It was the day that I had to take the train to wherever I am starting my Camino. I was nervous and confused. I didn’t know where to go. Oviedo or Leon? Camino Frances or Camino Primitivo?The Camino Frances is apparently is very “touristy” and crowded. …
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Thumbs Up Canada: Camino Frances or Camino Primitivo?
It was the day that I had to take the train to wherever I am starting my Camino. I was nervous and confused. I didn’t know where to go. Oviedo or Leon? Camino Frances or Camino Primitivo? The Camino Frances is apparently is very “touristy” and crowded. I’ve also checked
Continue readingRedBedHead: Spain & The Madness of Europe
There’s a saying that defines madness as doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results. By that criteria, it’s clear that the European Union’s response to the long and painful crisis unfolding on that continent is utterly and completely mad. With the appearance a few years ago
Continue readingThumbs Up Canada: No internet
Not a lot of internet access in the Camino but I am alive and walking still! I have sore legs and about 4 blisters in both feet but its fine. 🙂 meeting awesome people and experiencing beautiful rural Spain. 🙂
Continue readingThumbs Up Canada: No internet
Not a lot of internet access in the Camino but I am alive and walking still! I have sore legs and about 4 blisters in both feet but its fine. 🙂 meeting awesome people and experiencing beautiful rural Spain. 🙂
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Google Street View Circa 1907
It seems Google didn’t invent Street View The idea was 100 years old when it first started to become popular on the Internet! Behold Vancouver, street view from 1907 Barcelona, Spain 1908 Look at all the bicycles! Vancouver in 1971, albeit a little shaky camera work. Moose Jaw, circa 2006,
Continue readingThumbs Up Canada: The Camino de Santiago
There’s not a lot of places here that have internet access but I just wanna share that I am already doing the Camino Frances for the past two days. I am meeting really awesome friendly people. Will share stories when I have more time. I am sore like I …
Continue readingThumbs Up Canada: The Camino de Santiago
There’s not a lot of places here that have internet access but I just wanna share that I am already doing the Camino Frances for the past two days. I am meeting really awesome friendly people. Will share stories when I have more time. I am sore like I have
Continue readingThumbs Up Canada: In Spain for the Camino de Santiago
I finally made it to Madrid yesterday after missing my flight in Amsterdam and waiting for the next available flight which was a few hours later. I arrived in Madrid late and I was feeling tired from the trip but my host Carlos was really nice and invi…
Continue readingThumbs Up Canada: In Spain for the Camino de Santiago
I finally made it to Madrid yesterday after missing my flight in Amsterdam and waiting for the next available flight which was a few hours later. I arrived in Madrid late and I was feeling tired from the trip but my host Carlos was really nice and invited me to
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Canadians Should Envy Greeks
Canadians aren’t too envious of Greeks, Italians, and Egyptians right now, but maybe they should be. Though Canada has a relatively better economy and a stable political system, the other countries in the world facing crises have something Canada seems to be lacking, a resolve to make things better. Facing
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INTERNATIONAL LABOUR/ANARCHOSYNDICALISM: LATEST SPANISH GENERAL STRIKE A HUGE SUCCESS: March 29th saw a one day general strike in Spain that eclipsed previous general strikes in magnitude if one is to judge by the drop in energy consumption, often the best way of estimating the impact of general strikes on the
Continue readingThe Mary Jane debt solution
The Spanish village of Rasquera is 1.3 million euros in debt, and with Spain’s battered economy, not much relief in sight. Until now. This week, Rasquera held a referendum and the villagers voted 308 to 239 to rent land for growing marijuana. Although trafficking remains illegal in Spain, growing cannabis
Continue readingCo-op beats Spanish recession
As one of the PIGS, the four (or six) European countries whose dysfunctional economies are much in the news these days, Spain is perhaps not the place you would expect to find a thriving economic enterprise. But one such enterprise is in fact flourishing, weathering the financial storm quite nicely.
Continue readingThings Are Good: Madrid Turned a Highway into a Park
Madrid made a very wise urban planning decision and buried a highway to make room for people and nature. Thanks to a lack of foresight, the Rio Manzanares was surrounded by concrete and industrial spaces that made for depressing scene. The smart people in Madrid decided to change that and
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: LNG Groundhog Day: Cheniere Energy Signs Yet Another Gas Export Deal on Gulf Coast
shutterstock_33324859.jpg Another day, another unconventional gas export deal signed. Nascent North American LNG (liquefied natural gas) export deals are happening so fast and furiously that it is hard to keep track of them all. The latest: On November 21, Cheniere Energy Partners signed a 20-year LNG export deal with Gas Natural Fenosa,
Continue readingThings Are Good: No More Bull Fighting in Catalonia
Bull fighting is animal cruelty that has some legitimacy in Spain, but that has started to change. For many years animal rights activists have been championing the safety and good-treatment of bulls and in Catalonia the last bull fight happened a couple days ago.
With any luck, the rest of Spain will follow suit and […]
RedBedHead: European Revolt Against Austerity Picks Up Steam
Strikers in Italy resist austerity.
It seems apparent that European politicians somehow missed out the economics class where they explain how massive cuts to public spending in the middle of an economic contraction makes things worse. They also miss…
Continue readingCoca Cola sponsors the Pope
What would Jesus do? Would he take a trip to Spain that cost the Spanish taxpayers, in the midst of a severe economic crisis, $80 million while accepting sponsorship from over 100 corporations, including Coca Cola?Apparently 100 Spanish priests don’t t…
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Austerity Leads to Suicide Rate Increase
Friday’s Vancouver Sun had a short item that you might have missed, “Suicides up, road deaths down due to recession.” It’s in the bottom corner of page B5: Suicides rates rose sharply in Europe in 2007 to 2009 as the financial crisis drove unemployment up and squeezed incomes, with the worst hit countries like Greece […]
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