Interesting day yesterday doing a via ferrata whilst being filmed by the BBC as part of an upcoming TV series. Not allowed to mention details but it was great to see how professional film crews set up to capture such things. One thing that struck me ... "Aren't all the film crew (4 cameramen, producer, sound man, director, fixer etc) so young? Or is it that I am just so old 😀 Anyway, a lot of fun!
"#Spain on Sunday announced it was recalling its ambassador from #BuenosAires after President Javier Milei, speaking at a far-right gathering in #Madrid, called Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's wife 'corrupt.' The #EuropeanUnion also stepped into the row, its foreign policy chief Josep Borrell condemning the Argentine leader's remarks
@faab64@palestine
I believe government in general is a necessary evil. None offer true freedom.
“Free world” is a euphemism for democratic countries—at least in the USA it is—in contrast to authoritarian/autocratic governance. The USA is hanging on to freedom by a thread.
Israel is a militarized theocracy—like Iran and others. Bibi is Putin with a kippah—trying to take all Palestinian land, from the river to the sea, and kill or displace all Palestinians.
Spain has suffered 22,000 heat-related deaths in the last 8 years. How will a new map help?
Spain is bracing itself for another blistering summer, after two record hot years.
Copernicus, the EU’s climate service, says there is an up to 70 per cent chance that this summer will be one of the hottest 20 per cent on record for the country. #ClimateChange#Spain
For #RomanSiteSaturday the aqueduct of Segovia/#Spain. It was built in the late 1st/early 2nd c. AD and supplied water to the city until the mid 19th century. It's one of the best-preserved #Roman aqueducts and an impressive work of engineering.
A picture of success. Of reconnection with family roots. Of successful navigation of an unfamiliar bureaucracy. Of obtaining a privilege of our heritage.
My daughter and son got their passports this week!!
This marks the completion of a journey started in October 2021. I missed my first opportunity in my 20s. I wasn't going to let this one slip by, for me or them!
If you are not a citizen of Spain but a child or grandchild of a Spaniard feel free to ask me about the process. #Spain#españa
This month I got my replacement British Passport. It isn't red, it's blue. It no longer refers to Europe at all. It made me feel really sad. But it will still mean that I don't have to stand in a longer line when I arrive at Gatwick. For everything else I have a so far unused, newish Canadian passport.