15th November 2006
Spaniards seem rarely to need much of a reason for a fiesta or festival of some sort and you can pretty much guarantee that wherever you are in Spain there will be some merrymaking going on somewhere in honour of a patron saint ? I've decided to look at ...
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15th November 2006
On a blisteringly hot day in Malaga in the summer of 2001 whilst away learning Spanish in the Andalusian city, I resolved to see my first bullfight. With my father being a long time Spanish teacher I had often heard about his trips to the bullfight with ...
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13th August 2006
Known locally as "Sanfermines", this raucous festival takes place in the Basque town of Pamplona between July 6 th-14 th in honour of the city's patron saint, San Fermin. It is the most popular and most famous of all Spanish fiestas and is known througho...
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13th August 2006
Salvador Dali was born on March 11, 1904 in Figures in Spain and died on January 23, 1989 in the place of his birth. He was the son of a strict, lawyer father who's heavy handed discipline was balanced with a mother who actively encouraged her sons drawi...
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Mike McDougall has five years experience working as a travel writer and marketeer. He is currently working to provide additional content for Babylon-idiomas, a Spanish language school with an excellent presence in Spain.
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