On 26-6-2016 14:19, Doctor John wrote:
> On 26/06/16 07:45, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> On 25-6-2016 20:25, Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
>>> El 25/06/16 a las 13:30, Thomas de Groot escribió:
>>>> That too indeed. 'Vino de Jumilla' was the local wine (3 pesetas the
>>>> glass). The brandy... no. That was awful.
>>>>
>>>
>>>   3 pesetas? ...that must have been before I had the legal age to drink.
>>> I'm not sure I was even born when wine was so cheap...
>>>
>>
>> End 60's early 70's and not on the coast or in the cities obviously but
>> in the small villages in the Province of Murcia. The quality of the wine
>> was not, hm, something to remember, but it was the cheapest. Better (for
>> your guts) was to drink wine at 5 to 10 pesetas the glass.
>>
>
> Ah yes. The price range compares favourably with that in the White
> Mountains in Crete at the same time.
>
> John (remembering his impoverished student days)
>

And probably you remember how small the glasses were, compared to the 
fish bowls you are presented with nowadays (only partly filled) 
supposedly to keep the /aroma/! Bunch of snobs!

Fortunately, were where /there/ for a reason and so we had a financial 
subsidy from the university to help us empty the local bottles :-)

-- 
Thomas

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