Car taken away by the Grua (sort of pick up truck)
I had to call at a few places this morning. At my last call I went onto the quite small public car park, there were plenty of spaces. As I was returning to the car an English man came to me and asked if I spoke English. Having told him yes, he then said his car had been stolen and a sticker with a telephone number put where his car was, could I phone the police for him. I asked him where he had parked his car, he showed me.....right across the corner of a main road ! I told him his car hadn't been stolen, the police would have called the Grua to take it away as it was parked illegally and that he would have to go to the main police station in the town about 6 miles away to pay the fine and get his car back.
Oh boy was he hopping up and down furious ! "How can they do this, I'm a British tourist?". Obviously he thinks British tourists have immunity to Spanish law. I'm sure double yellow lines are not peculiar to Spain, and the majority of road signs are in English. I couldn't phone the number for him, I had no phone with me, and quite frankly I wouldn't have done so anyway, he was quite obnoxious. This cheeky man then asked if I would take him to the police station, I told him no. Cheek of the man, I told him to get a taxi, there were plenty of them. Whether he did I don't know, I left him standing fuming, no doubt he went to find someone else who spoke English.