ferrol #galiza #spain
Ferrol Vello, the old town of the third larger metropolitan areas of the Autonomous Community of Galicia (Spain) (163,669 inhabitants in 2009) Clear example of social and physical disorder in urban metropolis. I used to walk by this place a few years ago when I was living in Ferrol. It just poped up ...
Hosts Spain aim to upset under-manned Team USA
The United States were clearly the better team at the 2012 Olympics when LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant and company knocked off Spain in the final in London. But at the 2014 World Cup, Spain bring back almost their entire team and are dying to get ...
Spain's Telefonica sees $6.2 billion synergies from GVT buy
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Telefonica (TEF.MC) on Friday said it expected the purchase of Vivendi's VIVA.PA Brazilian broadband unit GVT to deliver synergies of at least 4.7 billion euros (3.73 billion pounds), net of integration costs. The Spanish ...
Goldman New Madrid Landlord as Investors Return to Spain
Marcelino Calvo Sanchez and his wife, Maria Luisa, had never heard of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. until last year, when the global investment bank bought the four-building housing estate where they live in Vallecas, on the southern outskirts of Madrid.
