Sant Jordi: The Catalan Valentine’s Day!
Catalunya has it’s own traditions and it’s own Valentine’s day on the 23rd of April! it’s called Sant Jordi, where the boys give a rose to the girls and girls give a book to the boys. As far as traditions…
Catalunya has it’s own traditions and it’s own Valentine’s day on the 23rd of April! it’s called Sant Jordi, where the boys give a rose to the girls and girls give a book to the boys. As far as traditions…
Everyone’s heard of salsa, bachata or flamenco, right? These latin and Spanish dances are some of the most popular movements in the entire world! It’s popularity in latin countries in addition to the ever-growing fanbase across Europe and North America!…
Spanish winter is fast approaching, and the best way to come to terms with the slight drop in weather is to embrace it! It may be inevitable, yes, but knowing how to do winter in Spain the right way is…
Every last Wednesday of August thousands congregate to the small town of Buñol, Spain to participate in a massive food fight in celebration of absolutely nothing. La Tomatina is special in that it’s one of those rare holidays that has…
Throughout the whole week of Holy Week, also known as Semana Santa there are many religious processions. Hermandades and Cofradias are groups of people based at different churches who organize these processions. The umbrella organization here in Barcelona is the…
Easter week is a time for fun and good food. If you are spending this holiday in Barcelona, you are likely going to want to embrace and try new traditions, such as specific traditional foods. Similarly to Christmas tradition, meat…
If you are here for Easter week, get ready to travel back in time and be swept off your feet by the festivities. Around the world, Easter week is known as Holy Week or Semana Santa. It is a time of celebration of Jesus. To…
In Barcelona, Carnival is the time to celebrate the good things in life before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. Throughout the world, Lent is the period of forty days leading up to Easter, in which Christians abstain from…
Whether you are just learning Spanish or want to learn some key phrases, it is good idea to learn how to tell someone you like them or be able to recognize if someone likes you. If you haven’t noticed already,…
It is not known for sure how the tradition of Carnival began, but some early traditions of the festival are thought to be traced back as far as ancient Rome and Greece. The most popular theory is that Carnival was…