This is probably one of the hardest things to explain to someone from North America who has never lived on a different continent. The concept isn’t entirely spanish, it exists in Morocco and other parts of Europe as well, and the basic premise is getting a message through without paying any money for doing [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Spanish Culture'
Dáme un Toque
November 27th, 2006 · 2 Comments
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¡Sé Bueno!
November 21st, 2006 · 3 Comments
To those of you who do know some spanish, you might be a little confused over the title. The first word sé is normally a form of the word saber which means to know, but in this instance I am using the imperative form of the verb ser which means to be. Be Good! quite [...]
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Spain is Different, my observations
October 26th, 2006 · 3 Comments
A good friend of mine, David Beltra, during his recent travels in the American mid-west, wrote a brief article on the little differences between Spain and North America. Having lived as a North American in Spain for the last six months, I am here to offer my list of things that I find strange and [...]
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All Good Things Begin and End with a Bang
July 3rd, 2006 · 4 Comments
I was not yet asleep late last thursday night when I was suddenly startled by a loud bang, followed by silence, followed by four snappy and progressively louder, earth shattering booms. Surely the end of the world had come. Wait I should start this story from the beginning.
Last Tuesday morning I was walking back [...]
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