09 Jul 2014 3:01 PM:

The Real Academia Española celebrated its 300th birthday almost a year ago, in August 13, 2013. It was established in 1713. Castilian Spanish has got to be the most accurate language on the planet, IMHO. There is a rule for everything. I consider Castilian the most current version of Latin. 

BTW, I've just finished a (free) MOOC class through MiriadaX.net. This class was Castilian Spanish A2. It was 6 weeks long and hosted by the University of Salamanca. Check it out! https://www.miriadax.net/ (The symbol [o-o] on the button I used to place that link here is called an eslabón! [Impress your friends with that!])

Thread: RAE 300 yrs and counting

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19 Nov 2012 7:11 PM:

Yes, that is right, this has nothing to do with government policies. 

I found a French site called Fnac.es. I can order the book there and have it shipped anywhere in the world. The cost to ship the 19,95€ book to the USA is 32,33€. :-( Maybe that is why the original company didn't even try to do worldwide shipping. I would invest in downloads to Kindles, et.al. BTW, the book is called "Conditionals, No Problem" by Richard Vaughan; he can be found on YouTube. 

Thread: Spain keeps turning down dollars

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19 Nov 2012 5:23 PM:

 First, Spain never gave me a one-year retirement visa. 

Thread: Spain keeps turning down dollars

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19 Nov 2012 4:18 PM:

 Hola. Try milanuncios.com and segundamano.es. I bought an electric guitar and a desktop computer while in Málaga (capital), then sold them just before I left. It amounted to renting each for 3 months for 10€ apiece. It helps if you speak the language. 

Thread: guitars

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04 Nov 2012 3:32 PM:

My apologies too for moving the spotlight to the USA. My intention was to show an option for Spain to stay with the current system. So back to Spain.

When I visited Malaga during Summer 2011, I bought health insurance. It cost me (then 63 years old) $160/month. Fortunately I didn't have to use it. My Medicare health care benefit here in the US (now that I'm 65) costs me $225/month. 

Spain should enforce a requirement that all (non-EU citizens) foreigners have insurance. That would lower some of the burden the system has to carry currently. 

Thread: Spain plans to privatise more healthcare- is this the way forward?

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