Joaquin Sorrollas´paintings come to life
We had a wonderful experience the other night at the Palacio de Festivales (Performing Arts Center) in Santander watching the …
Category Archives: S-paña Stuff
Chestnut Season: Castañas y La Magosta
It is that time of the year in Northern Spain. Chestnut season. Throughout Northern Spain folks head to the forests …
Intrepid Fall Foodie Fun
Are you a “foodie”? Just what makes you one? If you´re not sure check out Wikipedia’s definition here. Are you …
Spain´s Best Bike Ride: La Vuelta Races Cantabria
The riders in Spain´s premier cycling race enjoyed one hell of a ride today…hope they had time to enjoy the …
Popping questions not cherries…Valle del Jerte
…questions in my mouth as opposed to cherries that is. Caveat: This post is not about losing ones virginity, just …
If you build it, they won´t come (in): Avila
One of the great things of living in Spain is you can hop from province to province and take in …
American dad, chubby Dutchman, bitchy Canadian, Irish poet…”The Way”
What do the following have in common? A: An American father that has lost his only son B: An overweight hash smoking …
Spanish Wine Labels – Did you know?
A little help for those of you that consume Spanish wine and aren´t sure exactly what all that information on the …
La Vijanera: Spain´s first carnaval of the year
In the small village of Silio in Cantabria, the villagers rang in the new year today by celebrating the first carnaval of …
Holy Crap! Spanish Nativity’s most interesting character: el cagón (the crapper)
Yes, you read that right…the crapper. Let me explain before you get the wrong impression. Let’s start out with …
