What is “El Gordo”? As a misconception in many non-Spanish speaking countries people often assume that the term El Gordo is specific for the Christmas Lottery. Some even think that El Gordo is in fact the name of the lottery. However, the real meaning of El Gordo is simply “the first prize” (literally “the fat one” or more accurately “the big…
DAY OF CELEBRATION The Wine Fight takes place on the 29th of June each year in La Rioja, Spain. THE WINE FIGHT HISTORY The Wine Fight takes place on the outskirts of Haro, a small wine-producing town that is one of the most important in Spain’s La Rioja region. La Rioja is world famous for…
Learning Spanish from telenovelas My journey learning Spanish started almost 10 years ago when I started watching telenovelas almost every day before bed time. It started as a curiosity and it ended up as a passion for learning more and more. Every time I watched the telenovelas I could not miss the resemblance between my…
The Day of the Region of Valencia is celebrated on October 9th (Día de la Comunidad Valenciana). This day, Valencian celebrate the entry of King James I The Conqueror in the Valencia city, who conquered the city of Valencia from Moorish forces in 1238, ending the reign of the Arab King Abdul Djumay. It is…
We are now in October, and that means that many of us are now back at school, work and university. However, like myself, if you’ve just graduated, this could be a new chapter for you which you’ve not found yourself in before. Having always had the routine of education in September through to July, it…
