Tag: Spain

Guitar Strings to Heartstrings Isaac Albeniz

How often we relax to the Hispanic melodies of Isaac Albeniz. His Rapsodia Espanola, Sevilla and Granada, based on Catalan folk songs, are perhaps the better known of his many compositions. These lovely melodies evoke the Spanish dream more than could any Goya painting but what of the man behind the music? Like most composers his life was as notable as was his music.

Angry Spaniards run their Prime Minister out of town

Left-wing Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s motorcade was attacked by angry locals as he arrived in Ceuta, which is ground-zero for a rapidly developing migrant crisis. Thousands of additional migrants are believed to be heading to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta after a record number of about 6,000 migrants arrived across the sea on Monday.

Get Out and Stay Out says Spain

Spain has returned over 1,500 gimmigrants to Morocco a day after ‘around 6,000 aliens’ stormed into its North-African enclave of Ceuta by sea, either swimming or with inflatables, all in a bid to eventually get to mainland Europe and fan out across the generous European Union; free homes, income without work, education and healthcare, at the expense of European taxpayers.

Los Caballos del Vino – Wine Horses – May 2

The Running of the Wine Horses is a fantastic fiesta to attend, it takes place on the same day every year; the 2nd May. The fiesta, known in Spanish as the ‘Caballos del Vino’ has been declared as being of International Tourist Interest and is a well worth enjoying. It starts on  1st May and continues until  5th May. There are lots of parades, processions and re-enactments aside from the main event of the actual running of the wine horses.