Pizza always tastes better on mopeds

Here's a "Telemoped" used by "Telepizza" to deliver food.

Here's a "Telemoped" used by "Telepizza" to deliver food.

If you thought being a pizza delivery boy was a bad job in the USA, you should try being one in Spain.  As you can see from the above picture, here pizzas are delivered on “motorized pedicycles” (commonly known in the USA as “mopeds”) instead of being delivered in cars.  Imagine doing that job in the rain.

You know, for as long as I’ve lived in Spain and as many pizzas as I’ve seen delivered, you would think that this would be something “normal” for me by now… but it’s not.   I just can’t help but notice every time I hear the “roaring” sound of a Telepizza moped zigzagging through the busy streets of Burgos at top speed (5 MPH) or whenever I see an unusually large man perched atop an unusually small moped, fulfilling his pizza delivery duty.  It’s just so different to me.   In the USA, pizzas are always delivered by car.  Continue reading this post…

Prime Minister of Spain or British Television Star? You be the judge…

Prime Minister or Comedy Star?  You be the judge...

Prime Minister or Comedy Star? You be the judge...

There is a joke in Spain that says that José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, the current Prime Minister of Spain, looks a lot like Mr. Bean, the ridiculous British comedy character.  I’ve decided to place a little image above to allow you to compare the two.  Zapatero, of course, is on the left and Mr. Bean is on the right.  What do you think?  Continue reading this post…