The beginning Now over two years ago, I still remember the moment that I left my hometown to come and live in London. My excuse for moving? To learn English, a language much appreciated and used all over the world. Two years since, and my English is good – but I have stayed in the…
La Tomatina en Buñol La Tomatina is a famous festival in Spain that is held in the Valencian town of Buñol, a town located in the East of Spain. It is approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the Mediterranean sea. At this festival participants throw tomatoes and get involved in this tomato fight for an…
You did it! First of all, congratulations to ALL of you receiving results today. I am sure you will have all done well, and here at Spanish Express we are very proud of our A Level students. Whichever path you take from now on, it is a new chapter and there are some very important…
¿Alguna vez habéis escuchado a un español decir algo “raro” y no habéis entendido qué significa? Como podréis comprobar, los animales en general, son los grandes protagonistas de muchas de las expresiones que los españoles utilizamos a diario. Y bueno, después de haber tratado con los cerdos, ahora le toca el turno a las cabras….
If you have never been to the Flower Market in Columbia Road you cannot call yourself a Londoner. Today I am going to speak about one of favourite parts of London. Columbia Road is a tiny and narrow street in east London, is located between Shoreditch and Bethnal Green and it´s really well known…
For the best part of 8 years I have been a language student, and I have always tried to find new ways to practise Spanish and improve my skills. For me, I find that cinema and films have helped a lot because they demonstrate different scenarios, accents and characters. I found it so useful to…
Hacer el agosto Hacer el agosto es, en pocas palabras, enriquecerse mucho en un momento determinado y preciso, y no necesariamente durante el mes de agosto. Las tiendas de juguetes, por ejemplo, hacen su agosto en Navidad, ya que es la época del año que más venden. Lo mismo ocurre con las tiendas de turrones,…
In today’s post we are going to speak about that great moment of the day called Aperitivo. I am sure that most of you think you know what aperitivo is, but I have to say that you are probably wrong! I am not speaking about the Italian aperitivo with Aperol. When I am speaking about…
This burst of heat we have seen over the past few weeks has had me thinking about my time in Spain as an Erasmus student, and missing it dearly. Whilst being in a stuffy classroom in the hot spring was not always the best experience, popping to the local bars after class for an ice…
