Economic Crisis in Spain – the Chorizo Chronicles

Scenes from Spain’s Great Recession (2008 – 2014)

Hey everyone. It’s been a rough couple of weeks around here. Spain

Well, I’m back. Did you miss me? The other day I started a sort of

What a time to be alive! The Catalan independence thing appears – for

Typical Spanish bars… You know the ones I mean. The ones where you

A lot’s been happening recently. Brexit. Trump. The refugee crisis

Sunday. Madrid. Mid August. Everybody who can afford it is far away. On

I woke up this morning feeling pretty optimistic. I rolled over, turned

Is taking your top off in a church a form of protest that should be protected

Here on this page, I write mostly about my own expat experience and that

Tomorrow, 21 October 2014, marks ten years since I arrived in Spain. Besides

It’s been a quiet week in Madrid, my home town, out there on the

The ebola virus has spread to Spain. Here’s an update… We