Traditions / Festivities

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...

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...

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...