One of the most useful phrases I learned in my first year in Spain was:
¿Donde esta la marcha? – Where is the nightlife?
As my friend Alistair and I traveled from city to city in search of fun and photographic subjects for possible exhibitions (full story here, plug plug!), we never bothered looking in a guidebook to work out how to find the best of the city’s entertainment at night. We just asked the locals…
¿Donde esta la marcha? would elicit a string of information from passers-by about which bar-filled lane to head to from, say, 9.30 pm until midnight, where everyone went for copas after that, and which disco was best from 2 a.m. onwards. Plus we got chatting to the people we asked, which lead to other adventures along the way…
What’s the most useful phrase you use in Spain?
Notes from Spain by Ben Curtis 