Double kissing in Spain

Double kissing in Spain

Marylin Monroe sang “a kiss on the hand may be quiet continental….”  That might have worked for the blond bombshell of the golden era in Hollywood, but if she would have visited Spain she would have been kissed twice, one on each cheek. The tradition of kissing on...
Spanish Siesta

Spanish Siesta

There is a national sport here in Spain that everybody loves, it is what we call Spanish siesta, or as Americans say POWER NAP.   The origin of the word siesta comes from the sixth hour of the ancient Roman calendar, they called it “sextum” and it marked the...
Basques drink from “botas”

Basques drink from “botas”

If I ask you to mentally picture a Basque, it will probably come to you an image of a man dressed in white and red, drinking some wine from a wine skin. Well I guess it is mostly true. The outfit is correct, especially on festive days, but the wine skin (we call it...