Comments on: Spanish Summer Timetable – Life in the Sierra… http://www.notesfromspain.com/2007/08/05/spanish-summer-timetable-trying-to-beat-the-heat/ Podcasts and comment on travel, tapas, learning Spanish and living in Spain, plus beautiful Spain photos. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:00:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: zyclop http://www.notesfromspain.com/2007/08/05/spanish-summer-timetable-trying-to-beat-the-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-21635 zyclop Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:42:51 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/825/#comment-21635 I would prefer the natural heat in Madrid or Malaga any given summer day over sitting in to 70º F by A/C cooled down houses in Phoenix, Arizona and be hit by a 115º F blast of hot air in the face each time you dare to leave your "protected" environment. Or freeze your butt of in all A/C controlled department stores. The only place in Spain to avoid in summer months is the old barrios in Barcelona where the granite walls of houses give off better than 30º C (86º F) after midnight. I would prefer the natural heat in Madrid or Malaga any given summer day over sitting in to 70º F by A/C cooled down houses in Phoenix, Arizona and be hit by a 115º F blast of hot air in the face each time you dare to leave your “protected” environment.
Or freeze your butt of in all A/C controlled department stores.

The only place in Spain to avoid in summer months is the old barrios in Barcelona where the granite walls of houses give off better than 30º C (86º F) after midnight.

]]> By: Suicidal Spanish Sunday Drivers - Notes from Spain: Travel, Living in Spain, Podcasts, Forum and Photos http://www.notesfromspain.com/2007/08/05/spanish-summer-timetable-trying-to-beat-the-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-18093 Suicidal Spanish Sunday Drivers - Notes from Spain: Travel, Living in Spain, Podcasts, Forum and Photos Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:58:47 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/825/#comment-18093 [...] can’t remember what the figure is up to now, but every time we drive up from Madrid to the in-laws place in the Sierra, a digital display across the highway reminds us and the other drivers pouring out of the city how [...] [...] can’t remember what the figure is up to now, but every time we drive up from Madrid to the in-laws place in the Sierra, a digital display across the highway reminds us and the other drivers pouring out of the city how [...]

]]> By: celia s http://www.notesfromspain.com/2007/08/05/spanish-summer-timetable-trying-to-beat-the-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-17789 celia s Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:27:24 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/825/#comment-17789 Ii enjoyed your blog Ben!At least Spain got to have a summer this year. The weather has been a total wipeout in the UK. We had our first barbie of the year over the bank holiday (que alivio!). My Spanish boyfriend's Father asked me recently...'why is so cold and wet in England?'...... Ii enjoyed your blog Ben!At least Spain got to have a summer this year. The weather has been a total wipeout in the UK.
We had our first barbie of the year over the bank holiday (que alivio!).
My Spanish boyfriend’s Father asked me recently…’why is so cold and wet in England?’……

]]> By: celia s http://www.notesfromspain.com/2007/08/05/spanish-summer-timetable-trying-to-beat-the-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-17790 celia s Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:27:24 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/825/#comment-17790 Ii enjoyed your blog Ben!At least Spain got to have a summer this year. The weather has been a total wipeout in the UK. We had our first barbie of the year over the bank holiday (que alivio!). My Spanish boyfriend's Father asked me recently...'why is so cold and wet in England?'...... Ii enjoyed your blog Ben!At least Spain got to have a summer this year. The weather has been a total wipeout in the UK.
We had our first barbie of the year over the bank holiday (que alivio!).
My Spanish boyfriend’s Father asked me recently…’why is so cold and wet in England?’……

]]> By: natalia http://www.notesfromspain.com/2007/08/05/spanish-summer-timetable-trying-to-beat-the-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-17278 natalia Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:39:18 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/825/#comment-17278 ... and I always thought that people who could afford it bought houses close to the ocean! ;o) After living in Cadiz for 2 and a half years, I can tell you that nothing beats the heat as much as a cool breeze and a dip in the Atlantic. Take care! … and I always thought that people who could afford it bought houses close to the ocean! ;o) After living in Cadiz for 2 and a half years, I can tell you that nothing beats the heat as much as a cool breeze and a dip in the Atlantic. Take care!

]]> By: Ben http://www.notesfromspain.com/2007/08/05/spanish-summer-timetable-trying-to-beat-the-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-17219 Ben Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:34:08 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/825/#comment-17219 Thanks Arpi, of course you can link it up! Thanks Arpi, of course you can link it up!

]]> By: Arpi Shively http://www.notesfromspain.com/2007/08/05/spanish-summer-timetable-trying-to-beat-the-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-17217 Arpi Shively Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:45:51 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/825/#comment-17217 Excellent! At last - sane comments about the insanity of Spanish summers. I thought it was just me having sleepless nights, Fudge-brain Syndrome, trying to work and falling fast asleep on my textbooks. Though I agree there are magic moments - a cloud of jasmine scent on my early morning dog-walks, sweat cooling on a late night terrace, and school textbooks appearing on the shelves at Hipercor. Soon the hyperactive little darlings will be back at school and it will start raining again! Hope it's OK to link this to my own blog at Andalucid? Excellent! At last – sane comments about the insanity of Spanish summers. I thought it was just me having sleepless nights, Fudge-brain Syndrome, trying to work and falling fast asleep on my textbooks. Though I agree there are magic moments – a cloud of jasmine scent on my early morning dog-walks, sweat cooling on a late night terrace, and school textbooks appearing on the shelves at Hipercor. Soon the hyperactive little darlings will be back at school and it will start raining again!

Hope it’s OK to link this to my own blog at Andalucid?

]]> By: Ben http://www.notesfromspain.com/2007/08/05/spanish-summer-timetable-trying-to-beat-the-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-17105 Ben Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:37:59 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/825/#comment-17105 Sleep better! But you are right, I love them! Sleep better! But you are right, I love them!

]]> By: Uncle Drew http://www.notesfromspain.com/2007/08/05/spanish-summer-timetable-trying-to-beat-the-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-17090 Uncle Drew Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:35:47 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/825/#comment-17090 But what would we do without strange dreams? But what would we do without strange dreams?

]]> By: Ben http://www.notesfromspain.com/2007/08/05/spanish-summer-timetable-trying-to-beat-the-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-17085 Ben Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:47:18 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/825/#comment-17085 @Uncle Drew - no, can't digest a thing at that time of night. hence the crazy dreams later! @Uncle Drew – no, can’t digest a thing at that time of night. hence the crazy dreams later!

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