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The best book ever written about Spain, and that’s that. The greatest 20th Century British writer comes to Spain to help fight against Franco. An exceptional portrait of Spain and the farce of war, this book is at once funny, shocking, tragic and tremendous. Read it. Pick up a copy at: Amazon.co.uk (Europe)  Amazon.com (USA)  |
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Sorry for NIS delay…
A quick note from the UK… I’m here until Monday and the trip has put a slight dent in the Spanish podcast-a-day schedule. Many apologies, but don’t worry, hopefully another podcast tomorrow and business as usual from Monday… and I still hope to make 31 in 31 days as promised.
Saludos from zero degrees celcius Oxfordshire,
Ben
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Beginners Spanish videocasts
Starting to learn Spanish? Check out Rolling R’s video ‘casts. Basic stuff, but useful for complete beginners.
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Spain’s most powerful…
Expatica picks up on this interesting list – the 20 most powerful people in Spain – only 3 women I’m afraid, and suprisingly, a football club president and a racing driver!
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A techy Spanish Blog
Want to read more in Spanish and like your tech? Check out El Blog de Enrique Dans. Thanks Matt for the link. If anyone else has any cool Spain/Spanish/anything related links do send them in to NFS.
This blog has been filled with nothing but podcast show notes for the whole of this month, but stay tuned, I’m going to be posting other bits and pieces more regularly again.
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Best (update: worst) blonde joke ever
No Thanks to Rich Pav for bringing me the best blonde joke ever. I guess everyone in the blogosphere has heard it by now.
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V-logging, video-casting…
Just what is it called? Anyway, having asked you many times if we should be videocasting or not I’m still no closer to doing anything about it. However, check out this v-cast from David Shuff’s hitchhiking trip across Northern Japan. Inspiring stuff. This is the sort of thing I’d like to try to produce one day…
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We’re back! It was about time for another in the original Notes from Spain series – thwarted in our attempts to get to Asturias for the weekend, we bring you another delicious cooking cast – this time it’s ‘Pisto’, the wonderful vegetable stew served with eggs and bread.
Plus we discuss whether or not the Spanish deserve their fame for being lazy, and whether or not this is truly a liberal country these days.
Something I’d like to add: a couple of times in the podcast I mention that Spain was different when I arrived 7 years ago. Don’t worry, everyone said the same to me when I arrived – Spain is always being accused by ex-pats as having been better when they first arrived. But worry not, it’s still just as magical as it was when I first got here, come and have a look some time!
The recipe: Chop up 1 corgette/zucchini, 2 green peppers, 1 red pepper, and 2 onions, and fry in olive oil until tender (about 15 mins). Add 1 large tin of tomatoes, salt, a bay leaf and a sprinkle of oregano. Cook for 15 more mins. Fry an egg and place on top to serve. Tastes even beeter after a day in the fridge!
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A classic work of anthropology by a classic travel writer. In the 1950’s the village of Farol in Catalonia is inhabited by leather-fearing fisherman and stray cats. Life centres around a feud with the dog village, and worries about the non-arrival of the tuna shoals. Then a black-marketeer arrives with designs on bringing tourism to the doomed beaches of Farol, and a thousand years of subsistence fishing are wiped out in a flash. It’s just lucky that Lewis produced this vivid documentary before it was too late. Pick up a copy at: Amazon.co.uk (Europe)  Amazon.com (USA)  |
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Hi, if this is your first stop by Notes from Spain, then here are a few of our favourite podcasts to get you going!
How about starting with a night out in the tapas bars of San Sebastian, or a journey down the fjords of Galicia’s Rias Baixas coast. Want a step by step lesson in Tortilla making perfection? How about listening to live Flamenco in Madrid?
The full Notes from Spain archive can be found here, and details of our latest, new Spanish language podcast ‘Notes in Spanish’, here. This weekend we are off to the wilds of Asturias, so expect a couple of great new travel casts for Notes from Spain as soon as we get back.
Finally, please feel free to contact us with any feedback or ideas. Thanks! Ben and Marina.
Notes from Spain by Ben Curtis 