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Get Your Halloween On – A Barcelona Attraction
People who turn out for Halloween parties in Barcelona go all out, most of them expats desperate to express their Halloween spirit. There was a costume contest, live bands and chaos when I went, and I expect this year will be swell as well.
Lilliput Festival in Barcelona: Oct 12-22, 2011
Festival Lilliput will take over Barcelona from the 12-22 of October 2011!
Photo Sex – The Spanish Culture With Wine
Photo sex gives you vicarious thrills. The sensuousness, sexiness, delight, tastes, and thrill of living with the Spanish culture continues. In this photo essay, your Scoopettes share Autumn pleasures of wine country in Penedes, which is the closest wine region to Barcelona. The cost of wine in Spain? Two euros a glass!
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Posted in BARCELONA & EAST | Also tagged Penedes, Spanish culture, the spain scoop, traveling in spain, wine |
Sunny, Romantic Sitges
Want sun? Sitges, with 300 sunny days a year, is your hot spot. Located a shell’s throw from Barcelona on the Mediterranean Sea, this old fishing village retains its small town ambiance
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Posted in BARCELONA & EAST, MORE SCOOP | Also tagged Beach, carnival, museums, Penedes, RENFE train, Romantic Sitges, SITGES, the spain scoop |
I Left Half My Heart in Oregon
And what if your heart is in two places? Can you love two homes equally and completely? Is this whole train of thought heading straight for an ‘open relationship’ argument? Yikes.
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Posted in BARCELONA & EAST | Also tagged homesick, life in barcelona, oregon, random thoughts on living in spain |
Free, Fun, Fabulous: Barcelona’s Biggest Festival Has Arrived
This week La Mercè festival takes over Barcelona.
Picnic – Food Culture In Spain – Take 2
If you meander by Picnic in the trendy region of El Borne in Barcelona, don't expect to walk in and buy some picnic goodies for the beach. What you will find is different from the typical food culture in Spain. Blends of cultures hit your palate: Chilean, Australian, etc. Picnic is a casual restaurant
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Posted in BARCELONA & EAST | Also tagged barcelona restaurant, blog dog, el bourne, food culture in spain, food news, Picnic, restaurants, trendy |
‘Secrets and Legends’ Tour Rocks in Barcelona!
For instance, did you know that the enormous plaza in front of Barcelona's Cathedral was once filled with homes and streets? You'd never know it now, but the Cathedral was hidden behind blocks of buildings until the 1950's when the city knocked them all down and created the plaza which now hosts dances, fairs, cafes and groups of gawking tourists.
The Past, Present, and Future: Learning Catalan Part III
This week we've learned not only the past (vaig + infinitive, estava, i molta mes!), but how to talk about the here and now, and also the future. Luckily, the tenses are fairly similar to Spanish....it's the verbs and how to pronounce them that gets me stuttering and turning red.
13 Tips – How Not To Get Robbed Traveling In Spain
When you travel in Spain, you have to be cautious. Hot tourist spots attract pickpockets almost all over the world. Madrid, Barcelona, Granada, and Seville are only a few cities in Spain where the robbers are prolific. How to avoid all this?
Say What? Learning Catalan Part II
There are a lot of similarities between Catalan and Spanish, but they are by no means the same language. Some of the verbs are the same, but a lot is different. Catalan, like English or French, is not a straight-forward language. Many vowels have multiple sound possibilities, many letters are not pronounced at all! This makes learning Catalan F-U-N!....not.
Brunch at Barcelona’s Picnic? I Don’t Think So…
Barcelona food at Picnic, where the Scoopettes left feeling slighted.
Primavera Sound in Barcelona, May 2011
I was lucky enough to get a pass to Primavera Sound on Saturday night at Barcelona's Forum. Hundreds of bands play and the Forum festival setting is a massive one indeed.
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Posted in BARCELONA & EAST | Also tagged May 2011, PJ Harvey, primavera sound, spain |
VIDEO: Is Affordable Housing a Right? Elections in Spain
The elections in Spain held on the 22nd of May, 2011, got people very worked up. On the evening before the elections citizens were invited to speak their minds on key issues. One of the most controversial issues for young people in Spain right now is housing, and the fact that most people can't afford it. Here the speaker addresses the right to a place to live.....
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Posted in BARCELONA & EAST | Also tagged Elections in Spain, housing in spain, may 22 spain, spain |
Photo Friday! Where In Barcelona Was This Taken?
This month all our photo challenges have been in Barcelona. Here's another one for you. Where in BCN was this taken?
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Posted in BARCELONA & EAST, PHOTOS & VIDEOS | Also tagged BCN, photos of barcelona, spain |
Photo Friday – Where in Spain Is This? Barcelona Photo
Where, oh where, was this Barcelona photo taken?
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Posted in BARCELONA & EAST | Also tagged Barcelona photo, photo friday, pictures of spain, spain |
Happy Third Birthday To The Spain Scoop