acquire than expending a few minutes at the local police station. In fact, as soon as you leave your hotel or pension and take up residence in a house or apartment, you are supposed to register the new address with the police. However, these things are usually handled in a rather lax way. When I first entered Spain I didn't know of this requirement until I'd been living in my own house for nearly four months. So one day I went around to the police and told them I wished to register. They asked me why I had taken so long and I shrugged and told them I didn't know there was such a requirement. So they looked at me for a minute, as though they didn't know what the hell to do, and then shrugged too and listed my name and new address in their books. If you are thinking in terms of retiring permanently in Spain, or even living in the country for several years you might well consider bringing with you a used refrigerator and/or a used butane-gas type stove. These are ultra-expensive in Spain but you are allowed to enter with used ones, tax free, if it is for your own use and not for sale. Other household equipment comes under the same regulations. TRANSPORTATION. Spain is almost as easy and as economical to reach as are England and France, but not quite. All of the great airlines have services between New York and Madrid: TWA, Pan American, BOA, KLM, SABENA and Swissair. At this writing 1st class is $3,500 one way, tourist class, $620.30. In the past couple of years there has been a great increase in the number of travelers who sail directly to Spain when coming to Europe, rather than landing in England or France. In fact, the facilities in Gibralter and Algeciras are currently being strained to accommodate the visitors landing from Italian Line, American Export Lines, Home Lines and a score of other shipping lines ships. The Italian Line ships start at $400 tourist class, New York to Gibralter, in off season. American Export, at $510. You can also get passage by liner or freighter to Malaga, Barcelona, San-tander, Bilbao and Cadiz. Transportation within the country has its grim side. There are
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