Holi festival is a blur of multicolored multicultural partying, dancing, and dominating people you don’t know with as much colorful paint dust as you can keep in your wee hands. Everybody in attendance embraces the spirit of the day and seems to openly and whole-heartedly love everybody: smiling, sharing laughs and appreciating well thought-out costumes …
The coffee machine screams a cry of burning milk and another bitter and disappointing coffee, the camarero´s (waiters) yell at each other full volume across the bar and throw baguettes wildly to meet the Sunday demand. Meanwhile Jacqui and I stand, seemingly invisible at the counter wondering how on earth we can be freed from …
Little pop-up shacks line Paseo de Recoletos bringing together a strange collection of intellects and book enthusiasts, arty types and young literature students. The popularity of these book stalls remind you that the digital age has not yet triumphed over the feeling of holding a new book in your hands, a new story unfolding and …
The Mapfre foundation is currently doing an exhibition on the history of Contemporary Spain through Fotografía, pintura y moda [Photography, Painting and Fashion]. “This exhibition shows the history of the two last centuries in Spain; a history that presents some of the most remarkable political events, but where great historical determinisms tend to disappear, giving …