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Thursday, April 4th, 2013
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Here on the AC blog, and on the website itself, our aim is to keep you, our audience, updated on what's happening here in Andalucia.
We want you to enjoy the latest and best of ...
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Thursday, January 24th, 2013
No, this is not a weather forecast...
You may have noticed the growing popularity of flashmobs around Spain lately.
These are groups of people who, either spontaneously, or (more often) having rehearsed, perform a song and/or dance in a public place. Flashmobs can be anything from 20 to 200 people. Last year ...
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Monday, January 14th, 2013
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Next month, the spotlight falls on Cadiz, as the noise, colour and irreverence of the Carnaval embodies the delightful anarchy for which this independent-minded coastal city is so famous.
Like Semana Santa, Feria de Sevilla ...
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2013
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This Saturday is one of the most important for children all around Spain. It is the day when the Reyes Magos (Three Kings) come to every town ...
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
Last week it was announced that the Patios of Cordoba Festival, which takes place every year in May, has been added to UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, joining other Spanish entries flamenco and the Mediterranean diet.
But you don't have to wait till spring to see these 50 ...
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Monday, December 17th, 2012
One of the most delightful features of Christmas in Andalucia are the belenes vivientes, or live Nativity Scenes, where many of the townsfolk dress up to take part, using the town's streets, houses and plazas as their stage set.
The one in the pretty pueblo blanco (white hilltown) of Arcos de ...
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Monday, October 22nd, 2012
This Friday night, 26 October, Seville is holding a "Noche en Blanco", a night-time cultural festival.
It's a full evening programme of events being held throughout the city, embracing all disciplines: literature, music, art, sculpture, at over 30 locations.
Just to the north of the Setas, otherwise known as Metropol Parasol, is a group ...
Posted in architecture, art, Culture and Customs, Entertainment, Events, Film, Flamenco, Food and drink, Literature, Music, Nightlife, Sevilla | 2 Comments »
Monday, October 8th, 2012
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The season is a-changing here in Andalucia: it's getting dark earlier, and the nights and early mornings are chilly now, though the days - the last few, at least - have been scorchingly hot 35; degrees or so.
In ...
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Thursday, October 4th, 2012
It's unlikely to have escaped your notice that Spain hasn't been getting the most positive coverage in the international press recently.
Many newspapers and other media outlets in the UK, the USA and elsewhere have been focussing, understandably, on the economic challenges faced by President Rajoy's government, and the effects of ...
Posted in Culture and Customs, Economy, family, Food and drink, gastronomy, Living in Andalucia | 6 Comments »
Thursday, September 6th, 2012
A kind English friend, recently returned from her summer visit, has just lent me a book on parenting - the Supernanny toddler one, which she said all her friends back in England are using. It's the new Gina Ford, except less rigid (if the name means nothing, don't worry - ...
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