Pointy-head priests. Probably No.1 for Catholic bling, beating out Italy with the Calanda drums. Bunuel and Dali were cool.
I've only been next door to Gibraltar, which is like the Anti-Spain. When I went, I mentioned the impending 'handover' that Blair was blathering on about in the news. I thought I was going to get lynched: they were growling "Handover?? Those bastards cut off the oxygen to our hospital in 1976. They spent three hours tearing my car to bits last Saturday." One bloke in a tie from a marine equipment supplier told me: "We'll take up guns and bombs if Spain ever tries to invade, it'll be like the IRA!" You see guys called Miguel Perez Martinez getting aggity and saying, "No, not Spanish! I'm British". I took the bus tour up the rock to see the monkeys, and our tour guide was this old Spanish guy cracking jokes on mic the full 2 hours, and then at the end he made an emotional speech with one hand over his heart, professing his undying loyalty to Britain - and the English people on the bus politely clapped.
I bought a bottle of Spanish red wine at Gibraltar Airport for about £5.99, and it was the best damn wine I ever tasted. I can't remember what it's called, though. I'm sure the label was yellow and red and it had a pic of a dragon or a woman surrounded by roses, I think? I wish I'd taken a pic. Maybe it was a lion. I don't really drink wine but was that the one exception I'd have made.
I've only been next door to Gibraltar, which is like the Anti-Spain. When I went, I mentioned the impending 'handover' that Blair was blathering on about in the news. I thought I was going to get lynched: they were growling "Handover?? Those bastards cut off the oxygen to our hospital in 1976. They spent three hours tearing my car to bits last Saturday." One bloke in a tie from a marine equipment supplier told me: "We'll take up guns and bombs if Spain ever tries to invade, it'll be like the IRA!" You see guys called Miguel Perez Martinez getting aggity and saying, "No, not Spanish! I'm British". I took the bus tour up the rock to see the monkeys, and our tour guide was this old Spanish guy cracking jokes on mic the full 2 hours, and then at the end he made an emotional speech with one hand over his heart, professing his undying loyalty to Britain - and the English people on the bus politely clapped.
I bought a bottle of Spanish red wine at Gibraltar Airport for about £5.99, and it was the best damn wine I ever tasted. I can't remember what it's called, though. I'm sure the label was yellow and red and it had a pic of a dragon or a woman surrounded by roses, I think? I wish I'd taken a pic. Maybe it was a lion. I don't really drink wine but was that the one exception I'd have made.
