Editor’s note: This article was first published in April 2011. Spanish unemployment was approaching 5 million at the time, and the reference to William and Kate’s wedding concerns the British royal wedding of 29 April 2011.
Some of you will have noticed that the blog has been neglected over the past week. Much to my regret, this was because of a minor health problem that kept me in a hospital bed. It was nothing serious, just renal colic (a kidney stone attack), and those of you who have had one will know how unbearable the pain is. You can’t sit or lie down, but you can’t stand either, and there comes a point when the painkillers have no effect at all, so it’s an experience I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. In a nutshell, it’s bloody awful 🙂
I’ve seen that I have a backlog of unanswered comments and messages. I’ll try to reply to each and every one of them over the next few days and get back to our usual pace of articles and tips. I’ll have to catch up on the economy, business and investing, though, since I’ve been out of action all this time, and it’s not just the blog I’ve neglected but my offline businesses too, so I’ve got a good dose of extra work ahead.
The first news I’ve heard is that we’re already approaching 5 million unemployed, and that inflation and the Euribor are taking care of the rest.
Oh, and William and Kate’s wedding 🙂
Anyway, I hope the worst is behind us and we can carry on making plenty of noise.
Thank you very much, and sorry for the absence.
Featured image: Kolforn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
