Travel safe with the 365 year insurance coverage RACC in Spain

The RACC is the largest car club in Spain and has positioned itself as the leader in the field of mobility. It currently has over 1,000,000 members. He specializes in mechanical assistance and emergency health personnel, and also is the first insurance broker in Spain in the auto sector.

With RACC travel insurance, you will have the best plan for your trips. An efficient team of experts is at your disposal 365 days a year for 24 hours to resolve any problems that may arise during your travels.

When hiring RACC travel insurance, you and your family can travel anywhere in the world without worrying about anything (they will all be covered even if not traveling together). Be assisted at any point in Spain, Europe and countries of the Mediterranean coast, 365 days a year. Then we will know the extent of coverage of RACC travel insurance:


-Roadside Assistance 24 Hours: Emergency repairs on the same site of the breakdown or incident that prevents starting the vehicle and continue driving. Trailer, unlimited amount, to the grantee beneficiary trust mark for serious damage. Accommodation expenses until the car is repaired or transfer of the partner and the other occupants to their homes. Location and delivery of spare parts to the workshop where the vehicle is damaged.

Legal assistance to the driver-24 hours: Legal and rights of the partner to any incident related to the ownership or driving.

Fine-Resources: Advising on all the situations concerning the license for points. Fines in cases of withdrawal of driving license, including the management of applications for deferral of removal from the card to readjust to the needs of the partner. Study the feasibility of appeal against any fines related to traffic.

Prevention services in-vehicle safety: Includes all services of vehicle tuning (review free Rodi centers of Catalonia, free review of the wheels, etc.)

But these are just some of the items that are covered by the cover, through the RACC web site you will know more details.

Remember: If you're a member now receive the RACC as a charming gift of 20 pieces tableware made of ceramics (dishwasher safe) including 4 sets of 5 pieces each: dinner plate, bowl, dessert plate, cup and saucer coffee.

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Travel Insurance Spain

When planning a trip one of the important things is the subject of insurance. It is a topic a bit tedious but can save us from a difficult situation and economically dangerous.

The first thing you need to know are the types of insurance that exist and which parts of our trip will be covered.

-Travel insurance. It is generally associated with airline ticket.

If we manage ourselves buying the tickets will have the option to check the box accepting travel insurance. This covers the delays, cancellations or changes on our ticket.

If instead delegate to a travel agency to manage the trip, then we know that generally already provide insurance minimum coverage, but are often too basic. We specify that we want one more track.


The basic insurance coverage to offer such specific situations. One is the overbooking of flights. Keep in mind that the allowances vary depending on the price paid for the ticket. Insurance may cover (according to the fine print) alternatives to reach the destination, the return of the ticket price or a change of travel date.

-Health insurance. These are related to medical problems and / or physical accidents.

The first is to consider the fate and activity performed. If we travel abroad should be informed about the coverage and effectiveness of public health systems of countries of destination. If we travel within the member countries of the European Union, health care will be covered by public health services. For that we must deal with the EHIC before leaving Spain (pending in the health centers and removed at the time).

The activity to perform is crucial, since it is not the same go to Thailand for some sun, so that insurance will cover any incidents burn and attendance at a medical center, to go and climb Everest. Obviously the safety for a climber is much more specific and more expensive, and doing extreme sports accidents will not be covered by normal health insurance.

* It is also advisable to seek advice in a medical center outside of the required vaccines for travel to certain countries.

-Cancellation Insurance. When we manage a trip well in advance is advisable to hire a cancellation insurance to avoid major problems if they suffer an unexpected lead us to cancel or modify the trip. In this case it should be noted that the nullification or cancellation insurance ends when you start the journey and does not cover other possible effects during therapy.

"Special Insurance. The offer travel insurance in general has greatly diversified. In the market there are options for all tastes and needs: special coverage for luggage, private liability, insurance for those traveling for skiing, golf, diving, for those who conduct a fishing trip, trekking, climbing or even for ranging from hunting or safari.

There are also policies for groups of elderly or disabled passengers with broader coverage than the normal insurance.

If you want to save time and headaches, think about your real needs and study the travel insurance available. Consider traveling with coverage can lead to great savings in money in a case of necessity.

One last tip: remember to read the fine print and find out what insurance covering each, to me has happened several times to think that insurance covered me one thing but the end for not meeting certain requirements will not cover anything. For example, once paid a ticket exchange insurance or cancellation. The ticket was round trip, I spent the first leg and then wanted to change the date of return. As it turns out that having spent the trip was canceled insurance because I pretty mosque.

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Best Albums of 2009

I think it's time to end this TOP 20 of the best albums of 2009, I repeat, this list are the Top 20 albums by YO! and which were published from January to December, I'm just considering the artists of Latin America and Spain regardless of language, those who want a list of albums in English only come around on request!

And not to write much started:!


10) Omar Rodriguez Lopez-Solar Gambling

I had already commented on the position 16 that Omar had 6 discs released this year and 3 of them accompanied by Ximena Sariñana, Solar Gambling his latest album so far has that Xenophanes did not, Xenophanes was an album that felt the merger of Omar and Ximena however this can feel a Ximena Sariñana with more freedom in the songs pop style with simple touches of jazz and simplicity that identifies it, just have to fasten their seat belts and take a tour of Solar Gambling, starting with "Locomotion Hair" to continue "with Lime Flowers" had appeared both in "Dreams of a liver," then enter "Fang Gelding" an instrumental 2:27 min which leads into "The vulture Friendly Bit Me" "Poincare," another instrumental "The Tentacles of the dragonfly," "Honey eye", "Lorentz also instrumental, and" Gama Basque "another song that will note the convenience of Ximena, as I said Xenophanes simpler than in This record is a very noticeable presence of Omar (this time without singing). You can hear the songs I Picó A Kind Vulture and Basque Da Gama.

9) Los Amigos Invisibles-Commercial

If they want to dance! Los Amigos Invisibles is the band to do it!, Commercial her sixth studio album has that mix of funk, acid jazz and disco that has become famous for Amigos Invisibles, commercial opens with "force" a typical radio ad that gives us a track of things to come ringing across the disk, is "a lie" the first "single" a song that sticks in our mouths again and again, then go to one of the best songs "I'll live for you" in the company of Natalia Lafourcade, still "wet dream" and then enter "Loco por tu amor" a song to the beat of soca, "Burundanga" typical interlude that loves the Invisibles a "jamming" from corduroy, "Plastic Woman" in the company of C-funk (the Tits), "In Love With U" a little song completely in English to be chillin lounge and rest their feet, "Romantic Palman Izumo" an interesting business hehehe, the simple "How do you know to move on to" Killa Merengue (merengue killer) another interlude a kind of meringue and electronics. "Dubi Dubi" I would say a commercial but like Dub, "Listen to me Baby" accompanied by vocalist Argenis Brito Mr. Coconut, to stay with "Sweet" in collaboration with Jorge Gonzalez former Los Prisioneros a legend of rock in Spanish, for then close to the rhythm of Samba and Batucada with "It's the truth," I think the disc with more collaborations in the history of Los Amigos Invisibles, a sample: Lie

8) Pumuky "The woods on fire

after reading a blog of music from Spain I came across this record, was the first time I heard this band, and I woke up in my very keen to continue listening, The forest burning a disc with magic, where the letters actually music is poetry and they make love to your ears, with just seeing the layout of your home and stay with interest to hear, then you come and put the disc and listen to "The Unnamable" For me the best intro to an album as this, an instrumental song near the end where you hear the words ... I will follow you wherever you go, I'll ... I gave up my name for you .. to move to songs like "If I disappear", "Your brand," "The Romance of Lev electric Termen and the Diva of Ether," and you get to "The Lover" uff a song to repeat, "Steppenwolf against runaway horses, "Man Burning Forest," "Puzzle" and "The Metamorphosis" a disc from indie folk with very light touches of pop, a discaso diria yo! songs to fly to hard to describe. A sample of Pumuky and El Bosque in Flames Lovers watching the video.

7) Furland-History of Light

To begin I must say that not everything that Pop is bad, and this happens with this record Furland and History of light, a kind of orchestral pop of the British invasion, psychedelic good vibes with a glimmer of South American pop, little sounds calm and sweet, they describe their music as "a walk through a park and at 4 pm, who suddenly begins to cloud and the rainbow comes before rain heavily. He had not heard Furland ever since I heard this disc and have not left my mind, the simplicity of his lyrics and his music creates a magical atmosphere, The disc opens with "Colors, colors, colors" buenisima song to begin the journey toward other lands, followed by "The moon farther away," I want to be a color "one of my favorites," History of Light "instrumentla to give a simple way to" Explorer "," The Moon, The Stars ... "" ... Marsh and Other Creatures "an instrumental, almost magical, does not need anything more to tell the story that way with sounds," Bip Trip ", a" Brevisima Eternity "to end with" Astrorey "(King Astronaut) can listen to the boys Furland on their MySpace.

6-Gustavo Cerati-Natural Force

We all understand that overcome previous work that was Magnifico is difficult, I think NOT cerati with natural forces than "Ahi vamos" of it going to be safe, but creates a good disc, full of surprises, testing, and letters such as those Cerati and he usually does, a whole disk. the sixth album by the same Cerati and fastest in his career, the album takes you on a journey in every song, starting with "Force of Nature ', the perfect match to open the disc, follow" Deja Vu "that for my personal opinion is not as good as many within the disc, the follow arrives Magic, and follows "Love without Rodeo, where folk are a little note and half folk following this wave enters" treason without detour " "Disaster" is a quiet song, less electronics and then is followed by "Rapture" the opposite of the above, sounds like some band-indie electropop that invites us to enjoy it, "Cactus" by studying the other disks we Cerati that this love this kind of deep songs that qualify as being mounted with double meaning Andean sounds, "Still Life" another simple song, good chorus, quiet worse, "Domino" totally electronic and dance, for me a big hit for tracks dance, then lower the intensities with "Sal" a magic song, slow but not simple, "Convoy" again went through some folk, acoustic to pass "I saw Lucy," a song that for many has to do The Beatles, letters "flying", the use of choirs means "Gospel", a perfect ending with trumpets ... but could not close the disc as well as easy so adding "#" (Number) a bonus track but very easy magic. can see videos of Deja Vu and Rapture.

5) Pedropiedra-Pedropiedra

This year I think I have heard many new things, new rhythms, new projects, interesting lyrics rich musical offerings, rich in music, and going into the last 5 albums, has a special position Pedropiedra!, Pedropiedra explores a decent pop though view of many colors are left glistening rock touches, 13 songs that leave you asking for more at the end of the album, "Asleep Intelligence" one of my favorite songs is the perfect example of when the complexity and simplicity make love, it is difficult to describe song by song, because each is a different feeling, a new feeling, songs like "Girls want ...", "El Vacilon", "Until the End", "If we are savages" some of my other favorite for the depth and simplicity of letters, "G major" The first song I knew as Pedropiedra was like love at first listen, then follow "History of Terror", "The Ring" a perfect song to listen day after day to understand what life "My Mama" "ayayayay" among others make this album an incredible experience! can see video of Asleep Intelligence and the girls want to ...

4) Wild Honey-Epic Handshakes and a Bear Hug

When I see a new disc before buying it, download it or whatever, I look at the cover, yes, I am among those who fall in love with the album covers before hearing them, and believe me I caught this, and when I first heard I once had to listen 3 times, not because they did not understand, but because they fell in love my ears sound not think it was a Spanish band, the disc is in English but still it is so understandable that not need to read the lyrics of their songs, trumpets, ukulele, keyboards, whistles, handclaps, xylophone, maracas and other instruments are felt in the songs of Wild Honey, a disc for my cute, short songs (none come to 3 minutes) and let yourself discover Epic magic Handshakes And A Bear Hug can download the album from the official page! Wild Honey-Epic Handshakes and Bear hug.

3) John Son-Mermaid Sashimi

I remember the first time you hear John Son, was the band's vocalist Porter Mexican band that caught my attention for its experimental sound and voice of their vocalist, but that time has passed, the career of John are as soloist began with Mermaid Sashimi good standing and all magic is a disc, the mixture of reality and fantasy, whispers, shouts of John are creating an incredible atmosphere, is a sound that has no category, are sounds of jazz, electronic, acoustic, finally an entire musical magic, I can say about songs like "Nothing", "Mermaid Sashimi", "Goldfish", "Captain Whirlpool" among other songs are not out of my head, with hopes that the next album will continue to have success and magic again!. Nothing can listen to songs and Mermaid Sashimi.

2) Natalia Lafourcade "Hu hu hu

A half year had said he had two albums that should be number one, but reaching the end I had to decide which would be number one and which number two. After doing an instrumental album and Symphony as "The 4 Seasons of Love" I think Hu Hu Hu was what followed!, There is magic in this production!, Is Natalia has grown musically, which went from albums such as "" Natalia Lafourcade and "House" to do something more concrete, a little more adult, but more difficult, and yet simple lyrics complex new melodies for the ears, Natalia Lafourcade Same instruments that help the album Unplugged de Julieta Venegas, La Natalia that sound was looking to Japan and Canada, Natalia blending sounds, such as Natalia angeles.Empezando singing melodies with kitschy, where the music tells us that is what we'll be listening this time, "You did not come" ( one of my favorites), "always in a hurry", "Time to Wind", "Let's Get Out" (the first in English on this album) "Hu Hu Hu" in collaboration with Julieta Venegas, "She is Beautiful" song of simple lyrics and catchy pop cuts, "Child Leaves", "Running Too Fast" (second song in English) "Blue" (magnificent!) changes of this song, the depth of the lyrics, "Time to share" , "A Place To Rebirth", to end with "Look Outside" with a "cameo" music of John where his whispers They are recognizable by heard! and his voice is confused with Natalia! a sample of what I say she's pretty, kitschy and Blue Melodias.

1) Hello Seahorse! - Beast

If a disc that has not stopped ringing in my itunes that is Beast Hello Seahorse!, A record that can be described as a mixture of feelings and sensations, Beast is a dark and light disc at the same time is a very artistic mix between eletropop, Shoegaze, Synthpop and post-rock. Beast is a masterpiece not only in the disk is there to do the videos for it that goes beyond that.

Hello Seahorse! has power, strength, has youth, is a band that begins to make history, magical voice Blondo What creates a magical atmosphere and energy of their peers and Bonnz Net Gold! make this band one of the best this year, with issues that make the head fly, opening Beast which was their first single, a brutal intro literally, with animal sounds to open the item, a song you spread the power to take the disc in then following with another song Criminal going to stay in your subconscious Wednesday, Polar Bear, The second, Siberia with the help of Chet Baker (ex-zurdok), then another super hit! I remember, the sky is falling and closing with universe 2.

as I said that beast goes beyond the disk invite you to watch videos Criminal, Then and Beast.

I hope you liked my Top 20! and na 'do not know if any of these bands and none of these discs invite you to seek and listen to them because they are very good!

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The hypocrisy of the King of Spain, Don Juan Carlos I

It seems like yesterday when in this section, two weeks after the birth of The Shaker Radio Blog, expressing concern over the King of Spain, Don Juan Carlos I, in turn because he was concerned about Spain, for the millions of unemployed (over one million less than today) living in Spain. On that Christmas Eve of 2008 the King made us mourn with her speech, written by himself to computer or by hand with his own handwriting, which was so close to the Spanish citizenship appeared to be a citizen. Yesterday, a year after showing so much concern that barely understand him when talking about the difficulty of expressing thinking of passing bad Spanish goals, our king again approached, one more year to his beloved people.


Citizens who are faring badly. And all because of the bankers, business leaders, politicians, snow, from the citizens themselves who embark on the adventure of traveling by road for Christmas (seen as seen with the airlines is almost better to travel Peru into the car, somehow should be) and many other things that make each passing year in a bloody year for Spanish citizens who suffer (for foreign citizens to address the Kings of their countries, and if they are not citizens of republics and monarchies that God take confessed). In Spain we are fortunate to have a ruler glued to reality, clinging to the Spanish, so close that we often have to tell the king he goes to La Zarzuela because overwhelms us so much stick. Some use the glue to sniff, but His Majesty is used to stick to us. So kind and compassionate is that when traveling abroad with tax money (which also comes off) does the same as in Spain: it sticks to the citizens of those countries, and sometimes I shut the presidents of the States because they let you listen to the voices of citizens.

It is written like an unwritten law (ironic but true, amazing but true) that the Kings should be tied to the reality of the citizens of the states of which are heads. A Head of State is not just a job, not just a symbol, not just a responsibility to the citizens of each state, every country and every nation. When the King as Head of State with more reasons their social position is more important than the head of state in a republic. Firstly because the Royal Family do not know how they make do (apart from very unprotected sex) are much more numerous than the families of the Heads of State in the republics. The King Juan Carlos is the head of a large family, why it is exempt from indirect taxes, as everyone knows. But it also is a king who not only due to his family, but is due to all Spanish citizens. Why worry so much and shows his fear into every Christmas speech. It is a monarch as God commands (if also as Francisco Franco ordered that Franco in Spain is as important or even more than God himself, to make them both Masses in his honor), a hearty monarch, the monarch Republican we've ever had in Spain.

A monarch who said many very wise words during his traditional Christmas speech. Words are not going to play here because the interest is more on people read between the lines to know every word with complete accuracy what the king said (besides, who wants to know you can enter the digital editions of the media and download the document with the full speech). And for that we're here to get between the lines of the most important of the whole speech. Not that the King wants Spain to overcome the crisis with the cooperation of everyone, not the king say that we will have a sense of state (both government and opposition), not even the new decor and staging that has given a modern unheard discourse (it seemed to come from the future, including laser swords, but since they are the future lightsabers were invisible and therefore not seen). No, the most important is related to the reactions of the PP and PSOE King's speech: both political parties have concluded that the King Don Juan Carlos I, is glued to the reality and the Spanish.

So close to overwhelming, as we said before. Afflicts far more than the Catalans to the rest of Spanish, Basque and more after the speech he could see by the second public television station in the Basque Country, ETB-2. Overwhelms even the deaf, which this year have seen the speech translated into sign language on the website of Spanish TV. But we must realize, we Madrid or Catalonia, Extremadura and the Basque Country, deaf or blind, rich or poor, republican or monarchical, the king oppresses us, yes, we both stick to. But it does so with the same affection that a father overwhelmed her daughter to be showing cleavage and leg at a party with his friends because we are oppressed because she loves us and wants us not throw out the first Musculito we meet at the party and slobber us with two beautiful words (the Musculito can not give more of herself) and we get drunk with a few beers in bottle. The King is like the father worried that his daughter has become a good aunt to all the guys want to get to the bottom. And we understand, but men do not like the pestering of the father who let his daughter should have fun with whoever wants to can be with us than with others.

The King Juan Carlos is a good-natured father, a piece of bread, when the Spanish suffering suffers, who cries when the Spanish cry, when the Spanish jumping jump, and that is impoverished when ... well, the King is impoverished because has secured its portion of the taxes of citizens, but if the Constitution does not protect both the Royal Family, be sure that the King will also be impoverished with the rest of Spanish. What happens is that if the Constitution assures the Spanish royal family from an income tax, the king can not act outside the Constitution, can not bypass the law of laws, can not commit a crime and give up their salary and all his family. Less now that one of his daughters are divorced and want to have to pay the nullity of marriage and more kilos and kilos of chocolate ice cream they are getting into the Infanta Elena under his belt to forget the great love of his life. All that money to pay for ice cream or marriage annulment has to go somewhere, and as King is concerned with both the Spanish and urges all push the car out of the crisis, what unless leave to continue sucking the bottle of taxes? We will not be such bastards citizens and will not be required to work, and a man of his age, who has spent his entire working life and is now in retirement, rather quiet going skiing in winter, summer sailing , traveling with Real Inserso throughout the year ...

We can not be so bad people with a King who would give their lives for Spain, he would donate all his salary in full, and force the rest of the royal family to donate theirs to assist financially in the restoration of the Spanish economy, dividing those millions euros between all citizens, giving back the money collected in taxes. I would, but is that the Constitution does not permit it, passing it the same as the Catalan independence: not to burn your own photos, none of this is that it has filed an appeal to the Constitutional Court to let them return money to the Spanish but the TC is still wandering about the constitutionality of the proposed Don Juan Carlos I. And our king has lots of patience, this resource is presented in 1988 to help the homeless, but it's been almost 22 years and the TC is wandering. And finally the King's patience is exhausted, and that King has had much power in Spain by the grace of Franco, and as I touched his balls here we return to the past with a King with more power that a democracy should allow, even for a good cause: that King can return the money to Spanish citizens who have traveled a lot and have enough savings to afford to be a couple of years without a salary.

This paste is the king of Spanish citizenship, to the reality that impoverishes the poorest and that enriches the bankers, who obviously do not need money but since you do not win you are having asci, right? And the major parties know this and support this speech of the King (written by himself, a couple of years he studied a course in typing and since then it happens every day working on the principles according to which every Christmas speech ). For something are the two most-voted party, the PSOE and the PP, for something are the ones who cut the cod. Can you imagine that the two major parties did not support the King's speech and criticized him of lies and hypocrisy to worry about the citizens and its economy so quiet while he lives at the expense of the Spanish, gaining millions of euros that would be more useful in the pockets of citizens in the Royal Family? Oh, that would be a reaction too good to be true, so the harsh reality is that PP and PSOE supported the speech word for word from Don Juan Carlos I, and praised the smooth running of our monarch glue that keeps it well glued to the reality and the Spanish.

Because although it seems that is farthest from citizens and who live even better than the politicians, who already are in very bad place for Spanish citizens, as the journalist Fernando Ónega in his latest opinion article in the Vanguard King is more than well glued to the Spanish reality, thanks to a super glue whose name is unknown but the results are absolutely undeniable. A beautiful love story between King of Spain, Don Juan Carlos I, and the glue that keeps it glued to reality, as they say the PP and the PSOE after the speech yesterday.

Thank you, dear King of Spain, to use that glue. Too bad some of us believe and affirm what you live at our expense and you are a hypocrite, like politicians and Mr. or Mrs. or the lords or ladies you write the speech before Christmas.

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