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Trip Advisor, Catalan and xenophobia

September 24, 2009 by Catalonia

I was reading El Periódico newspaper this morning and a letter caught my eye which I thought would be good to relate. Apparently this Catalan guy called Joan M. Serch wrote some kind of review on Trip Advisor about his stay in La Seu d’Urgell, Catalonia.

Juan Gris Exhibition at cultural centre Fontana d’Or in Girona

April 6, 2009 by Steve

Juan Gris Exhibition at cultural centre Fontana d’Or in Girona

An unknown Juan Gris stands out at the cultural centre Fontana d’Or in Girona The creativity of the great geniuses always radiates out in all directions. The general public can enjoy such delights that come in the form of large paintings or sculptures, but its ramifications are endless, poetry, small illustrations or photo collages. One […]

Anti-credit crunch plans to take effect soon says Zapatero

March 23, 2009 by Catalonia

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spain’s president announced in Brussels yesterday that he hopes to see the first effects of Europe-wide anti-credit crunch plans by the end of this month. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero says the fight against the global recession has become the central focus of the European Union. Although Zapatero says Spain’s financial situation […]

Pathetic TMB throws rattle out of pram and bans adverts

March 18, 2009 by Catalonia

TMB can only be described as pathetic for vetoing and advert for their buses which reminds the Catalan government that they should include a checkbox which says “Castellano” on the enrolement papers for schools here in Catalonia. This check box is for parents to tick so the school knows that their children should be schooled […]

Golliwogs Jamjars and Conguitos

February 10, 2009 by Catalonia

Golliwogs Jamjars and Conguitos

Everything seems to be getting out of hand lately. I mean that twit Jonathan Ross gets off virtually scot free for his stupid and horrible prank he played on Manuel from “Fawlty Towers” aka Andrew Sachs and Carol Thatcher gets given her cards because of her “Golliwog” jest. A bit of a joke really and […]

Some bizarre Christmas traditions from Catalonia

December 22, 2008 by Catalonia

Some bizarre Christmas traditions from Catalonia

These Catalan traditions usually come as quite a shock to the rest of mankind but are nonetheless quite fun although strange at the same time if you get my meaning. Ok so we know that Christmas has its roots in pagan celebrations, but where do these guys come from? This little guy below is “El […]

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