Spain update - Huge differences
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
- Spain update and richest and poorest parts of Spain have been published and the differences are startling
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Here in Miami, Florida USA, mask are no longer mandatory and the Florida Governor is against health passports. Some places in Miami require a face mask, but it is only because the private business have the option to make mask mandatory for their stores only. In most large store and buildings mask are now only optional. Thank you Stuart for all your time and effort you put into your videos.
I envy you all btw let's hope for the best
Personally, I find public transport in Spain to be much better than the UK and far cheaper.
For example, for myself and my partner to go to Manchester airport, it takes one hour driving and costs less than £5.
On public transport it takes us 2 hours 45 minutes, and costs us £76. £68 of that is for the train alone.
Prices in Spain are much better, and the trains are less crowded.
I totally agree. For the last year I lived in Barcelona I used public transport and I was very impressed. Public transport in the UK is expensive and extremely unreliable.
@@meilong2338 many things are. I find meat is not. Sausage and bacon in Spain are pretty awful 😀
@ Kris Steele certainly the case in Malaga trains frequent on time good price Buses frequent good prices Taxis reasonable prices
@@meilong2338 I agree that most things are cheaper in Spain but not better quality.
@@krissteele6867 😆😆😂😂😂😂😂 no place is a perfect place
You have to wonder when politicians everywhere realise they are only making things worse. Papers for this, passport for that, curfews here no curfews there. At what stage will they allow people to use their own common sense and get on with their lives?
They confuse people and deter us from travelling in order to reduce CO2. The state of economy does not bother them at all as money printing machines are working full steam. We pay for all this nonsense with a high inflation.
There are no plans to let us do that. We're heading down a dark road.
Politicians are just puppets being worked by the cabal .
Because there are a great many people who possess very little common sense or willingly ‘choose to ignore’ common sense ......all the time people go out and gather in groups, not wearing masks or social distancing, politicians will keep loading restrictions on us ....it’s not rocket science is it?
so basically the vaccine passport that meant not to happened, now is happening...so whats gonna happened with those who choose not to get vaccination?
Especially for a virus and its vaccines which all have been extremely controversial!!
You will need negative PCR test
@@dereksaunders3720 let's hope all pcr are reliable
You can choose to stay at home. :-)
@@charlierobertson7551 thats basically to much tv from You...do You really want to live in the world that is so divided? and why are should i stay at home if You have your vaccination that.protects You
Thanks stu your information is better than the media it's straight to the point all the best Ray
Its all going to plan , buckle up for a rough ride
I'm surprised the EU is suing Aztrazenica since most EU countries don't seem keen to use the vaccine. I've had my two doses of AZ. I was relieved to get a vaccine.
Politics!
Thanks for the update Stuart. Things seem to change daily in Spain. Take care and stay safe. xx
So it's OK for brits to travel from UK to Spain for holidays ( Spain needs the money ) but not for locals to move around their own country, be worried be very worried It's all about the money folks not your health. Sorry, It's going to get worse not better.!
I am with you
Sad times, I agree ☹️
It is ridiculous to us but those who believe in the Government looking after them, will not question it.
I'm all for measures that can help prevent the spread of the contagion, but this is much like during the last closure. The people of Spain were prevented from travel, inter communities and in many areas inter provinces, but European travelers could pass through the country at will. I live a few hundred meters from a camper van park, most days I'd see vans from Nederlands, Germany, Belgium or France, who had traveled through Spain heading for the south coast, whereas I was unable to leave the province and at times even leave my village.
The future doesn't look good, I agree.
Hiya Stuart, thank you for your update. Take care.
Another great video. Loved the birds chirping in with thier opinion every so often 💗
Thank you Stuart great information and interesting updates.
The invitation letter (carta de invitación) has always been required for people who come from South American countries to visit Spain with other familiars who live in Spain. For example if you live here and you want to bring your brother from South América to Spain to visit you. I have used it several times and it costs more than 100 euros per person. I believe that it is one more impediment or dissuasive measure to avoid illegal immigration from Latin American countries
Hi Stu,
So if a restaurant has 75% capacity.
Does that mean the virus will be sitting in the remaining 25% 🤧
😂🤣
Yes, rules are rules
@Dr Wolfgang Chausser what? The virus must stay in its alloted space. Nothing to debate
Thank you Stuart for your informative update
ITV Spain I go to the ITV centre on the way to Orihuela. They speak enough English and even basic Spanish is enough to get you through. Never had any problem in 3 years. You could even take an interpreter with you. You can also pre book an ITV appointment online.
Hi Stuart,
Thank you for all the high quality summaries, I speak fairly good Spanish, but your expert translations ensure I don't misunderstand anything.
Praise where praise is due, first vaccine today in the the small town of el Verger in the Valencian Community, quick, super efficient and even good music playing whilst I took the 30min rest period post my injection. From the people I know across the community my experience has been echoed, well done to the health leaders and President of the Valencian Community
8:04 There is a barn swallow's nest at Stuart's or neighbor's house (probably at the garage entrance) and something approached to it, hence the alarm chirping.
🤣👏
Hi Stu,
Had my second Phizer jab today and now have a website address to get an SMS equating to a Vaccine passport--I think!
Looking forward to getting out and about if only Spain and Portugal.
Garden looking great and loved the blackbird chorus. Take care.😎
What make is your tablet? Apple (os) or Samsung (android)? do you het on ok with it for all your needs - I am a bit undecided about android, but I am looking for a new tablet - currently have ipad mini 4
Hi Stuart, great info as usual. Have you any news on the ‘supposed’ discussions regarding UK driving license exchange? I know we were supposed to have made the exchange or registered to do so before the end of December last year but somehow I managed to miss the deadline. Too busy getting my TIE card! Don’t fancy taking the Spanish driving test after 50 yrs of motoring, bound to have developed a few bad habits!
Thanks again keep up the good work
Rob ( Ortigueira Galicia)
keep up the good work Stuart , nice one - never been first to comment before LOL.
May family and I plan on traveling to Spain in July from NYC. Please keep us informed on US Citizens traveling to Spain. Thanks. I appreciate your program.
Hi Stuart.
In Fuerteventura there is an ITV centre where you can hand them the keys and sit in reception drinking free coffee while they take the car through. At least they did before covid restrictions.Great service.
As for the Carta de invitacion it's possibly an easy process but it has to be sent to your guests before they arrive in Spain. Plus the cost of approx 80€ per person its cheaper for a family of 4 to book an airb&b.
So to get the digital passport you need to have had the jab is that correct... Less than 50% of the Spanish have had the jab I believe therefore there are going to have lots of people who can't travel to see their relatives who live in different parts of Spain.... Regards Tony (currently in alicante )The beach was deserted today...
The silly PCR test will do as well.
The digital passport is to travel abroad, not for Spaniards to travel around Spain.
Hi Stuart, I’m a Puerto Rican living in Texas, USA, and my wife and I are planning a 2 week trip in mid August to Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and surrounding cities. Do you know if there’s tour bus services for tourists running? We haven’t vaccinated but will soon in order to be able to enter to Spain. Thanks for your daily updates.
In Murcia we had are first Vacation of Moderna. The jab was easy and quite painless ( and I hate Needles ) and side affects for us were painful arm before going to bed. Bad sleep that night and the next day feeling like you did a work out the day before. So quite easy really. Definitely worth it I think. And also given the date to go back for the second jab in a couple of weeks. Perfect. Just want to get it over with now. Have to say thank you to all the people or should I say Volunteer’s that are doing this 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 😇 it not hard to say Thankyou ❤️
Ivermectin for me 😃😅
We coming to javea in 3 weeks can’t wait we coming for 2 weeks driving from France
I completely agree about the added expense of PCR testing. This has put our family off from visiting Hawaii. It's expressive to stay there as it is then adding that cost too.
Thank you Stewart 🤗
I must agree the procedure for ITV will take years off my life thru the stress involved, ask a friend to help...
Any updates on mask requirements changing or reducing?
As much as I can’t wait to get back to Spain, I want to see some consistency in how everything is handled by the authorities here (in the US) and there. This means waiting to hear from those who have flown to and from, to find out what their experiences with the process have been. Otherwise, it seems that things get decided daily, and the policy in place today may not be true tomorrow. Travel is supposed to be about exploration, relaxation, and getting away from stress. Until then, I have old trip photos, a lot of memories, and RUclips.
Green passes to move around the country, smells like papers please!
More BS.... The Spanish have free movement of travel in Europe thats the law and not if you have had the jab... Regards Tony
@@craphead9842 😂😂😂😂😂
Hmmmmm I seem to remember not to long ago the EU saying they would not discriminate against non vaccinated people once again LIARS!!!!
There will be no "Please." It will be a threatening demand, "Your papers"!
You have to carry your DNI around with you, so it’s just an extra piece of paper.
not good news . papers to travel ?
You have to carry your DNI around with you. So it’s just another piece of paper. Don’t think Spanish residents will find anything wrong with this
Very good and to the point. Minimum waffle , nice one👍
Just checked out the richest town list.
Used to live in Sant Cugat de Valles, so I can understand why it is number 3, fantastic town with good schools and facilities.
But Castelldefels at number 9 is a surprise.
Astra Zeneca turned me into a newt. I got better.
How many know python enough to get it? She’s a witch.
@@michaelcripwell1724 how do you know she's a witch?
She looks like one
We will have a digital choice, use the government digital certificate or give the one digit salute.
Stuart, please give information about the cars in Spain. I read they have just 1 cilinder what makes the travel very cheap regarding gasoline expenses. Is that real? Wil be there at the end of next month and ready to enjoy the very best of Spain!!!. We are certificated w/ no problems what so ever , looking for a place to call our new HOME!. Thank you Alma
We're travelling from UK to Alicante in late June. I have a Norwegian passport (Schengen area) & my husband British. We're staying at a flat owned by my parents but they don't live there. Do we need this carta de invitacion (not sure if i remembered the right name)?
I'm also taking my parents car to a Citroen garage (We're driving straight from airport to garage) for ITV, service & probably a new battery (car has been parked near airport since Feb 20). We're leaving the car at the garage & they handle the ITV.
In theory, yes you need the Carta de Invitación, but like Stuart said in his video, I've never heard of it and I've lived in Spain longer than Stuart. For the ITV, you need to make an appointment and at the moment there's a backlog.
@@bothanspy4305 thank you. Appointment for the ITV has already been made by my dad for the day we arrive.
Technically your husband needs carta de invitacion.
To enter Spain.
To make things more complicated only the owner of the property can apply for one, in person at the police station.
It takes 20 days to issue .
It has never been heard of before because it was not needed by Brits.
It is on the spanish gov web site under entry requirements.
You MUST prove where your accomodation is. A hotel reservation etc etc. Carta de invertacion is one of the options to prove accomodation.
Your husband will also need a return ticket as proof he is going back.
@@dereksaunders3720 thank you. Well as my parents are in Norway they can't apply for one. I'm hoping as he's travelling with me, an EEA passport holder, it won't be a problem as i can enter Spain freely.
Make sure you have a set of ‘jump leads’ - car batteries in Spain don’t seem to like being left dormant for long periods!
Are Americans permitted travel to Alicante or Valencia with a PCR test if not vaccinated?
Does this also hold for people coming over from the EU to your house for a few days of holidays and a place to sleep?
No EU citizens are exempt.
That is why it has suddenly become a worry for UK citizens . It applies to our personal visitors.
My guess is if it was not highlighted nothing would ever have come of it.
As Stuart says his family have visited him and he had never heard of it.
Would the complementary green certificate be an English version as well, for those countries who don't understand Spanish?
You will need that if you want to visit OZ when they open, Stu. Please report back when you get your jabs. Cheers.
@Dr Wolfgang Chausser Its the other way around. People wanting to leave Spain to, well, most of the world. I'm sure the chances of a customs agent at Hamburg airport (or Beijing, Moscow, Kampala, Mumbai, or Tokyo) understanding English are more than Spanish.
@Dr Wolfgang Chausser . Wow! That sounds apocalyptic!
I'm surprised that you haven't stopped the counting. It makes sense! :)
On the subject of ITVs. The testing station operators should do the test and not the driver of the vehicle. They , I presume have been trained to go through the stages of driving on to a rolling road and applying brake pressure correctly, and also driving over a pit and checking steering,the general driving population does none of those things and if not carried out correctly could be assisting the Centre to fail their vehicle.
In the interest of safety the public should not even be in the testing area , with rolling roads and open pits, vehicles etc.
no way green certificate Spain must say no no no to this B/S
I did. My itv in English I’m malaga the guys were fantastic,
I've done mine Estepona and Algeciras in english for the last 15 years and no issues. Found them very helpful.
@@annbimendi9832 . Likewise in Arinaga, (Gran Canaria), on my right hand drive car. A little bit more thorough but always helpful and polite. The inspectors were always quick, (and seemed happy), to speak English as soon as they saw me sitting in the “wrong” driving seat!
@@edwardoleyba3075 my "itv" guys here in the UK don't seem very happy to speak spanish
@@javibarcenas5661 . True enough. There’s few people who bother to learn a second language. On the plus side, I did once have a nice conversation with a driver of a bus from Tottenham Court Road to Finsbury Park. He was originally from Madrid. I overheard him say something in Spanish to what must have been a regular passenger so we had a conversation between stops, (in Spanish). He appreciated the gesture and was surprised when I told him I was from London.
Who knows, maybe one day you’ll get your MOT carried out in a garage where a Spanish person works? Try around the Fulham, Chelsea, Hammersmith areas, there are lots of Spanish speakers there.
Anyway; take care. Don’t brand all ‘Brexiteers’ as moronic nationalistic fools! Be Good.
Hey Stu, any news on if/when unvaccinated travelers from Latin America will be able to enter Spain with a negative PCR test?
hi stewart i have done this many times before i got married to a moroccan lady anyone non eu needs this.if the non eu person is visiting your home you will need to apply for this invitation letter,if memory serves me right i had to produce my property deeds,my passport,my residencia and the dates of them arriving and departing,i then had to go to the police and present all documents i also had to send the invtation letter to my now wife in morocco to present to her immigration authorities and she also had to prove her job and income.i think at the time it was 1000 euros per month,hope that helps,all the best from mojacar
Nice table.
This digital cert thing is gonna be fun! Slow as a snail i should think just like the rollout!! Wonder what the process will be to get hold of the dam thing? Another visit to Alicante to get something stamped and waxed no doubt 😪 Hasta luego indeed
There are many British who have lived in Spain for many years and they don't know how to say a single word in Spanish. When they go to do any procedure they pretend to be spoken to in English and they get angry if they are spoken to in Spanish, which is very strange. When I go to the UK I have to speak English to be understood.
That’s not quite true. All public services in the U.K. offer free translation services. You would be provided translation assistance if you couldn’t speak English.
@@MarI-Posa The comment you refer to is 2 months old. I could no longer remember. I have no problem speaking English when I am in the UK because I am in the UK not in Spain.
EU seem to be working hard to prove the Brexiteers correct, it would appear
And “long” may it continue. Whilst they are expending so much time and energy trying to thwart the UK the important issues are being neglected. This mindset will rebound on them - big time!
The ITV couldn't be any simpler. Drive to a test center, hand over the documents for the vehicle, pay the fee and drive into the lane number given. The examiners couldn't be more friendly as most of the questions are asked using hand signals. Why pay someone €140 for doing something that simple. My Spanish is quite basic,but my goodness,if you can't even manage this process,what are you doing here????? If you can't do it yourself, have the vehicle checked over at a garage,they may or may not give you a form stating the vehicle has been checked over,and what work may need done. It's that easy. Failing all of that, take someone with you, that has basic knowledge of the language, buy them lunch and save yourself a tidy little sum.
I have taken my car for ITV several times, and I’m an old lady. However, the last couple of times staff from my service garage have taken it for me, following the pre- ITV check, and didn’t charge me for doing it. I live in Murcia city.
@@elizabethwhitehouse7752 maybe it's a Murcia thing, I live in the Ricote Valley, never have a problem and don't know what the fuss is about.
Exactly. The staff are only to pleased to help if you are willing to try.
Learn a few new words
Freno. Indicadore, los quatros. Luz atras. Borrar motor.😁😁😁.
Abs rubbish re ITV . I line in Benidorm and the staff were brill helping me though all the stages.in my pigeon Spanish
Convenient to be able to scapegoat weddings, baptisms and communions if you are a militant secularist, or the kind of ideological anti-clericalist still to be found in certain quarters of the Spanish left.
More paperwork required, whatever next on this agenda!??
Great programme stu spain is a fantastic place to live pity about the political system they don't seem to have a clue probably left over from the Franco system that's why most Spaniards seem to like control
Most Spaniards seem to like control? That's not even a stereotype. Changing to Hitler and Germany would be the same nonsense. Actually, "control" is the same in Spanish and English but it is a word barely used in Spanish. "control" at the airport, positive and negative "controls" in PCR, "agárrame el cubata que yo controlo", a brand of condoms, and a few more uses.
Yes day to day life in Spain is great. Just when you bump up with bureaucracy, you find it more rigid and complex than similar processes in the U.K. But it’s a different country, with a different history, traditions and legal system. Not the U.K. in the sun that many imagine. Even Stu, fluent in Spanish, with a Spanish partner and 20 years in Spain, is still stressing out about the process of the ITV, where you have to be present and follow instructions in Spanish for your vehicle test. In the U.K. you just hand the keys to the mechanic, as it’s the car being tested, not you too.!
Public transport in Valencia is close to perfect.
After opening Spain to British tourists this week, I'm wondering if the Spanish government are going to withdraw this due to the Indian variant currently spreading through the UK. France, Germany and Austria have now brought in measures for British visitors such as compulsory quarantines on arrivals. I understand other counties are also considering crackdowns.
Though not thru Pakistan, Bangladesh and China.....
Like most things in Portugal compared to Spain an MOT is a piece of cake with centres everywhere run by the government. You can book an appointment and it costs around 30 euros.
How much informed does one gets when going for VAX? The list of all the possible health problems and % of deaths for each according to age? Or is the information like politicians and mainstream say “97%; 94% effective”? And effective to what? People take more care of their car than their body, it’s absolutely crazy for an illness with 99,97 % survival.
I thought that a pillar of the EU was freedom of movement, not 'Where are your papers?'. Now the Soviet internal passport system has been reintroduced a few hundred miles further west.
Technocracy and wannabe communists.
They are bringing in the Chinese social credit score ,been in China since 2009.
How many people in that spike in Andalusia were vaccinated I wonder
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I think that all Spanish government institutions should also issue their own certificates, followed by each community administrations etc., etc. Why not? The possibilities are really endless. On the other hand to end all disputes regarding vaccines, I think that the best is Johnson & Gates one. 100% efficiency guaranteed.
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🤔....😂
Are you for real ?
@@tonemc6047 Very much so.😉
Hi Stu, is possible to block racist comments on your site, I notice a few already, have a good one mate, thanks for your updates
Lot of work monitoring comments. However most people recognise that racists are dickheads 😊
You had your hair cropped
Digital Health Certificate? - Bye bye privacy and freedoms, Hello government tyranny.
What was it that Orwell wrote about government over reach: “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stomping on a human face forever.”
Lucky for me I don't own a phone, just a desktop pc I can't carry around.
Don't you forget that those swabs to test for covid carry your DNA which is obviously linked to your name and address
For all we know they could covertly be recording everyone's dna data
@@javibarcenas5661 That's why I refuse to take a test. Besides the CV19 is a lie: it's transmitted like the flu, it has symptoms of the flu, the same statistical people get this new variant of the flu seriously and die just like the flu, in fact in some countries more people were dying of the flu in previous years than this CV19.
Do you want to know what a pandemic is: The Florence Inferno of 1348's black death plague- 1/3 of the population dying in a 3 to 4 month period.
CV19 has an average of 99.97 survival rate.
France now restricting people from the UK entering their country unless you are a French resident or citizen. Due to the increase in the UK of the new "Indian" variant.
What bollocks. Uk had 0 deaths the other day. We’re in a much better position than france
Stuart, your video's last approximately 14 minutes, Is that because you cant keep your face straight any longer in anticipation of the daft comments which will soon follow. Keep up the good work. 😂
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No he keeps a straight face rather than laughing at all the Covid BS, to make sure he does not get thrown off RUclips for telling the truth.
So the Kennkarte returns to mainland Europe after 76 years....
if you want to see the rise of Nazism again in europe you need to look much closer to home in little england
The EU won't get diddly squat, it never wins its lawsuits and the AZ delays were caused by the EU's own incompetence, the EU really are chancers when its comes to things like this.
AZ have given this a pretty much cost price and the EU attempt to screw then over, AZ should just pull out of the deal entirely.
The only thing the “elites” in Brussels care about is MONEY🤮
Hahahahaha...another deluded brexiteer living in a parallel world to the real one
The people who were turned away at EMA because they could not prove that they were eligible to enter Spain as residents / owners etc and not visiting for tourism. They made a big stink about blaming everyone but themselves - they received an email from the airline instructing them to check Spains entry policy at that time and they chose not to. This is not confusing or complicated it is quite clear and common sense - they simply acted like typical stupid joe public and chose not to.
That was before spain allowed tourists from UK.
Travel is a 2 way thing. Both exit and enrty requirements can be different.
Its overlooked because people were used to just popping on a plane .
Hahahaha! And HOW do you think you can make AstraZenica pay this exactly? UK is not in the EU. AstraZenica is a UK company. Jog on mate.
jog along yourself and learn something about international trade before making stupid comments
What an ignorant comment obviously from an ignorant brexiteer with a school boy mentality.
Think for a minute before you post your infantile comments, if that was the case companies around the world could breach contract without repercussions on their trade contracts which obviously is not the case
Thanks Stu great views every day
Digital health passports. Who knew?
The tin foil hat wearing Conspiracy theorists deserve a full apology at this point.
No they don't. They still haven't proven that Bill Gates and George Soros created the virus and that the vaccines and the masks kill more people than the vaccines. I will never let those people off the hook. They have done a lot of damage in the struggle to control the virus.
Not only for this but also many other things that were regarded before as a conspiracy theories.
Agreed, it's only going to get worse ☹️
On Delta Airways USA they are not permitting people who have been vaccinated to fly. The reason is flying is dangerous to those with blood clotting issues. The shots have adverse effects and one of them is blood clotting.
Check it out!
@@gillianmason4198 I did check it out by looking at the Delta Airlines website and news hub and what you say is absolutely not the case. If anything Delta regards vaccines as the key to restoring travel!
Stu: Does the vaccine certification apply to young people or only Adults? Friends traveling to Córdoba in July. Dave
You are really going to inject your children with an experimental ,synthetic gene therapy with nano technology?
No chance in a law court of that happening The EU contract only stated best effort Apart from which are the EU even using AZ
So the EU plans to sue AZ out of existence, that’s a great reward for the company that decided to produce vaccine at cost. The UK didn’t receive 5 million doses from India six weeks ago, no sign of their Government looking to sue India. Maybe if the EU had invested a little more, for example in the French designed vaccine, there would be more vaccines for everyone.