by Irene Corchado Resmella | Dec 5, 2018 | CULTURE & TRADITIONS
20 August. I checked my phone and saw a notification from my Spanish friends’ WhatsApp group. It was a picture of a Christmas Lottery ticket. Someone had just bought it while on holidays in northern Spain to share it with the rest. Here we go again. DISCLOSURE This...
by Irene Corchado Resmella | Dec 12, 2017 | CULTURE & TRADITIONS, FOOD & DRINK
I know. Churros are not exclusive to Extremadura, but I thought the blog would be the best place for me to talk about this. This Spanish snack enjoys such popularity in the UK that the term is already included in the Oxford dictionary, and I don’t even have to...
by Irene Corchado Resmella | Dec 7, 2017 | History, Other stuff
You read a book or watch a film set in a specific destination, and then you can’t stop thinking about the place. Has it happened to you? Has a book or a film sparked your curiosity for travelling somewhere new? Are films and books part of your pre-trip learning...
by Irene Corchado Resmella | Nov 13, 2017 | CULTURE & TRADITIONS, FOOD & DRINK
One day, the main topic of a French class at my secondary school was food. We were talking about whether people in Spain and France have two courses or just a main meal for lunch. A classmate said ‘Well. At my house, we only have the main course, and then el plato.’ I...
by Irene Corchado Resmella | Oct 28, 2016 | CULTURE & TRADITIONS
Planning a trip to Extremadura? Then start brushing up on your hard-earned Spanish before packing your bags. It’s not a region where you can get by easily with English only, after all. To help you a little bit with vocabulary, I’m sharing 10 words for you...
by Irene Corchado Resmella | Feb 16, 2016 | CULTURE & TRADITIONS
Today I invite you to virtually peek into my parents’ house to explain a very extremeño concept in our houses–the salita. Let me start by explaining what a salita is not. It’s not a living room or a sitting room, because it’s not big enough to accommodate guests. Here...
