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Easter in Spain is one of the most spectacular and moving celebrations in the world. From solemn processions and heartfelt religious chants to family gatherings and delicious sweet treats — Semana Santa has something for everyone. Join me as I take you through the traditions, the history and the food of this incredible Spanish celebration.

Hello! ¡Hola! Welcome to my blog! ¡Bienvenidos/as a mi blog! There is a fab video on how to make torrijas at the end of the blog. Don't miss it! Easter holidays are very quickly approaching, the shops in the UK are full of chocolate eggs in all shapes and sizes and colourful Easter bunny and Easter chick activities. There's a hint of spring in the air with an occasional appearance of the sun and a splatter of daffodils, crocuses and snow drops covering verges, fields and gard

Introduction Hello! Hola! I can't start the blog without asking how you are, as it is so important in these funny times we live, so, how are you? I do hope you are well. I meant to write this blog in autumn. I know autumn has come and gone. If you look at the date I'm writing this, we are in March. Days are getting longer and we have had 2 days of sunshine. Horaaayyyy! The reason why I wanted to write this in autumn is because it's about mushrooms and the time to collect them

Learning Spanish is also about learning traditions. One popular tradition in autumn is mushroom picking. Here we talk about it.

Hello! Welcome to my third blog about the Carnival in Spain. In this blog I will be writing about one of the very famous Carnivals in Spain which is well ingrained in its local tradition and in a region that has a special meaning to me. In my first blog about the Carnival I write about the origin and traditions of the Carnival in Spain and in my second one I suggest ideas and activities for children to do based on the Carnival traditions. If you haven't read them and you are

Hi! Welcome to my blog! I'm going to be talking about the Carnival in Spain and also about some activities you can do to celebrate the Carnival, even if you aren't in Spain. You can ask your parents or your teachers to join in and help you. Carnival in Schools During the Carnival children dress up and so do adults. It's lots of fun as you can become anyone you like. Here we have a very fierce lion! This year (2022) the Carnival starts on Thursday the 24th of February and end

Hello! And welcome to my blog! Are you ready to party? If you are not you'd better get your skates on as the Carnival is only round the...

¡Hola y bienvenid@s a mi tercer blog! Hello and welcome to my third blog! Not that I am counting! I hope you have had a great Christmas. I thoroughly enjoyed myself this year and I'm finding it hard to snap out of the Christmas spirit, so I have decided to prolong it a little and tell you about one of my favourite Spanish Christmas traditions: The Three Wise Men. I just love everything about it, the anticipation and preparations beforehand, the children's excitement, the magi

Hello again and welcome to my second blog! It has been over a month since I last posted but I have been working very hard behind the scenes putting together my first pilot video using green screen! I am wanting to move from theatre production into film production and I thought what better opportunity than this wonderful time of the year to produce a Christmas message in Spanish with some of the characters from my theatre production "El viaje de Matilde" (Matilde´s journey). T

All Saints' Day. Celebrated in Spain on the 1st of November. Hello! Welcome to my very first blog! I don't know about you, but I love this time of year, especially when the air is cold and crisp and the sky is blue, with the sun peering at you so far away that you can hardly feel its heat. The smell of fallen leaves and the crunching and rustling sound when you walk through them. And of course roasted chestnuts!!!! All of this reminds me of my childhood in Soria, a small city