Back in the 18th century near a lake in Albufera, a Valencian peasant with a strong Andaluz accent (come on, anything’s possible) was out shooting when he caught a nice juicy rabbit. His wife wasn’t feeling too well, so when he got home he skinned and de-gutted the animal and had a quick nose around [...]
How is an English key different to a Spanish key, a Portuguese key, an American key or to any-other-nationality sort of key? Well, it ain’t a key at all, as anyone living in Spain with even the lightest smattering of DIY savvy will surely know. Your English key, your llave inglesa, is in fact an [...]
It was one of my fellow teacher’s birthdays (er, does that mean she had more than one?) at work. She was very excited because her husband had surprised her with an i-pad. Just a teensy bit envious, I pass the news on to two other, Spanish, colleagues. “Hey guys, you’ll never guess what Tracy’s husband [...]
Have you heard about the new tienda de informática called Snuff? Bit of a weird name, I know, but there you go. In Málaga, of course, it’s pronounced something like ‘Ehnaf’ or even ‘Ehnah’. Which is where this story starts. I was in the electronics store Worten – to say it right in Spanish screw [...]
“Cold liquids in the hot dry summers of Spain are necessaries, not luxuries; [...]. At Madrid an agreeable drink is sold in the streets; it is called ‘Michi Michi’, from the Valencian ‘Mitj e Mitj’, ‘half and half’ [...]. It is made of equal portions of barley-water and orgeat of ‘Chufas’, and is highly iced.” [...]
