Tarragona village wants to grow marihuana to get out of the recesion.........

               A smokers’ club in the village of Rasquera  say the plantation would create jobs. They say they will not sell it, rather it will be for the use of the club members and also for ‘therapeutic ends’. 

A village in Tarragona has come up with a way to beat the recession.  They propose to grow marihuana.

A smokers’ club in the village of Rasquera  say the plantation would create jobs. They say they will not sell it, rather it will be for the use of the club members and also for ‘therapeutic ends’.

A cannabis association in Barcelona that uses the drug for therapeutic reasons has offered to pay 36,000 € to the club and sign a deal with the Town Hall, and then promises to pay 550,000 € a year each July for the land rental, legal and judicial costs, and security which make up the project, noting the Town Hall won’t have to pay a penny.

For now the local Town Hall is to hold a meeting and vote on Wednesday to decide on what to do; they have requested a report to see if the idea is legal or not.

The Mayor of Rasquera, Bernat Pellisa, told the EFE news agency that they are studying the proposal which he said was ‘developed and an opportunity, and certainly not frivolous’.

There are about 1,000 inhabitants in the village, and while they admit they could never have imagined it, the crisis is such they say they are prepared to grow whatever is needed.

Andalucia Day........

              Día de Andalucía  "Andalucia Day"  is celebrated on February 28 and commemorates the February 28, 1980 referendum on the Statute of Autonomy of Andalucia, in which the Andalucian electorate voted for the statute that made Andalucia an autonomous community of Spain. 

Yes, it's time for yet another holiday here in Andalucia. That’s right, February 28th is a day to celebrate.   It’s Andalucia Day thanks to this region’s founding father,
 Blas Infante, the man whose ideas eventually served to make this region the separate autonomous community it is today.

Blas Infante is known as the "father of Andalucia" having fought for what is today the "Estatuto de Autonomia de Andalucia." (Self-governing statute for Andalucia.) 
Born in Casares (Malaga) he attended school in Malaga and Cordoba, and went on to obtain a law degree from the University of Granada where he also studied philosophy.
 In 1909, he returned to Casares where he worked as an assistant to his father who was employed as Secretary to the Municipal Courts.

Salobreña Band

 The question many visitors to Andalusia have is:   
What do people do on Dí­a de Andalucía? 
   ....... the answer is to be found in the heart of your nearest town or city where municipal bands are generally called out to play the regional hymn, el Himno de Andalucia and speeches are made on behalf of regional traditions and politics.
As might be expected, the holiday is also observed at schools across the region. However, because it always occurs during the ‘Semana Blanca’, White Week, half term holidays, it is celebrated the week before with the youngest ones colouring Andalucian flags and the parents associations at many state schools organising large ‘bread and olive oil’ morning snack times to ensure children are well acquainted with the bread and (equivalent of) butter’ of Andalucian cuisine.

                                                 
¡Feliz Día de Andalucia!                                       
                                                                            

Dangerous Spud!

                 It used to be an underhand trick of greengrocers to sell you potatoes with a lot of dried mud clinging to them – you came to expect that, but what you wouldn’t expect is a hand grenade, which is precisely what one customer from Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz  found in his bag of potatoes.

The potatoes in question had come from an area on the border of France and Belgium, so the chances are that the grenade dates back to the Second World War. The explosive spud was identified as a standard-issue British Mills bomb. The reason that it could be mistaken for a potato was that it was completely petrified – not as petrified as the customer, mind.

Anyway, the Guardia Civil came around, played football with it for 20 minutes and then took it away…

(News: Chiclana de la Frontera, Cadiz, Andalucia)

Trouble in paradise on Channel 4.....

A FLY-on-the-wall documentary following British consular staff in Spain is set to air next month.

The three-part series will provide an insight into the eventful life of the consulates as they help British citizens who have been hospitalised, robbed and arrested.


 


 Channel 4’s Our Man In… highlights the problems caused by lost and stolen passports and the costs and consequences of failing to buy holiday insurance.

It also shows staff meeting expat residents concerned about the property crisis and homeless Brits who want to go home.

“The series shows the hard work and professionalism of our staff in helping British expats and holidaymakers abroad,” said Steve Jones, British Consul in Malaga.
“We’re here to assist, and residents and tourists can find even more information on our website.”

The series, filmed last August and September, airs in March.