In Spain, celebrating New Year’s Eve isn’t just about fireworks and festivities. It’s about grapes—12 of them, to be precise, one for each chime from the clock in Sol at midnight. Known as uvas de suerte, or lucky grapes, these bite-sized delights are thought to bring good fortune if you can manage to eat them …
The bauble-like red berries from the madroño tree emerge right around the time Madrid’s Christmas lights get switched on, making them seasonal but extremely easy to miss against the neon blare. However, if you look carefully you can find them all around the city. And you can certainly spot representations of the tree on everything …
With winter on the horizon, it’s a great time to explore Madrid’s rich literary heritage either with a good book in hand or by roaming the streets of the city’s literary district. In this month’s podcast, I hope to inspire you to just that by diving into the history of Barrio de las Letras (also …
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