What are Christmas traditions in Spain? If you’d like to find out, keep reading as in today’s bilingual Spanish-English text, I’ll explain how we celebrate Christmas in Spain, and most particularly, in my house! December is my all time favorite month. It’s a month full of family time and good…
Gabriel García Márquez and Colombia share a true love story that continues to this day, even beyond death. Macondo If we want to trace its origins, we must return to 6 March 1927. On that day, García Márquez was born in Aracataca, a small town that soon made an appearance…
Many of my students ask me for recommendations on Spanish songs. Today, we will be taking a closer look at Spanish songs to discover Madrid, its places and it's history. La movida madrileña Madrid is not only the capital of Spain, it is a city that has inspired artists for…
**UPDATED IN 2023 Today, we are going to focus on Netflix movies that take place in Spain. They will help you learn Spanish in a fun way. Indeed, movies are a great way to get to know more about the culture and history of a country. Moreover, you might even…
Continuing with our series on Spanish accents, we will today see a series of novels that will help you discover the spirit of Latin America. MEXICO Como agua para chocolate. Laura Esquivel A magical novel. This story of love and gastronomy is set in Mexico at the beginning of the…
When you want to master a foreign language, it is very important to listen as much as possible to different accents and ways of speaking in order to improve your listening skills. As you will have noticed by now, Spanish is a very rich and complex language. The scale of…
As you might have guessed from our Instagram posts these past weeks, in the month of May we will be talking about food in Peru. Peruvian food is something that I'm passionate about. Not only because my husband is a Peruvian chef, but also because it is a mixture of…
If you plan on doing the Camino and walking through Galicia, you might wonder about what you can order to try typical food and taste the local gastronomy. Galicia is located in the North West tip of Spanish peninsula, right between the Atlantic Ocean and the mountains of the…
In this month of February, let’s celebrate love in all the diversity of Latin-American music! Today I will share with you 5 love songs in Spanish. These songs are special to me for different reasons. First, they come from 5 different countries, so you can hear the different accents of…