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Chris Marshall

Chris Marshall

THEY say that no publicity is bad publicity but I somehow doubt that President Obama and the First Lady Michelle are signing up that theory at the moment. Just a few months ago, the president, while sitting with local business owners in Florida during a visit to the state, urged Americans to come to the Gulf coast for their summer vacations. He stated how important it was that Americans support their fellow citizens at a time of crisis.

Chris Marshall

shutterstock_41035582_webBACK in the day, as they would say in America, when I was young, full of enthusiasm and embarking on the career path to nowhere I always used to feel that the day before you went on holiday would be the best day to be coming back to work after, if you see what I mean.

Chris Marshall

DEJAR ESPACIO ‘PRINCIPAL’ PARA FILLERS DE NOTICIAS

 

Cabezera como siempre

WE are well and truly in the middle of what must be the maddest month of the year in Spain. Up the road in Mojacar friends are moaning daily about the increased traffic, and the fact that a 15 minute car journey now takes 45 minutes, and then another 25 minutes while you try and find somewhere to park.

Chris Marshall

shutterstock_2549871_webI HAVE been in reflective mode recently, with much time spent reflecting on the soundtracks of summers past. What has prompted this reflection? In one word: Radio, in two words: Internet Radio, and in three words: iPod Downloading Podcasts. Like most people of my generation my early relationship with the radio focussed around recording the Top 40 on a Sunday evening onto a 90 minute cassette, which was an art in itself trying to pause and effectively edit out the DJ.

Chris Marshall

DOES anything demonstrate the way the times have changed more clearly than what we pack to go on holiday these days? For my 40th birthday, sometime ago it must be said, my father created a brilliant collage of photographs from my first 40 years. It is in our hall and I look at it regularly, but in writing this column one picture really caught my eye.

Chris Marshall

BY the time you read this I will be another year older, will have tucked another year's worth of experience under my ever expanding belt, and will have finished reflecting on the year gone by and the year ahead. I don't know about you, but the older I get the more birthdays have become a time for reflection rather than celebration.

Chris Marshall

3577621363_12c81a51ca_webI SUSPECT that, like many expatriates living in Spain, a fair percentage of a typical week is spent acting as an unofficial (and unpaid) promoter for the Spanish Tourist Board! At times this can be frustrating, but in general I don't mind at all as it always helps me to remember what it is that I love so much about Spain, and why I never hesitate to recommend Spain to anybody planning a holiday.

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