Conversation in the language school #3: Who’s the Governator of Texas?

A conversation from the language school in Madrid… Student 1: Who was the best governator of Texas? Me: Well, um… Governator is a term that’s only used for

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Breaking news! Horse meat discovered in IKEA meatballs!

As one of the world’s foremost horse meat bloggers, I feel I should follow the food crisis that’s sweeping Europe. Today’s news is that the Czech government has

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La marea ciudadana del 23-F

Después de toda una semana que la ciudad estaba muerta, las calles vacías, los bares sin clientes, ayer hubo la manifestación del 23-F. La marea ciudadana, en contra

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Cómo ligar con guiris – ligar con extranjeras es posible si sabes cómo…

Debido al aplastante éxito de mi artículo de ayer “Cómo ligar en inglés” he buscado un poco más información sobre el tema de las relaciones interculturales. Y he

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Cómo ligar en inglés – Frases para ligar que sí funcionan

¿Cómo ligar en inglés? Ojalá supiera… Pero cuidado. Que hay muchos malos consejos sobre el ligoteo por ahí. A saber… Una importante empresa internacional de enseñanza de idiomas

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Scenes from the Spanish Crisis: Local Wives Turned Prostitutes

It’s pretty easy to find prostitutes in Madrid. They stand around on certain streets, and advertise openly… Anyway, you know your country’s in crisis when an “escort service”

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Valentine’s Day in Madrid

Ready to celebrate Valentine’s Day in Madrid? Years ago, people in Madrid unanimously agreed that Valentines Day was a stupid American holiday only celebrated by stupid Americans. They’d

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Spanish Sabores food blog

One of the other writers collaborating with Vaya Madrid magazine is Lauren, who has a really well-done food blog (among other things). Check it out at Spanish Sabores.

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Seriously? We have anarchists planting bombs in the cathedral?

A bomb has been found and disarmed in the Almudena Cathedral, and an anarchist group has taken responsibility. The group is named after Mateo Morral, who killed a

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Conversation with a hairstylist in Madrid

This happened to me. For real. This morning. Here in Madrid… or at least in Vallecas. I went to the place I’ve been going to for a few

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