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…
¿Por qué sudamos como cerdos? En español, hay muchas expresiones, frases hechas, dichos y refranes que hablan de animales. ¿Sabíais que esta expresión, comúnmente usada en verano, en España, y ahora mismo también en Inglaterra (porque las temperaturas han alcanzado los 37 grados en Londres), no se refiere al animal? Mucha gente usa la expresión “sudar como un…
Today we are going to dedicate this post to speak about the two Hipster neighbourhoods both in London and Madrid. When we speak about hipsters we think about long beards, specs and vintage clothes. Nowadays the hipster style is a whole lifestyle incorporated into neighbourhoods. Clothes, barbershops, bars, restaurants and music define this wave that inhabit main neighbourhoods Brick…
