Chinchón: Food and Spanish Life

While walking around Chinchón we realized very fast that they have strong realtionship to food and especially garlic. On our bus ride we have seen many olive trees and vines. Walking past the building you find many people offering garlic, herbs, soap and almonds on small tables infront of their front doors. I asked and been told that garlic soup [...]

Chinchón sounds not really like a Spanish city name more like a chinese expresion and many Spanish have never heard of it even though it is only one hour by bus from Madrid. So if you plan your trip to this pretty Spanish town in the south of Madrid you might encounter people asking you: What, where are you going? [...]

Santiago Bernabéu – A Guest Post

With its 31 titles in the Primera División, 18 Copa del Rey victories, and a record number of 9 Champions League and European League wins, Real Madrid C.F. (founded March 6th, 1902) is one of the most famous export products of Madrid, and one of the prides of the city. Since 1947, its home-base has been the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, located on the Paseo de [...]

Today there is a guest blogger writing about his adventures on Living in Spain here at Madrilicious.com. Will Peach, from MySpanishAdventure.com, came  to Spain in September 2011 to learn Spanish, meet new people, live like a local and escape the 9 to 5 routine. On his blog you can find many interesting stories about his experiences in Spain and also many [...]

Red Cocktails

In August 2011 I went to Copenhagen and had the best cocktail I tried so far. Doing some Internet search I found on Spotted by Locals and also on the VisitCopenhagen website a bar where we could have some special cocktails. The City did want to have their own Cocktail and organized a contest to find the one that would [...]