All the details you’ll need for the upcoming Barcelona Grand Prix.
By your roving reporter – Penelope Pitstop
http://www.spain-holiday.com/blog/barcelona-the-spanish-grand-prix.php
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Tough at the Top
Lonely too, it seems. King Juan Carlos close to abdication?
A quick reblog…
This year, Semana Santa here in Seville was, yet again, adversely affected by the weather.
The processions which fill the city with statues, hooded penitents, incense, and devotion during Holy Week, were curtailed by rain, as so often happens – some vicious downpours which caused pasos (floats) to hurriedly leave their set route and seek shelter in the nearest church. The co-ordination needed for up to nine processions making their way through the city’s narrow streets at the same time, and then making unscheduled stops to avoid their figures being damaged by moisture (one Jesus was even seen sporting a raincoat), must be incredibly complicated.
The high point of the week, for many, is La Madruga’, when (arguably) the most important hermandades El Silencio, Jesus del Gran Poder, La Esperanza of Triana and La Macarena, come out on early Friday morning. This year, their return to their temples was affected…
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Testing Times
From our Spain Buddy, an interesting article for foreigners in Spain
http://www.spainbuddy.com/spanish-tests-for-extranjeros/?fb_source=pubv1
Spain Matters 