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54 - Do you have to give up US citizenship to get Spanish nationality?
One of the big rumors that goes around the US expat community is that you might lose your US citizenship if you get Spanish nationality. Is it true? …
2 years, 8 months ago
53 - Seeking Transcendence
As humans, we need a sense of transcendence from time to time. But most of life is just writing email and eating salads. What to do? Good question...…
2 years, 8 months ago
52 - Getting Legal in Spain
A bit about getting legal in Spain. People think that a "Citizenship Marriage" will solve their problems with immigration, but in reality it's much m…
2 years, 8 months ago
51 - Catalonia, France, and Spain
I was recently in Puigcerdà, a small town on the Hispano-French border, and have some thoughts about Catalonia, monarchies and nationhood. More on th…
2 years, 8 months ago
50 - Caso Rubiales, Real Estate & the Future
Here's a few random thoughts about what's going on in Spain (this time, it's the now-infamous "caso Rubiales" that's making headlines) as well as the…
2 years, 8 months ago
49 - Spanish Bureaucracy - a red tape odyssey
Is Spanish bureaucracy designed by sadists, or just by incompetents? Here's the story of my latest run-in with red tape. Read more on the blog: https…
2 years, 9 months ago
48 - Death, Fasting, and Public Nudity in Barcelona
A few random thoughts from Barcelona: we've got the death of neighbors, the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, intermittent fasting, Fiestas de Gràcia, p…
2 years, 9 months ago
47 - Sobriety and Introvert Hell in Dublin
Recently, Morena took me to a convention of payroll salespeople in Dublin, Ireland – a city famous for it's foamy stouts and peaty whiskies... and ve…
2 years, 9 months ago
46 - Spanish General Election Results and (anti)-business culture
Yesterday Spain held its 23-J general election and in this episode I talk about the preliminary election results, as well as Spain's business (or ant…
2 years, 10 months ago
45 - Swedish Utopia - myths and realities
I've just spent a week up in Sweden, and done some research into the old idea of the Scandinavian utopia. So, is the Swedish utopia a myth? Listen to…
2 years, 10 months ago