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Barca vs Madrid round 3!

by Lindsay Cook on 4/27/2011 2:52:31 PM

This April the Spanish football teams F.C. Barcelona and Real Madrid have come head to head. Twice. Once was during the league match, La Liga held in Madrid, and the other in the Copa del Rey held in Valencia.… more »

'I Need Spain' FREE iPad application to promote tourism in Spain

by Kimberly on 4/26/2011 2:11:06 PM

Juan Guerrero Righetto, director of marketing at Segittur (State Society for the Management and Innovation of Touristic Technology) wanted to create a social application and opted for presenting it during the AppDate… more »

Bargains in Spain!

by Lindsay Cook on 4/25/2011

According to research done by the Post Office Travel Money organisation Spain is one of the cheapest places to go on holiday this summer!They worked out how much 10 common holiday items would cost in various places… more »

Semana Santa Processions in Salamanca

by Lindsay Cook on 4/20/2011 10:24:06 AM

This week the Semana Santa celebrations have begun throughout Spain.  Semana Santa or holy week is the week before Easter.The most famous celebrations of Semana Santa occur in Seville in the South of Spain.… more »

Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz on stage with Prince

by Kimberly on 4/19/2011

The most famous Spaniards in the world keep making headlines in the US.  On the 14th of April in California, where the family currently resides, they showed off their rock-n-roll moves on stage with the artist Prince… more »

Shakira, Schools, Solidarity and the Bare Feet Foundation

by Kimberly on 4/13/2011

Isabel Cristina Mebarak, a.k.a Shakira, doesn’t miss a detail when it comes to the public mega-schools she has been donating to her country over the last 7 years.  Regardless of her tight schedule during her… more »

Do Spaniards still sleep a Siesta?

by Lindsay Cook on 4/12/2011

Here in Spain the weather is starting to warm up which is lovely! Whilst traditionally the Spanish people would take a siesta after their lunch in the middle of the afternoon to relax a little and avoid the hottest… more »

Major April Clashes between Giant Rivals Barça and Madrid

by Kimberly on 4/11/2011

Spanish football (soccer) giants and arch rivals Real Madrid and FC Barcelona may face each other up to 4 times in just 15 days in April marking a historic and tense month of soccer confrontations.This makes April a… more »

Penelope Cruz among the stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

by Lindsay Cook on 4/6/2011 9:29:41 AM

Penelope Cruz is the first Spanish actress to have her name on one of the Hollywood stars in Los Angeles.Her star is number 2, 436 and is located just in front of the Capitan Theatre. The fact that Penelope has a… more »

Seville

by Lindsay Cook on 4/4/2011 1:19:39 PM

Last weekend I visited Seville in the south of Spain. The city was beautiful not just to look at, but also because of the relaxed atmosphere and smell of orange blossom which lingered throughout the streets.We… more »