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End of the matadors in Catalonia

End of the matadors in Catalonia might just be a reality if a certain group of people have their own way.

7Oct2009 | Catalonia | 3 comments | Continued

La Mercè 2009 Barcelona

Every September, Catalonia’s wonderful capital city Barcelona is turned into a dream world of fantasy. I hope you are ready because the Mercè 2009 has just got under way! Learn Spanish Online

23Sep2009 | Catalonia | 1 comment | Continued

The Sitges film festival is the number one fantasy film festival in the world and represents, at the same time, the cultural expression with the most media impact in Catalonia. Sitges film festival 09.

15Sep2009 | Catalonia | 1 comment | Continued

11 reasons to hate driving in Spain

I’ve put together 11 things to hate driving in Spain just for fun because we love Spaniards really! 1. Spaniards have little respect and are not very courteous on the road. Just try pulling out of a turning and see who stops. You might be in for a long one! 2. Hogging the outside lanes [...]

14Jul2009 | Catalonia | 6 comments | Continued

Catalonia y FC Barcelona bajan los pantalones

Yes it’s official, Catalonia and FC Barcelona have dropped their trousers when it comes to supporting their views on Catalonia as a nation, free Catalonia and Catalonia is a country blah blah blah regarding playing the final of La Copa Del Rey. Basques and Catalans mingled together at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia and then [...]

17May2009 | Catalonia | 3 comments | Continued

TV1 chief sacked after Spanish anthem is booed

MADRID – Spain’s state television sacked its head of sports coverage on Thursday, saying it was a mistake not to have shown a football crowd from Catalonia and the Basque Country booing the Spanish national anthem during the country’s Cup final. The move by Television Espanola to break away from coverage at the stadium in [...]

15May2009 | Catalonia | 1 comment | Continued

Pre-registrations start for schools in Catalonia

Monday saw the start of the pre-registrations for entry into schools in Catalonia. From 23rd March until 3rd April, families with children from the age of 3 to 16 can submit their applications for them to be entered into the school of their choice. There will also be a further acceptance of applications on the [...]

25Mar2009 | Catalonia | 1 comment | Continued

Pathetic TMB throws rattle out of pram and bans adverts

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 [...]

18Mar2009 | Catalonia | 1 comment | Continued

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 [...]

10Feb2009 | Catalonia | 5 comments | Continued

The Bread & Butter Poll

A quick poll about Bread & Butter. This trade fair nets around 100 million euros for Barcelona and it looks like it’s packing it’s bags and going back to Berlin where it started. Even Jordi Hereu the mayor of Barcelona told the organisers of the event to think twice about going back to Berlin. What [...]

23Jan2009 | Steve | 3 comments | Continued