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Luka,
I am a reader behind the scenes of many of these threads and I don't know if my contribution will be of any use...I hope so.
I have read many of your contributions and valuable and interesting they are.
My experience, for what it is worth, is all about balance. Sometimes less is more. I...
This thread has coincided with a recent thread concerning a norovirus on the meseta anywhere between Burgos and Carrion. Whilst the forum becomes an echo chamber listing the causes it is rarely, if ever (and is nigh on impossible to) ascertain what caused an outbreak with absolute certainty...
There are any number of ways at which a norovirus infection can enter the human population. It is a virus ingested either by water or food and is highly contagious between humans through touch and through vapour transmission.
With an incubation period of anything up to 24 hours (and perhaps...
I hope my experience might add something to this discussion.
I live in a rural area, a small village, about two miles from a busy airport. Every year, with almost foreseeable timing, there will be an outbreak of norovirus or sickness and diarrhoea. It always coincides with the return from the...
It is so disappointing that *the pilgrim with bare legs will be from England, Wales or Scotland" and nowhere else.
To be expected but disappointing nonetheless.
Exactly! You cannot put a price to good manners and you cannot forensically cost it out.
With the proliferation of e-bikes there is a need (for those using them) for stages of charging. Accomodation providers are now being asked to be such service stations.
What you offer (in the absence of a...
When you use the toilet facilities of a cafe you do not know the cost price or monetary value of this to the business owner....you make a donation (suggested by many to be €1 or a purchase. This Is fair and reasonable.
Fairness, generosity of spirit and appreciation for allowing the charging of...
An interesting thread focusing on the need for fairness and an adequate offer to keep you on the path.
As an aside, and thanks to this forum; henceforth and in this not too distant land, my eldest son and I who both share a similar sense of humour now refer to e-bikes as "Texan motorbikes".
I gave you a like because you are spot on...well done.
Perfectly worded and accurately observed.
Edit: on second reading and reflection I upgraded my reaction.
How very dare a tourist campsite/lodge resort, with a small supermarket and cafe attached, charge a few extra euros in areas of income production to help with the areas of its business which are solely expenditure driven.
Like all businesses it is a bottom line balancing act. I am willing to bet...
I am sure the OP is surprised (and a little disappointed) in what was paid for a snack and refreshments recently. I would put it all down to experience and good (or better comparative value) will be experienced elsewhere.
What it has shown is information (and local knowledge) is paramount.
I...
And that David is darned reasonable!
Not only would I find it impossible to find these sort of prices...I would be looking out at the miserable weather and not the glorious vistas of Spain.
Perhaps the next time we eat it might be worth remembering on a tariff such as the one described there are other people that need to eat also. Everyone in the chain is a constituent of the final bill besides a cafe or restaurant owner.
The coffee growers, fruit growers, bakers and farmers who...
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