September 19, 2025 • 19 mins
Living and Working in Spain with David Wright – The Ultimate Expat Guide
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Want expert advice on Spanish residency, visas, working in Spain, and adapting to Spanish culture? This episode of Living and Working in Spain with David Wright is packed with insider tips and professional guidance to help make your expat journey to Spain smooth, stress-free, and successful. David Wright shares:
✅ Proven strategies for getting Spanish residency and visas
✅ Practical tips for finding jobs, going self-employed, or starting a business in Spain
✅ Insider advice on healthcare, housing, and cultural integration
✅ Expert interviews with specialists helping expats thrive in Spain With 23+ years of experience living and working in Spain, David is your trusted expat mentor. He’s been featured on BBC News and Channel 4’s A Place in the Sun, authored six bestselling books on Amazon & Kindle, and now provides step-by-step expat support through his radio shows, podcasts, and DavidWrightOnline.com.
💡 Whether you’re planning your move or already living in Spain, this episode will give you the knowledge, confidence, and tools to succeed as an expat.
👉 Visit DavidWrightOnline.com for exclusive guides, resources, and your free Move to Spain Checklist. 📅 The Wright Way airs live every Friday at 4 PM (Spanish time) on Almeria Radio 107.5 FM – covering everything from visa rules and tax planning to healthcare and expat lifestyle tips. 🌍 Start your new life in Spain today. 🔖 Keywords: Move to Spain, Living in Spain, Working in Spain, Expat Life Spain, Spanish Residency, Spain Visas, Expat Podcast Spain, David Wright Expat Mentor, Relocating to Spain, How to Move to Spain https://davidwrightonline.com/
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- Josh Williams – Ambient Wealth (tax services for Americans in Spain)
Want expert advice on Spanish residency, visas, working in Spain, and adapting to Spanish culture? This episode of Living and Working in Spain with David Wright is packed with insider tips and professional guidance to help make your expat journey to Spain smooth, stress-free, and successful. David Wright shares:
✅ Proven strategies for getting Spanish residency and visas
✅ Practical tips for finding jobs, going self-employed, or starting a business in Spain
✅ Insider advice on healthcare, housing, and cultural integration
✅ Expert interviews with specialists helping expats thrive in Spain With 23+ years of experience living and working in Spain, David is your trusted expat mentor. He’s been featured on BBC News and Channel 4’s A Place in the Sun, authored six bestselling books on Amazon & Kindle, and now provides step-by-step expat support through his radio shows, podcasts, and DavidWrightOnline.com.
💡 Whether you’re planning your move or already living in Spain, this episode will give you the knowledge, confidence, and tools to succeed as an expat.
👉 Visit DavidWrightOnline.com for exclusive guides, resources, and your free Move to Spain Checklist. 📅 The Wright Way airs live every Friday at 4 PM (Spanish time) on Almeria Radio 107.5 FM – covering everything from visa rules and tax planning to healthcare and expat lifestyle tips. 🌍 Start your new life in Spain today. 🔖 Keywords: Move to Spain, Living in Spain, Working in Spain, Expat Life Spain, Spanish Residency, Spain Visas, Expat Podcast Spain, David Wright Expat Mentor, Relocating to Spain, How to Move to Spain https://davidwrightonline.com/
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Speaker 1 (00:13):
Wakeome, nobody up, Tune into the show. David's got the
secrets that you need to know. Libing Inspania working on
a dream incentives for everyday.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Life is like a stream. Dave knows the right.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Way, living like a right Hey one seven point five,
found the right way.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Tune in now, enjoy the play.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Yes doesn't see has to work clad balance found David's
magic wisdom spreading all around. Navigate the culture planned with
every soul, how milliars, heartbeats, making like a whole day.
Didn't know the right way living so Friday one seven
(01:03):
point five.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
That fam the right way. Tune in now and join
the plane.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Dayling knows the right way living life so bright. Hey
one seven point five, that's found the right way. Tune
in now and join the planet.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
The afternoon show. That section is open.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Shad life to the day right now website And here
he is, Legendary Davis.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
A very good afternoon and welcome to the Right Way
with me David right here on al Maria Radio or
one oh seven point five FM. Lovely warm sunny day
to day. It's amazing September and it's thirty two degrees
here in Almeria's day. Absolutely baking hot out there, beautiful weather.
I can't complain at all for September. Okay, So thanks
(02:27):
very much John Alex for kimming this entertain this afternoon.
Have a great weekend, John Loads. More tips and advice
on living and working in Spain coming up on the
show today, and some great music as always, and talking
about buying and selling cars today, some rules and regulations
about buying and selling cars, some good tips on that.
That's coming up a bit on the show a bit
later on. Some travel news as well, some strikes it
(02:48):
might be affected you, so listening up for that. It's
coming up on the show as well. And also this
week I was honored to go and interview Alejandro Severador
from several door tax illegal Alejandro the honorary British console
for Almorea in his offices in Almorria. Did some videos
with him and very interesting conversation. Be telling you a
little bit about that on the show today. Life is
(03:13):
never going to slow you down. Yeah, what you answered
this week and anything inside and let us know in
the comments section.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
David Wright help and advice for living and working in Spain.
You're listening to the right way with David right.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
So I met some English people that have been here
three months now. They've got their non lugative visa a
little while ago, and they've enjoying their life here in Spain,
and they were quite surprised at some of the shop
opening times, you know where the siestas and things like that. That
is confused them a little bit of being here. Also
the fact that restaurants and bars and stuff, people tend
(03:51):
to eat a lot later in the evenings here, and
that is really quite a culture shock, I think when
you first moved to Spain. But what are the things
that you notice here between Spain and the UK when
you move to Spain. People that are living here in Spain,
what do you think is really apart from the language
obviously because that is quite a cultural shock, But apart
from the language, what is the biggest differences that you
(04:13):
feel here in Spain? And what do you think has
been strange or hard to get used to being living
here in Spain. Let's know, in the comment section that's
here in Spain. You know most of you know me.
You know I love my tapas here Friday nights and Saturdays.
Often go out with some friends and families here in
my local bars in and around the al Maria area,
(04:33):
and there are some great tapas bars in Almia. Some
of the best tapas bars I must have met are
in Rockettas and agwd or three, where I used to
live years ago. And there is a tapas bar in
Roquettas that does one hundred different tapas. So yeah, one
hundred different tapas on the menu. That is quite amazing.
If you haven't had a chance to go there. That's
in a grand plaza in Rocketas DeMar there, so you
(04:56):
need to check that out sometimes.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Now, where did tapas come from? A real well? There
are two thoughts here.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
One is that King Alfonso, many years ago, one of
the kings of Spain, he used to have problems with
his stomach and he was advised by doctors that he
was drinking quite a lot, and he told to cut
down on his drinking or to eat small plates of
food with his drink.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
So he used to.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
Travel a lot all over Spain in these on the
horses and coaches, and he used to stop off for
inns and have a drink. And so he made it
a rule, a royal decree that all bars would serve
small plates of food with the alcohol, and that's where
the little plates of food became classed as tapas. That's
the one official form. There is another one in which
(05:41):
I strongly believe in in that is that the farm
workers here, people used to work in the farms years
and years ago. He used to stop off for lunch
middaytime and stop and have a cold beer or a
glass of wine. And they would always stop at a
local inn or bar, and they would stick a saucer,
small saucer on top of the bottle of wine on
(06:01):
the the glass of beer or wine, and that was
normally to stop the flyers getting in. And then the
local innkeeper would put some olives on the top, or
a bit of cheese or a piece of bread, And
that is really how it came about. And I think
that's really where it originated from.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
There.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
So the word tappa means to cover or our lead,
a lead, or to cover something, So that is really
where they and I think that last one there, the
farm workers, is where tapas come from. And then, as
you probably know in alm Maria, lots of places in
amrit the tappas are generally classed as free or should
I say, included with the price of an alcohol or beer.
(06:39):
Now you can get a tapas here and you can
order gin and tonic or something like that, and you
can also have a tappers with it, but normally pay
for the tappa extra. Now the difference is you can
get tap us all over Spain, and I've traveled a
lot over Spain and there's some great tapers, especially up
in the north of Spain, but you normally pay three
euros for a tappa on top of the price of
the drink, and they are quite limited. Or there's a
(07:00):
menu of tappas, which is a set menu here in Almorea.
You can go to a tapas bar in Amora City
and surrounding areas and you can ask for a beer
or wine and then you can ask them what tapas
they've got, and they normally they give you a little
menu or a list and you can have tappers cooked
to order off the menu included in the price of
that drink. So pretty good value for money here with
(07:22):
the old tapas. So let's know what's your favorite tapers
here in Spain.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
The Afternoon Show David Wright Help and Advice for living
and working in Spain. You're listening to the right way
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Speaker 4 (07:41):
A very good afternoon, Carol Fitness, join us in the
comment section and action Jackson and John I.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Lost j you good afternoons, you guys.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
The comment section has rebooted, so come and say hi,
Come and keep me company this afternoon.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Oh yeah, we talking about tappas, Steve, What did you have?
Anything good? Anything nice? One of the first.
Speaker 4 (07:58):
Taps I were a very tapa I ever had here
in Spain when I came here on holidays some time ago.
I was at the bar ordering a drink in a
hotel stay there and it gave me a plate of
boris in Vinigray. If you're not sure that is it's
a little like both sardines, small sardines, typefish, white bait,
whatever you like to call them, and in vinegar and oil,
(08:21):
and was absolutely lovely. I loved it. Bocoroni is in
Vinigray one of my favorites. Another one that you should try,
really and a lot of places don't do it all
the time, and that is black piela black pila and
a wroth Negro they call it. And a lot of
places really only do that on a Sunday, but it
looks disgusting.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
I must have been.
Speaker 4 (08:41):
It doesn't look that nice. It is piela soaked in
squid ink, So yeah, it sounds pretty horrific, but the
flavor is lovely. If you ever get a chance to
try it, black Pila.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
A wroth negro, then go and try it. It is really.
Speaker 4 (08:56):
Nice, more than a woman from the beaches. There, you're
listening to the right way with me, David right here
on alm Morio Radio one seven point five FM. Comments
is open. We're talking about tapas today. Come and say hi,
Come and keep me company. Yes, Steve, it's chaos chios.
(09:17):
I think they say in Spanish. Did he try a
poor stomach, pig stomach or something like that? I think
if I remember rightly, Yeah, I tried that long time ago.
Didn't really fancy that one myself, but Canne Contomante loved
that one, and also Pole Paul Po.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
I've got a funny story about that. Years ago.
Speaker 4 (09:33):
I went to my wife's village up in the hills
on the way to Granada, and Paul Pole is octopus,
and it's fried octopus with a little bit of salad
and some chips. Very very nice, very tasty, indeed, and
it was one of my favorites. I went into the
bar there, sat down and the way to come over
and I said. He asked what he wanted, and I said,
(09:53):
poor pol and he looked at me and he said,
shoved your shoulders, and I said, Paul Pole. And he
looked at me again, looked at my wife from and
I said. And then he looked at my wife and
my wife said Paul Pole, and he went, ah, poor Paul.
And I said to my wife, what did I say?
Is it just the way you pronounce it so unbelievable?
You know, get so close to pronouncing something here and
(10:14):
if it's not absolutely perfect, they won't understand, or maybe
they're just a little bit ignorant sometimes in the villages.
But yeah, I finally I got my pull pole oct
So you haven't tried that?
Speaker 2 (10:24):
It is well worth I try. It is very nice. Indeed,
I'm broadcasting Live and Wild Boys.
Speaker 3 (10:31):
David Wright, help and advice. But living and working in Spain,
you're listening to the Right Way with David Right, So talk.
Speaker 4 (10:43):
In tapas today and yeah, I had some friends come
over a little while ago and the English guy and
he's we're out for tappas and he ordered a point
and he got a tappa with it, and he looks
at me and I got a small beer and you
get play taps. And I said to him, why have
you ordered a pint? Because he said, oh on my
thirstst I said, well, why didn't you have two small
(11:05):
beers and then you get two plates of food? If
you order a pine, that's just one drink, so you
only get one plate of food. So you so soon
learned that lesson. So rather than order a pint, ordered
two small beers and you get two individual plates of
food included with it, So that works at the same
price in the end. So yeah, something to remember if
you're here drinking the old beer and talking a beer.
A lot of English people seem to think that the
(11:26):
Spanish beer is very weak, or it's not as strong
as the English beer. But I saw a thing on
TV the other day about this on or I think
it was on the internet, about the beers here in Spain,
and the average beers here around four point five five
point six percent proof. Now, Sam Migau, I think I'll
drink a lot of San Miguel and that's a five
point two or five point four percent on average. The
(11:48):
Spanish beers are more potent, more alcoholic than the UK beers.
So yeah, some of the Spanish beers are pretty strong.
Now there's Australia Digalicia. It was one of the favorite
beers I like very much. They do a premium version
of that and it's seven point two percent, so that's
very very strong beer. I think Stella in the UK
(12:08):
I think that's about six percent, So the Spanish beers
are pretty strong. I think the other thing as well
is if you're drinking beer here in Spain you normally
have a little bit of something to eat with it
as well, whereas in the UK you're drinking pints, so
you're not having the effects of the sponging effects of
the soaking up some of the alcohol. But here it's
(12:28):
the course of the course of an evening. You normally
drink well, personally, if I'm going out with people, drink
three or four drinks in an evening, but you're having
some food along with that, So that is a big
difference here.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
I remember years.
Speaker 4 (12:38):
Ago in the UK go for a pub crawl as
it used to be called in and you're drinking pint
after pint in one place after the other, and then
normally you're pretty sloshed and you end up going for
a kibab or a McDonald's or something like that at
the end of it.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
But yeah, that is a big difference here.
Speaker 4 (12:53):
So what are the differences you've found in Spain if
you've been living in Spain already, any things that you
find hard to get used to here in Spain. I
think a lot of people will agree with me that
the eating later is one of the things that took
me by surprise a little bit. You know, when I
first moved here, at the bars and restaurants, everything is
a bit later, and I noticed it quite considerably once
(13:13):
I got married to my Spanish wife. Dinner for family
events is normally around nine or ten o'clock in the evening,
So yeah, dinner at ten o'clock at night, whereas if
we're at home on our own, you know, I normally
have something to eat around seven o'clock, maybe eight o'clock
at the latest. But even so, that's way too early
for the Spanish. Let's know what you thinking of Spanish
(13:35):
Spanish times in the comment section, what time do you
eat here in Spain?
Speaker 3 (13:39):
Join me nicky noodles.
Speaker 4 (13:41):
Ever, today at five o'clock, so it's times to so big.
Thanks you to the sponsors of my show today at
Josh Williams from Ambient Wealth Management and Josh's details are
in the comment section. They give us a free consultation
to listeners here if you've got any queries about taxis
or investments here in Spain. Now, Josh said today that
(14:01):
give us a little bit of news that this new
solidarity or wealth tax. Now in Spain there is a
wealth tax. It's a national rule that applies everywhere your
worldwide assets starting from seven hundred thousand, and you have
to pay tax on that.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Now, this is quite easily reached.
Speaker 4 (14:17):
If you've got a couple of properties in Spain or
some investments and pensions things like that, that could add
out to that and you could be liable for quite
some high tax. But some regions like Madrid and Luthia
here in Almia, they've scrapped it and replaced it with
this new solidarity tax or as they're calling it, a
fortune tax, more taxes for people here in Spain obviously, Okay,
(14:38):
so this means that expats here will end up paying
thousands of euros or could pay thousands of euros in
extra tax. Now, as for popular regions such as Martha
and Alacanti. They can be exempt from this or much lower.
But you need to get expert advice on this to
pay these lower values of tax and there is some
(14:59):
ways around it. And Josh Williams from Ambient Wealth is
available to talk to you about this and how you
can avoid paying these.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
Taxes properly and legally.
Speaker 4 (15:08):
There are other ways to transfer this money should we
say or divert these taxes. And Josh is giving free
consultations to my listeners. His details are over in the
comment section right now, so go and check it out. Okay,
Tom for Spanish one now.
Speaker 3 (15:27):
Ma Maria Radio SA one David Wright help and advice
for living and working in Spain. You're listening to the
right Way with David.
Speaker 4 (15:43):
Right, Okay, So with some airport strikes started at Madrid
this week and two thousand people one nine hundred and
something people missed their flights this week from delays up
to an hour at the air so it's pretty chao
check up there at a moment. So Madrid airport staff,
(16:03):
this is a security staff on indefinite strikes up there.
Delays are possible all week and passed into the next week,
so be careful if you're going to Madrid, in or
out of Madrid, make sure you check in a bit
earlier up there, because there are some pretty bad delays
up there.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
At the moment.
Speaker 4 (16:21):
Also, train services in and out of elm Maria are
still stopped at the moment because of the major major works.
I don't know if you've seen it up along the
motorways here, all brand new rail tracks going in all
over the place, and that work is halfway through they
say now open due to open in October twenty twenty six.
Brand new terminals. That's the bus and train stations in
(16:43):
al Maria City, so that should be quite interesting. Sece
some of the designs on that and they look pretty
great as well. So yeah, so just be aware of
that if you're in and around the al Maria area,
but especially those flights up into Madrid. Wills out for that.
That could be quite nasty if you get delays up
there and end up missing your flight. Kenny Rogers there
(17:03):
and coward of the County a very good afternoon to Ian.
M Join us in the comment section. You can catch
Ian's show on Saturday mornings.
Speaker 5 (17:11):
Get Out of Elizabeth every Saturday and Sunday morning with
me Ian m. For the weekend. We breakfast so I've
got some great music, fine features and an early morning
number two. Still join me. I'm one O seven point
five FM by Nikes or the other website this weekend
from eight am.
Speaker 4 (17:28):
You're listening to the Right Way with me David right
here on El Maria Radio one O seven point five FM.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
In the afternoon.
Speaker 4 (17:34):
Nice and warm and sunny out there today. Forecast is
pretty good for the weekend. I'll be definitely out on
the motor Boy tomorrow. I've got a few people on
joining up with tomorrow get out and that up in
the Hills on the mother but they're looking forward to that.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
Let's know what you're doing in the comments section. Now.
Speaker 4 (17:48):
I've got these buyer's guide to Spain. I've been creating
some of these PDF files and putting them out there
on my website. They're completely free to download over on
my website. These are comprehensive guides on moving to Spain, costs,
living in Spain, all that sort of thing. And this
one is a buying in Spain guide at some of
the costs and things that you need to do in
the right order that you can download these pdf fires
(18:11):
completely free over on my website. There's David Wright online
dot com. God check it out. Well that's about it
for another show. Thanks very much everybody for joining me
in a comment section. I really do appreciate it. Go
check out all my information and you can see my
videos with the British Consulate over on my website. These
are quite important videos. They're worth watching. That is on
(18:33):
David Wright online dot com. Up next, it's a five
o'clock hit mix with Rob Max Statue for that
Wakeome, nobody up, Tune into the show. David's got the
secrets that you need to know. Libing Inspania working on
a dream incentives for everyday.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Life is like a stream. Dave knows the right.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Way, living like a right Hey one seven point five,
found the right way.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Tune in now, enjoy the play.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Yes doesn't see has to work clad balance found David's
magic wisdom spreading all around. Navigate the culture planned with
every soul, how milliars, heartbeats, making like a whole day.
Didn't know the right way living so Friday one seven
(01:03):
point five.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
That fam the right way. Tune in now and join
the plane.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Dayling knows the right way living life so bright. Hey
one seven point five, that's found the right way. Tune
in now and join the planet.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
The afternoon show. That section is open.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Shad life to the day right now website And here
he is, Legendary Davis.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
A very good afternoon and welcome to the Right Way
with me David right here on al Maria Radio or
one oh seven point five FM. Lovely warm sunny day
to day. It's amazing September and it's thirty two degrees
here in Almeria's day. Absolutely baking hot out there, beautiful weather.
I can't complain at all for September. Okay, So thanks
(02:27):
very much John Alex for kimming this entertain this afternoon.
Have a great weekend, John Loads. More tips and advice
on living and working in Spain coming up on the
show today, and some great music as always, and talking
about buying and selling cars today, some rules and regulations
about buying and selling cars, some good tips on that.
That's coming up a bit on the show a bit
later on. Some travel news as well, some strikes it
(02:48):
might be affected you, so listening up for that. It's
coming up on the show as well. And also this
week I was honored to go and interview Alejandro Severador
from several door tax illegal Alejandro the honorary British console
for Almorea in his offices in Almorria. Did some videos
with him and very interesting conversation. Be telling you a
little bit about that on the show today. Life is
(03:13):
never going to slow you down. Yeah, what you answered
this week and anything inside and let us know in
the comments section.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
David Wright help and advice for living and working in Spain.
You're listening to the right way with David right.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
So I met some English people that have been here
three months now. They've got their non lugative visa a
little while ago, and they've enjoying their life here in Spain,
and they were quite surprised at some of the shop
opening times, you know where the siestas and things like that. That
is confused them a little bit of being here. Also
the fact that restaurants and bars and stuff, people tend
(03:51):
to eat a lot later in the evenings here, and
that is really quite a culture shock, I think when
you first moved to Spain. But what are the things
that you notice here between Spain and the UK when
you move to Spain. People that are living here in Spain,
what do you think is really apart from the language
obviously because that is quite a cultural shock, But apart
from the language, what is the biggest differences that you
(04:13):
feel here in Spain? And what do you think has
been strange or hard to get used to being living
here in Spain. Let's know, in the comment section that's
here in Spain. You know most of you know me.
You know I love my tapas here Friday nights and Saturdays.
Often go out with some friends and families here in
my local bars in and around the al Maria area,
(04:33):
and there are some great tapas bars in Almia. Some
of the best tapas bars I must have met are
in Rockettas and agwd or three, where I used to
live years ago. And there is a tapas bar in
Roquettas that does one hundred different tapas. So yeah, one
hundred different tapas on the menu. That is quite amazing.
If you haven't had a chance to go there. That's
in a grand plaza in Rocketas DeMar there, so you
(04:56):
need to check that out sometimes.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Now, where did tapas come from? A real well? There
are two thoughts here.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
One is that King Alfonso, many years ago, one of
the kings of Spain, he used to have problems with
his stomach and he was advised by doctors that he
was drinking quite a lot, and he told to cut
down on his drinking or to eat small plates of
food with his drink.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
So he used to.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
Travel a lot all over Spain in these on the
horses and coaches, and he used to stop off for
inns and have a drink. And so he made it
a rule, a royal decree that all bars would serve
small plates of food with the alcohol, and that's where
the little plates of food became classed as tapas. That's
the one official form. There is another one in which
(05:41):
I strongly believe in in that is that the farm
workers here, people used to work in the farms years
and years ago. He used to stop off for lunch
middaytime and stop and have a cold beer or a
glass of wine. And they would always stop at a
local inn or bar, and they would stick a saucer,
small saucer on top of the bottle of wine on
(06:01):
the the glass of beer or wine, and that was
normally to stop the flyers getting in. And then the
local innkeeper would put some olives on the top, or
a bit of cheese or a piece of bread, And
that is really how it came about. And I think
that's really where it originated from.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
There.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
So the word tappa means to cover or our lead,
a lead, or to cover something, So that is really
where they and I think that last one there, the
farm workers, is where tapas come from. And then, as
you probably know in alm Maria, lots of places in
amrit the tappas are generally classed as free or should
I say, included with the price of an alcohol or beer.
(06:39):
Now you can get a tapas here and you can
order gin and tonic or something like that, and you
can also have a tappers with it, but normally pay
for the tappa extra. Now the difference is you can
get tap us all over Spain, and I've traveled a
lot over Spain and there's some great tapers, especially up
in the north of Spain, but you normally pay three
euros for a tappa on top of the price of
the drink, and they are quite limited. Or there's a
(07:00):
menu of tappas, which is a set menu here in Almorea.
You can go to a tapas bar in Amora City
and surrounding areas and you can ask for a beer
or wine and then you can ask them what tapas
they've got, and they normally they give you a little
menu or a list and you can have tappers cooked
to order off the menu included in the price of
that drink. So pretty good value for money here with
(07:22):
the old tapas. So let's know what's your favorite tapers
here in Spain.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
The Afternoon Show David Wright Help and Advice for living
and working in Spain. You're listening to the right way
with David Wright.
Speaker 4 (07:41):
A very good afternoon, Carol Fitness, join us in the
comment section and action Jackson and John I.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Lost j you good afternoons, you guys.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
The comment section has rebooted, so come and say hi,
Come and keep me company this afternoon.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Oh yeah, we talking about tappas, Steve, What did you have?
Anything good? Anything nice? One of the first.
Speaker 4 (07:58):
Taps I were a very tapa I ever had here
in Spain when I came here on holidays some time ago.
I was at the bar ordering a drink in a
hotel stay there and it gave me a plate of
boris in Vinigray. If you're not sure that is it's
a little like both sardines, small sardines, typefish, white bait,
whatever you like to call them, and in vinegar and oil,
(08:21):
and was absolutely lovely. I loved it. Bocoroni is in
Vinigray one of my favorites. Another one that you should try,
really and a lot of places don't do it all
the time, and that is black piela black pila and
a wroth Negro they call it. And a lot of
places really only do that on a Sunday, but it
looks disgusting.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
I must have been.
Speaker 4 (08:41):
It doesn't look that nice. It is piela soaked in
squid ink, So yeah, it sounds pretty horrific, but the
flavor is lovely. If you ever get a chance to
try it, black Pila.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
A wroth negro, then go and try it. It is really.
Speaker 4 (08:56):
Nice, more than a woman from the beaches. There, you're
listening to the right way with me, David right here
on alm Morio Radio one seven point five FM. Comments
is open. We're talking about tapas today. Come and say hi,
Come and keep me company. Yes, Steve, it's chaos chios.
(09:17):
I think they say in Spanish. Did he try a
poor stomach, pig stomach or something like that? I think
if I remember rightly, Yeah, I tried that long time ago.
Didn't really fancy that one myself, but Canne Contomante loved
that one, and also Pole Paul Po.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
I've got a funny story about that. Years ago.
Speaker 4 (09:33):
I went to my wife's village up in the hills
on the way to Granada, and Paul Pole is octopus,
and it's fried octopus with a little bit of salad
and some chips. Very very nice, very tasty, indeed, and
it was one of my favorites. I went into the
bar there, sat down and the way to come over
and I said. He asked what he wanted, and I said,
(09:53):
poor pol and he looked at me and he said,
shoved your shoulders, and I said, Paul Pole. And he
looked at me again, looked at my wife from and
I said. And then he looked at my wife and
my wife said Paul Pole, and he went, ah, poor Paul.
And I said to my wife, what did I say?
Is it just the way you pronounce it so unbelievable?
You know, get so close to pronouncing something here and
(10:14):
if it's not absolutely perfect, they won't understand, or maybe
they're just a little bit ignorant sometimes in the villages.
But yeah, I finally I got my pull pole oct
So you haven't tried that?
Speaker 2 (10:24):
It is well worth I try. It is very nice. Indeed,
I'm broadcasting Live and Wild Boys.
Speaker 3 (10:31):
David Wright, help and advice. But living and working in Spain,
you're listening to the Right Way with David Right, So talk.
Speaker 4 (10:43):
In tapas today and yeah, I had some friends come
over a little while ago and the English guy and
he's we're out for tappas and he ordered a point
and he got a tappa with it, and he looks
at me and I got a small beer and you
get play taps. And I said to him, why have
you ordered a pint? Because he said, oh on my
thirstst I said, well, why didn't you have two small
(11:05):
beers and then you get two plates of food? If
you order a pine, that's just one drink, so you
only get one plate of food. So you so soon
learned that lesson. So rather than order a pint, ordered
two small beers and you get two individual plates of
food included with it, So that works at the same
price in the end. So yeah, something to remember if
you're here drinking the old beer and talking a beer.
A lot of English people seem to think that the
(11:26):
Spanish beer is very weak, or it's not as strong
as the English beer. But I saw a thing on
TV the other day about this on or I think
it was on the internet, about the beers here in Spain,
and the average beers here around four point five five
point six percent proof. Now, Sam Migau, I think I'll
drink a lot of San Miguel and that's a five
point two or five point four percent on average. The
(11:48):
Spanish beers are more potent, more alcoholic than the UK beers.
So yeah, some of the Spanish beers are pretty strong.
Now there's Australia Digalicia. It was one of the favorite
beers I like very much. They do a premium version
of that and it's seven point two percent, so that's
very very strong beer. I think Stella in the UK
(12:08):
I think that's about six percent, So the Spanish beers
are pretty strong. I think the other thing as well
is if you're drinking beer here in Spain you normally
have a little bit of something to eat with it
as well, whereas in the UK you're drinking pints, so
you're not having the effects of the sponging effects of
the soaking up some of the alcohol. But here it's
(12:28):
the course of the course of an evening. You normally
drink well, personally, if I'm going out with people, drink
three or four drinks in an evening, but you're having
some food along with that, So that is a big
difference here.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
I remember years.
Speaker 4 (12:38):
Ago in the UK go for a pub crawl as
it used to be called in and you're drinking pint
after pint in one place after the other, and then
normally you're pretty sloshed and you end up going for
a kibab or a McDonald's or something like that at
the end of it.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
But yeah, that is a big difference here.
Speaker 4 (12:53):
So what are the differences you've found in Spain if
you've been living in Spain already, any things that you
find hard to get used to here in Spain. I
think a lot of people will agree with me that
the eating later is one of the things that took
me by surprise a little bit. You know, when I
first moved here, at the bars and restaurants, everything is
a bit later, and I noticed it quite considerably once
(13:13):
I got married to my Spanish wife. Dinner for family
events is normally around nine or ten o'clock in the evening,
So yeah, dinner at ten o'clock at night, whereas if
we're at home on our own, you know, I normally
have something to eat around seven o'clock, maybe eight o'clock
at the latest. But even so, that's way too early
for the Spanish. Let's know what you thinking of Spanish
(13:35):
Spanish times in the comment section, what time do you
eat here in Spain?
Speaker 3 (13:39):
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Speaker 4 (13:41):
Ever, today at five o'clock, so it's times to so big.
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(14:01):
give us a little bit of news that this new
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wealth tax. It's a national rule that applies everywhere your
worldwide assets starting from seven hundred thousand, and you have
to pay tax on that.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Now, this is quite easily reached.
Speaker 4 (14:17):
If you've got a couple of properties in Spain or
some investments and pensions things like that, that could add
out to that and you could be liable for quite
some high tax. But some regions like Madrid and Luthia
here in Almia, they've scrapped it and replaced it with
this new solidarity tax or as they're calling it, a
fortune tax, more taxes for people here in Spain obviously, Okay,
(14:38):
so this means that expats here will end up paying
thousands of euros or could pay thousands of euros in
extra tax. Now, as for popular regions such as Martha
and Alacanti. They can be exempt from this or much lower.
But you need to get expert advice on this to
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(14:59):
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Speaker 2 (15:06):
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There are other ways to transfer this money should we
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Tom for Spanish one now.
Speaker 3 (15:27):
Ma Maria Radio SA one David Wright help and advice
for living and working in Spain. You're listening to the
right Way with David.
Speaker 4 (15:43):
Right, Okay, So with some airport strikes started at Madrid
this week and two thousand people one nine hundred and
something people missed their flights this week from delays up
to an hour at the air so it's pretty chao
check up there at a moment. So Madrid airport staff,
(16:03):
this is a security staff on indefinite strikes up there.
Delays are possible all week and passed into the next week,
so be careful if you're going to Madrid, in or
out of Madrid, make sure you check in a bit
earlier up there, because there are some pretty bad delays
up there.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
At the moment.
Speaker 4 (16:21):
Also, train services in and out of elm Maria are
still stopped at the moment because of the major major works.
I don't know if you've seen it up along the
motorways here, all brand new rail tracks going in all
over the place, and that work is halfway through they
say now open due to open in October twenty twenty six.
Brand new terminals. That's the bus and train stations in
(16:43):
al Maria City, so that should be quite interesting. Sece
some of the designs on that and they look pretty
great as well. So yeah, so just be aware of
that if you're in and around the al Maria area,
but especially those flights up into Madrid. Wills out for that.
That could be quite nasty if you get delays up
there and end up missing your flight. Kenny Rogers there
(17:03):
and coward of the County a very good afternoon to Ian.
M Join us in the comment section. You can catch
Ian's show on Saturday mornings.
Speaker 5 (17:11):
Get Out of Elizabeth every Saturday and Sunday morning with
me Ian m. For the weekend. We breakfast so I've
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from eight am.
Speaker 4 (17:28):
You're listening to the Right Way with me David right
here on El Maria Radio one O seven point five FM.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
In the afternoon.
Speaker 4 (17:34):
Nice and warm and sunny out there today. Forecast is
pretty good for the weekend. I'll be definitely out on
the motor Boy tomorrow. I've got a few people on
joining up with tomorrow get out and that up in
the Hills on the mother but they're looking forward to that.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
Let's know what you're doing in the comments section. Now.
Speaker 4 (17:48):
I've got these buyer's guide to Spain. I've been creating
some of these PDF files and putting them out there
on my website. They're completely free to download over on
my website. These are comprehensive guides on moving to Spain, costs,
living in Spain, all that sort of thing. And this
one is a buying in Spain guide at some of
the costs and things that you need to do in
the right order that you can download these pdf fires
(18:11):
completely free over on my website. There's David Wright online
dot com. God check it out. Well that's about it
for another show. Thanks very much everybody for joining me
in a comment section. I really do appreciate it. Go
check out all my information and you can see my
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(18:33):
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