“Let’s go to Spain!” Many of us have said it, often with hopes of conducting a winter migration to a warmer, sunnier corner of the world. However, heading south in winter is not a modern notion. Did you know Europeans traveled to the Iberian Peninsula more than 20,000 years ago?Continue Reading
– Which are the 20 most popular languages used on the internet? English dominates, not surprisingly, but some of the other results may defy your expectations. Spanish comes in as number three but with a smaller percent of the top ten most popular websites worldwide than their share of naturalContinue Reading
Whether you’re moving to Spain for work, retirement, or living here part time in a second home, relocating to a new country brings up questions big and small. If you’re wondering about where you can find daily news and entertainment, locate TV and internet providers, or simply want to knowContinue Reading
The Dark Ages is a term commonly used to characterize the European Middle Ages, a period roughly between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance. It was a time of feudalism, the Black Death pandemic, and widespread poverty for most people. The name indicates a brutal and aboveContinue Reading
In an article from CNN.com from 11 March of 2021 you can read about the excavations and findings in Spain’s bronze age culture of El Argar. The El Argar culture flourished between 2200 BC and 1550 BC and was located in Southeastern Spain. It covered roughly an area extending fromContinue Reading
Emasesa, the municipal water company of the city of Sevilla, is starting a pilot project turning excess oranges from the city’s almost 50,000 orange trees into energy. The oranges dropped onto the streets amount to between 5.5 and 6.0 million kilos. Through the process of fermentation, the oranges release methaneContinue Reading
According to an article in El País, the national average rents have started to fall for the first time in years. Although rents in the big cities have fallen for a while due to the pandemic and restrictions imposed, the effects can now be seen nationally as well. January ofContinue Reading
