...mmmm,... somebody asked about my kilted experiences here?, well,... one was just at coming back from Glasgow las easter, and the others have been mainly going for lunch at some english friends houses (with my Celtics F.C. T-shirt as well, of course, although I'm a Valencia C.F. supporter), and, as you can see,... quite intimally! ,...

Spain is a quite difficult place to wear a kilt. Even in USA, Australia, etc,... they have a history and traditions related with or derivated from the British Isles culture, and, of course, from Scotland, Ireland, etc,... but that's not the case for Spain. I'll just put you an example. Over thirty years ago one scot was put in jail for a couple of days just by wearing his kilt in public on a train. Here you can always think about the legend of the existance of any underclothes, but the fact was that. I know that things have changed, but still today, in the deep soul of every spanish, "SPAIN IS SPAIN,... AND THE REST OF THE WORLD IS OUTSIDE!" This means that we are happy to live here, and that we are proud of our culture, traditions, history, etc,... so, anything coming from outside can be accepted just after being massively accepted, not before. I'll try to be one of those advanced ones!.

Another difficult circumstance for me is my job. I spend most of my days outside home working as a salesman all through spain, so I must follow some usual and stereotype dressing rules (Tie and suit) to be accepted by my customers! You can't consider going to visit Sony, Siemens or Magnetti Marelli dressed out of their requeriments! :-(

Little by little!!!

T O N O

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"...Sae come aa ye young people, whairever ye're from,
A don't give a damn tae whit place ye belang.
A come fae Argyll in the Heilans sae braw,
bit A ne'er took it ill bein caad Erin-go-Bragh!"
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