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Welcome to Expats! 👋 Say hello below and tell us a little about yourself.
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Welcome to Kosmographia! 👋 Introduce yourself below: what are you reading or researching right now?
Welcome to Kosmographia! 👋 Introduce yourself below: what are you reading or researching right now?
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Parties, weddings and murals: have you hired an artist in Spain?
Flamenco guitar at a birthday dinner, a DJ at a villa party, a string duo for a wedding, a mural in the kids’ room… Spain has a lot of creative talent. A few things to agree in advance: set times and breaks, equipment…
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Airport pick-ups: taxi, VTC, bus or transfer?
Arriving at 1 a.m. with two kids, a dog and five suitcases is a different trip from arriving alone with hand luggage. In Spain, official taxis wait at the rank, while VTC (private hire, including app rides) must always…
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Calima, salt and sun: how do you look after your car?
A calima can leave your car orange overnight. Salt air and strong sun don’t help either. Tip: never wipe dry dust off, because it scratches like sandpaper. Rinse first. Also good to know: many town halls don’t allow…
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Pool owners: how do you keep it clear in August?
Heat, sun, dust and leaves make Spanish pools hungry for care. The basics: skim, empty the baskets, brush, vacuum, test the water and keep an eye on filter pressure, at least weekly in summer. Most pools aren’t drained…
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Mediterranean gardening: what grows well for you?
Gardening in Spain is a different game: hot, dry summers, sudden autumn downpours and, in many areas, water restrictions. Drip irrigation, mulch and tough plants like rosemary, lavender, olive, oleander and succulents…
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Home repairs: what breaks first in a Spanish home?
Water heaters (termos) full of limescale, persianas that get stuck, leaking terraces, AC units that give up in August… Spanish homes have their own set of usual suspects. A tip if you live in a flat: work out what’s…
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Sworn translations: which documents did you need?
Birth certificates, criminal records, diplomas, powers of attorney… Many Spanish offices want a traducción jurada, signed and stamped by a translator appointed by Spain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. You can check a…
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Renovating or opening a business? Let’s talk licences
Planning a new kitchen, an extension, a café or a holiday let? In Spain, the paperwork depends on your region and town hall. It might be a declaración responsable, a works licence, an activity licence, or for tourist…
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NIE, TIE, padrón: share your paperwork tips
Spanish admin is a rite of passage. Getting an appointment (cita previa) can be the hardest part, and every office seems to ask for something slightly different. Quick reminders: the NIE uses form EX-15 and model…
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Contracts in Spanish: what caught you out?
Rental contracts, builder’s quotes, arras contracts, powers of attorney… We all end up signing documents in Spanish sooner or later. Some things worth checking every time: who is really signing for the other side,…
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Did you get a survey before buying, and was it worth it?
In Spain, a building survey isn’t a standard step. The bank’s valuation (tasación) is for the bank, not a check of the building. So many buyers skip the inspection, and some regret it when the first winter rain finds…
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House hunting: what surprised you most about buying in Spain?
The notary, the arras contract, the nota simple, ITP that changes from region to region… Buying a home in Spain has its own logic, and most of us learned something the hard way. A few things worth knowing early: get…
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Welcome! Expat services across Spain, and how this group works
Welcome to the Expats group, a place to swap tips, ask questions and help each other settle in Spain, wherever you are. A quick note on what Lapdrop does: if you need something done, like paperwork, a sworn…
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New book: The Epic of the Disk — A Pictorial Year-Book Reading of the Phaistos Disc
New book: The Epic of the Disk — A Pictorial Year-Book Reading of the Phaistos Disc I’ve published a 72-page book on the Phaistos Disc, the stamped clay disc from the palace of Phaistos, Crete (Middle Minoan, about…
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I strongly believe that people should watch Randall Carlson’s series about Atlantis and then reasear
I strongly believe that people should watch Randall Carlson’s series about Atlantis and then reasearch everything he references. Core samples taken from the edges of the Atlantic Ridge have revealed beach sand, shallow…
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Handbook plates
From The New Guilds — discuss here. Subject — Handbook plates — all figures from the book The New Guilds — subject: figures The PDF carries the working plates of the handbook: Atlantic reconstruction at about −200 m,…
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Sacred number on Terra
From The New Guilds — discuss here. Hoofdstuk — Sacred number on Terra Part I — Hoofdstuk The numbers do not live only in the table. They live in the earth, if you keep the old measure. 7,920 as diameter of the ideal…
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Baalbek
From The New Guilds — discuss here. Hoofdstuk — Baalbek Part II — Hoofdstuk Trilithon in the west wall. Hajjar al-Hibla still lies in the quarry. Baalbek, Heliopolis in the Bekaa. Largest Jupiter sanctuary of Rome.…
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The Great Year
From The New Guilds — discuss here. Hoofdstuk — The Great Year Part II — Hoofdstuk Round numbers are the song. 25,772 is the measured value. Earth wobbles. The axis describes a cone. Therefore the spring point slides…
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We descend from survivors
From The New Guilds — discuss here. Hoofdstuk — We descend from survivors Part II — Hoofdstuk The guild’s awareness must be: we do not descend from a century, but from a millennia-long line of survivors. Survivors of…
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The island realm, the ridge, the pool of mud
From The New Guilds — discuss here. Hoofdstuk — The island realm, the ridge, the pool of mud Part II — Hoofdstuk Not one mountain chain. A realm of islands. The school print of Atlantis is a rectangle that sinks in one…
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Horus at Edfu
From The New Guilds — discuss here. Hoofdstuk — Horus at Edfu — where the ancient evil comes from Part II — Hoofdstuk The temple of Horus at Edfu is not a guidebook to Atlantis. It is a machine that kills the same…
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Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe
From The New Guilds — discuss here. Hoofdstuk — Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe Part II — Hoofdstuk Pillar 43, the Vulture Stone. Sweatman reads stars. Schmidt dug the site. Göbekli Tepe in Anatolia is older than the…
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