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… and a Happy New Year.” Ahh, it’s time again for the TV networks to wheel out Home Alone 1, 2 and 3, along with all the
other obligatory Christmas movies. My game for you this month, as you lie slumped on your sofa watching one of these
films the day after your Nth Christmas party, is to mute the wonderful Spanish dubbing and reproduce as much of the
original dialogue as you can. If you do it in the presence of a Spaniard, it will be fun see their impressed/annoyed/afraid
expression. If you do it with a fellow English speaker, you can take the parts of different characters. Bagsy I get Macaulay podcast
Culkin’s character.
You can now listen to and download
So, last month’s news was Barack Obama has been elected to become the first African American President, much to the European Vibe Magazine articles through the
shock of nations and people all over Africa, who had no idea that they were getting a new leader and weren’t even given the embedded player on the article pages of
chance to vote on it. The funniest thing I heard during the elections was, “I don’t think it’s right in order for my mom to make http://www.europeanvibe.com or on our podcast
a million she has to really make 1.3 so that she can give money to the people who don’t work over here and are lazy as hell!” page http://europeanvibe.podomatic.com
Indeed, under Obama, there will be hard times for those Republicans whose moms take home little over a million.
This month, and talking of voting, as the USA emerges from eight years under a Bush, Spain is celebrating 30 years since its
people voted “Yes” to approve the current democratic constitution. Read Martin Quinn’s explanation of the background and
what the defining document of the Kingdom of Spain is all about (page 29).
Where’s Bully?
WIN!
The European Vibe team have voted for our sports personalities of 2008 and Harry Watkinson charts the achievements of
each of the winners and runners up. (page 24). From established stars to rising stars, our interviewee for Inspirational
Madrid is Irish singer/songwriter Garrett Wall. He tells us his journey from being an English teacher in Madrid to spiralling If you find the bully logo in one of our
recognition and success with his band (page 10).
featured adverts, send us an email to
Our European travel destination is Madrid’s French counterpart, Paris. Linn Treijs explains how it might be the best place bully@europeanvibe.com and you could win a
to combine some Christmas shopping with a trip full of history, culture and atmosphere (page 14). Remember you
can win a trip to Paris in our prize draw, which you enter by voting in the Vibe Awards. You can vote by email or with a traditional hamper of British food products to
voting slip, see page 11 for the full details.
I wonder how many of you still give your presents on Christmas Day? Have any of you started doing it on 6 January like the Spanish
the value of 50€ courtesy of The Food Hall.
traditionally do? Are the Spanish starting to move their focus towards 25 December, or will Three Kings Day remain sacred as the Last month’s winner was Don Clifford. Don won
time for exchanging gifts? Peter Moore discusses what the future might hold for the tradition of Los Reyes Magos (page 28).
dinner for two in Basilicco
Those are just some of the highlights, so get exploring the rest. On a personal note, I’d like to wish my friend Jorge a speedy Ristorante. Bully was hiding in
and full recovery- all your friends are with you, ‘palomo’.
the British Embassy advert, on
On behalf of everyone at European Vibe, I’d like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! page 32. Get searching!
Luc

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overpass? (10) 17 - 19h Saturday, 6 December
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around the Real Madrid v Sevilla
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measurer (9)
10 Bon’s feeling superior, being
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16 Whip up a source of green tea (8)
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Villarreal v Barcelona
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Porto v Arsenal
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21 Could be a negative party? (5)
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Calendar’ each day of Advent for a different music video
8 1 5 6 4 6 8 1 and his thoughts on each song.
Also, read how the opening night of the opera season at
1 9 2 4 2 5 La Scala is coming to Madrid’s Yelmo Ideal cinema. You
can see Giuseppe Verdi’s Don Carlo on the big screen,
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what’s on?
THEATRE/Dance
VAREKAI
An extraordinary world exists in a far-away
wood, on top of a volcano. Everything is possible
in this world, which is called Varekai, where the
latest show by Cirque du Soleil takes place to pay
homage to the nomadic spirit, the soul and the
art that make up the circus tradition.
Ending: 4/1/2009
Venue: Cirque du Soleil marquee
Price: from 35 € to 95 €
Metro: Lago / Alto de Extremadura
HAMLET
Centro de Nuevos Creadores is staging a new
version of ‘Hamlet’that involves doing away
with as much of the plot as possible, reducing
it to the bare minimum: the father’s death, the
desire for revenge, Hamlet’s inability to carry it
out and the relationship that this causes with the
mother and uncle.
Ending: 4/1/2009
Venue: Teatro María Guerrero
Price: TBC
Metro: Banco España / Colón
MUSICALS
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL
‘High School Musical’is a brand new music
showwith songs, dances and a team inspired by
the popular Disney Channel films ‘High School
Musical’and ‘High School Musical 2’. The musical
includes surprises, namely, two new songs,
which did not appear in the original film.
Ending: 25/12/2008
Venue: Teatro Lope de Vega
Price: from 35,92 € to 48,60 €
Metro: Santo Domingo
GREASE, EL MUSICAL DE
TU VIDA
‘Grease, el musical de tu vida’ (Grease, the
musical of your life) is a faithful version of the
original Broadway show that reproduces its
stage design, its plot and its songs. This big
format musical is intended for all audiences
and it brings the charm of the fifties back
to the present; it is an amazing show, with
numerous actors on stage.
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Ending: 30/06/2009
Venue: Nuevo Teatro Alcalá
Price: from 22 € to 58 €
Metro: Goya/ Príncipe de Vergara
exhibitions
REMBRANDT. PAINTER OF
STORIES
Museo Nacional del Prado welcomes an
exhibition devoted to Rembrandt which
gathers together roughly 35 paintings and
five prints and aims to allow the public a
closer look at the Dutch artist’s work.
The exhibition will focus on Rembrandt
as a narrative painter without ignoring his
passion for portraits and landscapes. His
facet as a story painter clearly displays the
way his art emanates from the European
Renaissance painting tradition.
Ending: 06/01/2009
Venue: Museo del Prado (Paseo del Prado s/n)
Price: 8 €
Metro: Atocha
1914! THE AVANT-GARDE
AND THE GREAT WAR
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza and Fundación
Caja Madrid are presenting !1914¡ La
Vanguardia y la Gran Guerra (‘1914. The
avant-garde and the Great War’) an exhibition
that, with more than 200 pieces from all over
the world, has WWI as the central axis of
the display.
Ending: 11/01/2009
Venue: Museo Thyssen Bornemisza (Paseo
del Prado, 8)
Price: 6 €
Metro: Atocha, Banco de España.
NANCY SPERO:
DISIDANCES
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
offers the first great retrospective of feminist
artist Nancy Spero. The American artist focuses
her work on graphic feminine language, thus
representing women’s capacity to transform
their own area.
Ending: 5/01/2009
Venue: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina
Price: 6 €
Metro: Atocha.
Museums
Reina Sofía
(Santa Isabel, 52) Metro: Atocha
Open: Monday to Saturday 10.00 until 21.00.
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Sundays 10.00 until 14.00. Tuesdays closed. Sport Night Life culture
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Museo del Prado
(Paseo del Prado s/n) Metro: Atocha
Open: Tuesday to Sunday from 9.00 until REAL MADRID Wednesday 31 december
19.00. Mondays closed. Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. Avenida de Concha Nights
Museo Thyssen
Bornemisza
Espina, 1. Tel: 91 398 43 00
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New Year’s Eve in Spain
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de España. Tuesday to Sunday from 9.00 until and RnB music taking place every Wednesday “Humpy hew hear!”
19.00. Mondays closed. night at Orange Café , Serrano Jover 5, Metro “What?”
Argüelles. Open Bar of beer, sangria and wine Lingo star’s
choice by Susana López “Humpy hew hear!”
Quizzes and beer pong games from 11:30 pm - 12.30
am for only 5 euros. From 12:30 till close, “What? I’m sorry - finish chewing that mouthful of grapes.”
28 de Diciembre
entrance with 2 drinks included for 10 euros. Get
Día de los Inocentes/
(Chew, chew, gag, swallow, gulp) “I said: Happy New Year!”
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en el calendario español este día
Every monday at 21:00, upstairs in the library. Puerto, 67. Metro: Pirámides. The Ultimate Student Party. Every Thursday
es, sin duda, el más original: 28
clock when the long hand strikes midnight – just don’t make the same mistake as many first timers
Join us to spark up a brain cell after the Tel: 91 366 47 07 www.clubatleticodemadrid.com night Madrid’s most famous club becomes a and pick the biggest grapes on the vine. For extra aid to your New Year’s luckiness, peel the skin from
weekend. Avenida del Brasil, 7. CB Estudiantes Disco sensation with spectacular animation de Diciembre, día de los Santos
Metro: Santiago Bernabeau. Basketball and the best music from the 1970s till present Inocentes. the grapes and take the pits out in advance to counteract the cracking of your canines.
J&J BOOKS AND COFFEE Madrid Arena, Serrano 127, 28006 Madrid day. Free entrance or 2 drinks for 10 euros from ¿Y qué se conmemora? La matanza de todos
los niños menores de dos años nacidos en Belén
Pub quiz, every Friday night at 11pm. Tel: 902 400 002 midnight till 1:30 am, or entrance price with 2
(Judea), ordenada por el rey Herodes con el
So, in a city with more celebrations than an NFL end zone dance, what is so special
Metro: Noviciado. www.clubestudiantes.com drinks for 12 euros from 1:30 am till close. Joy about New Years here? Well first there’s the Puerta del Sol – the Spanish equivalent
MOORES Real Madrid CB Eslava, calle Arenal 11, Metro Sol / Ópera. Get fin de deshacerse del recién nacido Jesús de
Pub quiz in English every Monday at 21.45 in Pabellon Raimundo Saporta, Paseo de La on the guest list at www.europeanvibe.com Nazaret, según la Biblia. to the Time Square celebration in NYC. But beware of the crowds - if you want to
Moores Irish Pub, Calle Barcelo. Lots of prizes Castellana, Madrid. Tel: 91 398 43 32, or check Friday see the New Year in here, come early, as the surrounding streets will be packed with
Este es el día perfecto para gastar una broma a
and great fun. Everyone welcome. out www.realmadridbasket.galeon.com Nights
algún familiar, amigo o compañero de trabajo.
merrymaking madrileños from an early hour.
Metro: Tribunal. fabulous @ Joy Eslava
Los niños suelen dedicarse a pegar muñecotes
Fun Activities This is arguably Madrid's most Glamorous club
de papel en la espalda de los transeúntes. Los What else should be on your short list for the night? Well, buy in advance your all-you-can-
Theme Parks night and is in session every Friday night at
the Joy Eslava located in the central Puerta del medios de comunicación también contribuyen drink tickets to one of the many nightclubs welcoming 2009 in style, and don’t count on public
AeroBalas Sky-diving en este día y trasmiten noticias surrealistas
Sol area of the city. Burlesque style animation,
que, sin embargo, los más inocentes siguen
transport, which ends at eight. Also strap on a pair of your best red undergarments for added
Parque de atracciones School - Aerodromo de Casa de los exclusive VIP zones and the biggest House
luck, and be sure to end the night with a hearty helping of chocolate con churros - because
(Fun fair) Open Weekends. Metro: Batán. Bus Pinos, Cuenca. Tandem parachute jumps from and mainstream tunes all night long. Are you creyéndose.
lines 33 & 65. Tel: 91 463 2900 110 euros. Call 610 408 831 or 667 512 102 Fabulous enough to be there? Joy Eslava, calle En algunos países de Latinoamérica los más after all, you’ve got to have one final meal before starting all those New Year’s resolutions for
e-mail: parque@grpr.com www.aerobalas.com Arenal 11. Metro Sol/ Opera. Get guest list supersticiosos evitan prestar dinero este día pues healthy eating.
Planetario de Madrid Palacio de Hielo - Skating access to this party by signing up at www. se corre el riesgo de no recuperarlo.
Avda. del Planetario, 16. rink, bowling lanes and cinema. C Silvano, europeanvibe.com
Tel: 91 467 34 61 77, Parque Conde de Orgaz. Metro: Canillas Saturday Pon en marcha tu ingenio y quédate con todos So cork up the cava, grab a handful of (small) grapes, and robe yourself in your best pair of red undies,
Metro: Méndez Álvaro. Closed Mondays ZOO-AQUARIUM DE MADRID Nights el día de los Inocentes. and, for the love of it all, don’t trying saying “Happy New Year” until you’ve finished your grapes.
Warner Bros Park Casa de Campo Metro: Casa de Campo. Tel: SUGAR @ Lokua
top five Christmas presents of 2008
Open daily from June to Mid-September and 91 512 3770. Adults: 14.90 €. Children 3-7 Every Saturday night from 12:30am Lokua
on chosen weekends and holidays during the years old and pensioners: 12.20 €. Children opens its doors and becomes the number European Vibe’s
rest of the year. Call to confirm opening times. under 3: free entry. one urban club in the city. Check out this truly
Take the bus from Legazpi Plaza or the train ski-kamel sportour. spectacular affair with visiting international
from Atocha Tel: 902 024 100 C Feijoo,9, on the corner with C Cardenal DJs and performers. Lokua Club, La Glorieta
www.warnerbrospark.com Cisneros, 72 (Quevedo). Tel: 91 446 0221. de Principe Pio, Metro Príncipe Pío. Get on the
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comedy
1 Ugg Boots
Ardal O’Hanlon The comfiest
and snuggliest
Ardal O’Hanlon once said in a stand up show that he’d love to present a TV chat show, and that sheep derivative
you can put on your feet, ugg
his first guest would be moonwalker Neil Armstrong. He said he’d sit him on a big stool, ask him boots are more fashionable than 3 Apple iPhone 3g
questions for 25 minutes and not mention the moon once. But now, could the Irish comedian Santa this Christmas. In addition, It’s beautiful. It’s only got two buttons,
himself conceivably go on a chat show without the interviewer mentioning Father Ted? Probably it seems they are acceptedly cool for men to wear as well as all you need apart from that are
not. The classic sitcom that was Father Ted deservedly made O’Hanlon a star for his hilarious women for the first time; no longer just the premise of the fingers… This is the ultimate gadget,
portrayal of clueless young priest Father Dougal Maguire. However, unlike man on the moon daring metrosexual. Whichever styles you fancy, they’re the dwarfing the breakthrough of last year’s first iPhone.
perfect footwear for Madrid’s cold but dry winter. Phone, iPod, internet, photo and video camera, GPS…
Armstrong, Ardal O’Hanlon is famous for more than the one achievement. Despite being most This is the one gift that will have adults staring at with
famous for his roles in Father Ted and the more family-oriented sitcom My Hero, he was first, and still 2 Wii Fit for Nintendo Wii the same longing as children in the toy stores this
is, a great stand up comedian. In his forties now, he can’t get away with the naïveté he used to inject Christmas.
When Nintendo were rubbing their hands
into his observational style of stand up and has replaced it with exasperation. Comedy fans can with glee last Christmas as shops sold out of
the Wii, they couldn’t have hoped it would 4 Flip Mino HD Digital Video
expect a big treat on that Sunday in December when he comes to Madrid; I’m looking forward to it
do it again this year. Yet they will thanks to Wii Fit. The Wii Camera
more than opening the windows on my Advent calendar! Fit’s pressure sensitive interactive step and the vast array of Handheld digital video cameras have
14 December muscle workouts, yoga poses, aerobic activities and balance been around for ages, so what? True, but
Sala Clamores games justify the ‘revolutionary’ tag that is all too often they have never, ever, been as easy to use as this, and 5 Apple iPod Touch
banded about. this bad boy is not even as long or wide as the iPhone, Another reason for mugging to
c/ Albuquerque, 14
M: Bilbao) Forget celebrity if slightly thicker. It has a USB connection to plug in and remain a fashionable crime, the
17€ (15€ in advance) workout videos, if upload what you record instantly, so there’s no faster way latest iPod Touch takes portable
www.comedyinspain.com you can’t get to the to put your videos on youtube if that’s what you want to digital media to new heights seven years after
gym, get this. Fun do. As well as viewing it in handheld, you can also play Apple launched the iPod series. Apple boss Steve
and addictive, the your high definition recordings back instantly on your Jobs has called the iPod Touch, “Training wheels
one downside is TV via the cable included. The best for the iPhone”, because of their similarity in
DON’T the over-simplistic
Body Mass
thing about the Flip Mino is you need
nothing else to use it, it slips into your
features. Of course, this is an iPod: it’s not a phone
and it’s not a camera, but it has wi-fi internet, the
MISS Index method of
measuring how
pocket, has four hours of battery power
and can record an hour of footage. It’s
iTunes store and it’s lighter. With the Nike+iPod
kit, you can take it running and it will measure
appropriate your very light, though, so if you’re a shaky your training routine. Your old mp3 would be
weight is… hand person, you’ll get shaky videos. embarrassed in its company.
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DJ Cosy O’s
MARK DEVLIN’S
Urban Review
10 tunes that you should
HOT JOINTS have been getting down to
this month

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The ten that are blowing up the radio airwaves and rocking
dancefloors this month.
1 SHAUN BOOTHE: themselves,) know a trick or two does the trick – Nate Dogg-style
THE UNAUTHORIZED about pulling a catchy girl- vocal meanderings about the
BIOGRAPHY OF BOB friendly club bubbler out of the consequences of a heavy night on Justin Timberlake Beyoncé
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air, and it can’t have taken long
Inspired to put all the elements together
by Nas’ The for Single Ladies. It’s no Crazy In
Unauthorised Love, but it’ll get asses shaking
Biography of and tonsils wobbling. If I Were A
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the tiles, over a blissfully souled-
out beat.
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series appearing on youtube, each - even if the same theme was nonsensical
volume paying lyrical homage to a explored only last year on Ciara’s artist name.
particular black legend, (first was Like A Boy. The Hackney
James Brown, next is Muhammad wordsmith comes with a truly
Ali.) Toronto MC Boothe does an 4 LL COOL J: OLD SCHOOL absorbing and mesmeric selection SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
admirable job of fitting Marley’s NEW SCHOOL/ IT’S TIME that’s enough to restore any cynic’s T.I. feat. Rihanna Busta Rhymes
life into a four-minute potted FOR WAR (Def Jam) belief in the art of real hip hop. Live Your Life Arab Money 30 1 DEC 2 3 4 5 6

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Paris,
matter? Café Angelina (226 Rue
de Rivoli) was Coco Chanel’s old
hangout. She always, peculiarly
enough, had hot coco, and a Mont
Blanc pastry. The place is always
crowded but well worth a visit.
The French capital is the world’s
most popular tourist destination.
the creativity pays off rather then
a thick wallet. However, that fact
is impossible to ignore once you
are standing in one of those fancy
boutiques, where you know you
should never have placed a foot in
the first place. You are examine the
inner lining on that the immaculately
tailored coat, throw a discreet

Short guide to Paris

After museums and monuments, glimpse at the price tag, and discover
shopping in Paris is one just a couple of zeroes
of the biggest attractions. too many. Buying a

I love you!
There are several high-
end department stores
where there should be
no problem finding
Christmas gifts, and the
wrapping will certainly
not be disappointing.
Bon Marché, Galeries Lafayette and
Printemps will all give you a good
start. Another shopping Mecca is
Colette (Rue Saint-Honoré 213),
always first with the newest fashions.
For some high-class window
shopping, visit the golden triangle
of the streets Avenue Montaigne,
With Christmas upon us, the city of gourmets and connoisseurs is putting on Ave Géorges V, and Rue François
1e, where the top fashion houses are
its most chic outfit. Just mention your upcoming weekend trip to Paris and gathered, offering limousine service
everyone around you will instantly get a dreamy look in their eyes. right outside the doors. Paris is filled
with high fashion at even higher
The world’s most popular tourist destination, stuffed with historical landmarks, prices, and as a direct consequence,
the Parisians have made shopping
coat more expensive
then one month’s rent
would be plain insane.
So, if you don’t feel
like waiting until
the sales in January -
try the vintage trail. Stop by
ever so popular and trendsetting
Kiliwatch (64 rue Tiquetonne),
where designers come to shop for
inspiration as they are planning
their upcoming collections. In
the 16th arrondissement, close
to the Eiffel Tower, you will find
the largest second hand shop for
vintage brands: Réciproque (95
Rue de la Pompe). This is where
the posh madams drop off their old
garments, used only a few times.
The prices can still seem a bit high,
though, at least compared to H&M.
Didn’t I say that Paris is a place for
Get here: Vueling, EasyJet and Air Europa all have direct flights.
Locate yourself: The River Seine flows from West to East, just
like the street numbers. The longer you distance yourself from the
river, north or south, the higher the numbers. The arrondissements
are numbered in a clockwise swirl moving out from the centre.
Bring here: A smart outfit. The key to good service is dressing
sharp, and acting the part.
Remember: If you are shopping for clothes, try one size bigger
than you normally wear, as French sizes tend to be smaller.
Take home: vintage bargains, a timeless little black dress or a
well-fitted jacket.
Avoid: The shopping areas around Montmartre, unless you are
looking for light-blinking Eiffel Tower miniatures or Paris Je t’aime
T-shirts.
Look out for: Dog dirt. Even though there are
fines for leaving it on the curb, the French rarely
pick up after their beloved pets and the streets of
Paris are among the filthiest in Europe.
Reading tip: If you think the bureaucracy in
Spain is bad, and habits and cultural differences
puzzle you, pick up a copy of A year in the merde

P
high-class shopping and must sees, is just waiting to sweep you off your feet. into an art form of their own. Here dreamers? by Stephen Clarke.
WORDS by Linn Treijs

aris is a place for us dreamers; it
is life as it should be. Handsome
women with an enviable sense of
style. Perfectly baked and shaped
baguettes and croissants (hey,
it’s no coincidence that French
bakeries are spread all over the
world). Lousy waiters serving
red wine at lunchtime. A beam
of sunlight reflecting in the River
Seine. Or even the thick grey
sky that doesn’t bother you, just
because it’s the thick
grey sky over Paris. All
surrounded by romantic
scenery, always on the
verge of cliché…
Check out Jean-Pierre
Jeunet’s modern classic
Amelie of Montmartre
and you’ll get it.
I had my fair share of “life as it
Paris should be” on my first trip. As a
star-struck 19-year-old, I came
to Paris on the Inter Rail tour,
expecting to be swept away. And
boy, did Paris have a surprise
for me. A modelling agency had
decided to house all of their male
models in our hotel. Do I even
need to say it: Paris, je t’aime!
With all its perfect picture
postcard potential, Paris is also
your ideal destination at Christmas
time. What is already a very
pretty city, with lots of interesting
architecture to absorb, outshines
itself with the explosion of colour
from the Christmas lights. The
Christmas markets are plenty, and
offer everything from your usual
homemade candy, to cheese and
wooden toys. Try the one in Place
Saint Sulpice if you are looking
for regional handicrafts, and don’t
miss the beautiful surroundings
in the Latin Quarter. The church
here is the second largest in Paris,
after the Notre Dame. It had an
important role in Dan Brown’s
bestseller The
Da Vinci Code,
and is now a
tourist pit stop.
Another
market,
Notre Dame Maison de
l’Alsace, on
the Champs-Elysées, is clearly
influenced by the famous
Christmas Fair in Alsace – the
biggest one in Europe. For a
bite of true Christmas spirit,
don’t miss out on the traditional
delicacies pain d’épices and vin
chaud (French ginger-bread and
warm red wine with spices).
Most markets are open from late
November until the beginning of
January.
Christmas or not, you can hardly
visit Paris without seeing the
Eiffel Tower. It was named after
Gustave Eiffel, the architect who
designed it, and was built for the
World Expo in Paris of 1889. The
plan was to take it down again
20 years later and the Parisians
never became too fond of the iron
tower that they thought changed
the cityscape. But then came
World War I, and the armed forces
decided to keep it: the 300-metre-
high monument came to good use
as a radio antenna. If you plan on
going up the stairs, it’s better to
come early in the morning, as the
queues tend to grow longer with
every hour.
With only a few days in Paris,
it’s all too easy to get caught in
the tourist traps and just as easy
to see why. Notre Dame, Sacré
Coeur with its unique view over
Paris, and the impressive Arc of
Triumph, are huge attractions.
Not to mention The Louvre,
which attracts millions of visitors
a year, most of them just to get a
glimpse of that mysterious Mona
Lisa smile.
In between, try to take the time
to see some other parts of the
city, like the eye-catching Centre
Pompidou, with its exterior
escalator. If you are into modern
and contemporary art, this
museum is highly recommended.
The small square just in front
is also a popular stage for
performance artists. After a
morning of sightseeing, why
not spoil yourself with a proper
afternoon tea, or coffee for that

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San Sebastián
Donostia
I
f there’s one thing about
Basques, it’s that they’re
always trying to convert you
to their football team, usually
with bribes. So far, I’ve been
given the jerseys of Athletic
de Bilbao, Alavés and Osasuna by
friends from the area. (Though
controversy rages about whether
Osasuna is a Basque team,
despite the Euskera name.) Back
in the Barras market in Glasgow
a few years back, I asked whether
the blue and white jersey with
a crown design and a bad smell
was Real Sociedad’s. “Dinnae ken,
pal” (I don’t know), said the stall
owner. It was only seven pounds
so I risked it. Turns out it was
Recreativo de Huelva!
Sociedad hails from the stunning
location of Donostia-San Se-
bastián (its full Basque-Spanish
name). Some of the most spec-
tacular scenery in Iberia is in
and around this city and some of
the best food too. If you want to
find out about food, sports and
La Concha Bay is beautiful, dotted with several
islands and adorned with a beautiful beach.
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Donostiarras were happy at the
liberation. It was thought of as
on New Year’s Eve!
a bit of an avant-garde place in
the early 20th Century. At this
Darts • Cocktails
time, famous people like Leon
Trotsky and Mata Hari were
LIVE SPORTS- 2 BIG SCREENS
seen roaming the streets. And Champions League,
despite Franco’s suppression of
Basque culture during his time Premier League & La Liga
in charge, he enjoyed holidaying
here during his dictatorship.
So what is there to do? The
prestigious San Sebastián Film LIVE MUSIC • 2 FLOORS
Festival has its home here and has
had many famous guests, includ- OPEN EVERY DAY DJ every night from 11pm
ing Alfred
Hitchcock,
Harrison Ford
and, this year,
Meryl Streep.
The old part
of the city is Meryl Streep
full of bars
Martin Quinn takes us to San Sebastián, and the Basque bar crawl, the
reputedly the home of the best food in
the Peninsula, the high end of Spanish
Txikiteo, is at its zenith here.
In September, there is a week
of events celebrating Basque
Irish Pub
holidaymaking, and a world-famous film culture, with sports contests like
Pelota Vasca and stone lifting,
festival, via the rather less glamorous stop-off or Harrijasotzaileak, being held. Plaza del Carmen (entrance: Calle Salud 9)
point of the Glasgow Barrowland Market. There is also a bizarre fiesta on Metro: Sol/Gran Vía/Callao
WORDS by Martin Quinn
20 January
when
there is a
Table-to-table telephones inside!!! Ph: 915 233 415
constant
tragedy in the Basque Country, The film, directed by San drum-
there are some great sources of Sebastián native, director ming
reference. One of these is Mark Julio Medem explains the proces-
Kurlansky’s book The Basque contrived politics of the sion
History of the World, a quirky but area. This is against a back- Harrijasotzaileak through
serious look at the strange cul- drop of stunning aerial shots, the town. It dates back to the
ture and politics of the Basques. haunting Basque music and the previously mentioned Napo-
It is cut intermittently with local game, Basque Ball. (Sort of leonic War incident. During
local recipes and describes the like Squash or Irish Handball, the French occupation, mock
importance of gastronomy to the with a wooden scoop.) If you parades lampooning the French
culture, especially in Donostia. were to ignore the politics that were held by locals. This is
Apparently, the mayor has the are explained in the film, you considered one of the most
duty of dining practically every would still be blown away by the important fiestas in the city. You
night in a different restaurant in scenery, especially in Donostia. can also go to the local Anoeta
the city during his tenure. The La Concha Bay is beautiful, stadium and see some football,
boozy Basques have large cider dotted with several islands and in the form of the now second
restaurants all around Donostia’s adorned with a beautiful beach. division Real Sociedad. Estadio
province, Gipuzkoa (Guipúzcoa), The old city is mostly adorned Anoeta also hosts occasional
where steaks and non-sparkling with 19th Century architecture Heineken Cup rugby games so as
cider are served. Gastronomic as it was rebuilt after British and to accommodate French Basque
societies or, Txokos, are very Portuguese forces looted and rugby giants Biarritz.
popular and the city is the destroyed it in 1813,
birthplace of these com- during the Napoleonic All in all, it’s a charming, beauti-
munal cooking clubs. Wars. They liberated ful place and a bus can be taken
the city from French there from Avenida de America
Another reference for occupiers, then went station. Renfe also goes from
the Basque universe is berserk and wrecked Atocha and Chamartin stations
the film La Pelota Vasca: the city, despite the so a train is also an option. You
Skin against Stone. fact that the locals, the can also get a flight there as it
has a small airport close by. The
operator from Madrid is Air
Nostrum, an Iberian Airlines
franchise. It’s an easy place to
get to from Madrid, though it
is quite a journey. So, for some
of the best food and scenery in
Iberia, head Basqueward for
stunning San Sebastián.
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American
Hard Rock Cafe Madrid has undergone a complete
memorabilia redecoration, with dozens of new items
commemorating the history of rock now on display. 
On Tuesday, 16 December, in celebration of the
redecoration, the Madrid Café will host an exclusive live
VIP performance.
 
Hard Rock Cafe Madrid offers the genuine American
food and we create an authentic dining experience in a
rock ‘n’ roll atmosphere: live music and museum.
Open every day: 12:30- 03:00 am
Tel:+ 00 34 91 436 43 40 www.hardrock.com
Hard Rock Cafe Pº de la Castellana, 2 Colón/Serrano
Alfredo’s Barbacoa Lagasca, 5 ( Retiro). Tel: 91 576 6271
Juan Hurtado de Mendoza, 11 ( Cuzco). Tel: 91 576 6271
Foster’s Hollywood Magallanes, 1 ( San Bernardo). Tel: 91 445 6110
Pl. Isabel II, 3 ( Ópera). Tel: 91 542 3172
Princesa, 13 ( Pl. España). Tel: 91 559 1914
Gédeca, 6 ( Alonso Martínez). Tel: 91 310 2369
Ribs Abada, 8 ( Callao). Tel: 91 884 3728
Peggy Sue’s Amaniel, 20 ( Ventura Rodríguez). Tel: 91 521 8560
T.G.I. Friday’s Gran Vía, 76 ( Gran Vía). Tel: 91 275 9492
Tony Roma’s Gédeca, 17 ( Alonso Martínez). Tel: 91 310 1488
Mexican /Tex-Mex
Experience our traditional Mexican cuisine in an
authentic atmosphere. In a relaxed environment
enjoy one of our specialities, the fajitas, mixtas and
prawn tacos. With space for large groups, there is
fun for everyone! Open Mon-Thurs: 1pm-4pm
and 8pm-12pm, Friday to Sunday: 1pm-4pm and
8pm to 1:30 am. Tel: 91 542 3936
www.cantinalaherradura.com.es
La Herradura c/ Montserrat, 32 San Bernardo/Plaza de España
Argentinian
Basilicco Santa Teresa, 12 ( Alonso Martinez). Tel: 91 308 0102
El Gaucho Tetuán, 34 ( Sol). Tel: 91 522 4793
La Vaca Argentina Bailén, 20 ( La Latina). Tel: 91 365 6654
Cuban
Tocororo Prado, 3 ( Sevilla). Tel: 91 369 4000
Centro Cubano Claudio Cuello, 41 ( Serrano). Tel: 91 575 8279
La Cabaña Ventura de la Vega, 10 ( Sevilla). Tel: 91 420 1741
Centrally located Argentinian steak house with a
rustic, welcoming atmosphere. Enjoy traditional
Argentinian cuisine such as pizza, pasta, and grilled
meat. Variety of vegetarian options available. Open
every day ‘til late. Average price 15/20€ per head,
lunch menu only 9,50€.
Il Piccolino Della Farfalla Tel: 91 369 4391
La Farfalla Tel: 91 369 4691
Il Piccolino Della Farfalla c/ Huertas, 6 Antón Martín
La Farfalla c/ Santa María, 17 Antón Martín
Vegetarian
A pleasant surprise for non-vegetarians. Rustic,
Andalusian tavern-style décor, extensive and
surprisingly tasty menu. Located in the heart of the
bustling La Latina area.
Open every day, 1pm- 4.30pm, 8pm-12.30pm.
Tel: 91 365 8982
El Estragón Pl. Paja, 10 Madrid de los Austrias La Latina
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What do you fancy tonight?
eat out guide
Indian
Brand new Indian restaurant in Madrid! Exquisite
Indian cuisine, in a stunning and central location,
right beside Madrid’s famous Plaza Mayor.
Terrace now open.
Tel: 913 669 099 Mob: 662 503 469
Mister India Plaza de la Provincia, 3
Plaza de Lavapies, 5
Sol/Antón Martin
Lavapies
Brand new Indian restaurant located in the Heart
of Madrid. Traditional Punjab dishes served by friendly
Indian staff. Call for details of special Bollywood
dancing shows performed in the restaurant.
Open 1-4pm and 8pm-midnight.
Tel: 91 523 4570
www.currys.es
Curry’s Indian Restaurant c/ Silva, 16 Callao
Traditional Indian restaurant- offering a variety of
rich Indian cuisine infused with the best authentic
ingredients. Located in the centre of Madrid and
open daily 1-4 pm and 8-12 pm. Set menu available
everyday from 1-4 pm for 9.95€.
Tel: 91 360 0706 www.gurumadrid.es
Guru Indian Restaurant c/ Echegaray 21 Sol/ Sevilla
Enjoy a wide variety of traditional Indian cuisine.
With over 40 dishes to choose from, you will be spoilt
for choice. Open daily 1-4 pm and 8.30-11.30 pm.
Set menu and take away food available.
www.restaurantetaj.com
c/ Cruz 13 Sol/Sevilla. Tel: 91 522 3595
Taj c/ Marqués De Cubas 6 Banco de España. Tel: 91 531 5059 / 91 521 63 27
Bright, colourfully furnished Indian restaurant located in
Madrid’s trendy Chueca area. Open since 1985, it is a busy
little place and quite reasonably priced at around 18/20€
per head. 3 course lunch or “menu del día” is served from
1.30pm- 4.30pm, dinner from 8.30pm- 12.30am.
Open every day. Tel: 91 391 4586
Taj Mahal c/ Belén, 12 Chueca/Alonso Martínez
Indian
Annapurna Zurbano, 5 ( Alonso Martínez). Tel: 91 319 8716
Arga Isabel la Católica, 9 ( Santo Domingo). Tel: 91 542 2756
Bombay Palace Fernán González, 54 ( Ibiza). Tel: 91 574 1930
Delhi Duque de Osuna, 6 ( Plaza de España). Tel: 91 542 8451
Ganga Alameda, 6 ( Atocha). Tel: 91 369 4273
Guru Echegaray, 21 ( Sevilla). Tel: 91 360 0706
Moharaj Buenavista, 42 ( Lavapies). Tel: 91 528 5289 / 91 539 2829
Passage to India Ave María, 18 ( Antón Martin). Tel: 91 527 1787
Tandoori Station Jose Ortega y Gasset, 89 ( Lista/Manuel Becerra). Tel: 91 401 2228
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Spanish
Traditional Spanish food, in a traditional Spanish
atmosphere, with flamenco music and a terrace right in
the centre of Madrid. Try the typical “croquetas de jamón”
or the house speciality “Don Paco” dish. Open all day from
10am to 2am. Tel: 91 522 9050
La Tía Cebolla c/ de la Cruz, 27 Sol
Enjoy typical Andalusian food, original décor,
oriental dance shows and a cultural fusion every
day of the year… Not to be missed!!
Tel: 90 233 3334 www.medinamayrit.com
Medina Mayrit c/ Atocha, 14 Sol/Tirso de Molina
Bazaar San Marcos, 35 ( Chueca). Tel: 91 523 1505
Casa Mingo Paseo de la Florida, 34 ( Príncipe Pío). Tel: 91 547 7918
En Busca del Tiempo Barcelona, 4 ( Sol). Tel: 91 521 9801
La Burbuja que Ríe Ángel, 16 ( La Latina). Tel: 91 366 5167
La Cueva del Faisán Espoz y Mina,15 ( Sol). Tel: 676 287 654
A Cuerpo De Rey Hilarión Eslava, 27 ( Moncloa). Tel: 91 549 4338
Spanish Tapas
La Casa del Abuelo Victoria, 12 ( Sol). Tel: 91 521 2319
Malaspina Cádiz, 9 ( Sol). Tel: 91 523 4024
Modern/International Cuisine
Barely a year old but already a favourite for
many in the district of de las Letras. With a menu
catered for everyone’s taste offering tempting
and varied food. Very good wines and a list of
classic cocktails. Open daily from 1pm-2am.
(Fri & Sat until 2:30am) Tel: 91 369 1025
Miranda c/ Huertas, 29 Sol/Antón Martin
New, modern restaurant located in the heart of
Madrid. Fresh, vibrant atmosphere and bright,
comfortable surroundings. Very reasonably priced.
Monday to Saturday, 1pm to 4pm and 8pm to
midnight. (Saturdays 1.30pm opening)
Tel: 91 523 0481
Cubik c/ Aduana,12 Sol/Sevilla
Creative cuisine in a casual, friendly atmosphere.
Lunch served Tuesday to Friday, Dinner served Tuesday
to Saturday, brunch served on Sundays.
Tel: 91 547 4996
Toma c/ Conde Duque, 14 Plaza de España
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Italian
Enjoy typical Italian cuisine in a modern baroque
restaurant. Very central location in a cool going-out
area. Ideal for group bookings, events, birthdays,
stag and hen nights.
Day 13:30-16:30, evening from 20:30 Tuesday-Sunday.
Specialised in pizza a la parrilla, pastas, meats and fish.
SPECIAL OFFER: 15% discount Sunday-Thursday evenings
Tel: 91 308 0102 basilicco@gmail.com
Basilicco c/ Santa Teresa, 12 Alonso Martinez
Pizza Marzano Gran Vía, 69 ( Gran Vía). Tel: 91 541 8916
Pinocchio P.º Eduardo Dato, 5 ( Iglesia). Tel: 91 593 9927
Zurbano, 6 ( Alonso Martínez). Tel: 91 310 3171
Gaztambide, 3 ( Argüelles). Tel: 91 543 0649
Pizza Marzano Gran Vía, 69 ( Gran Vía). Tel: 91 541 8916
Mediterranean Cuisine
Kranc Paseo de la Chopera, 132 ALCOBENDAS. Tel: 91 662 4114
Chinese
El Dragón Barbieri, 17 ( Chueca). Tel: 91 522 7272
House Of Ming Pº de la Castellana, 74 ( G Marañón). Tel: 91 561 9827
Tse Yang Pº Castellana, 22 ( Ruben Dario). Tel: 91 431 1888
Yuán Velázquez, 87 ( Nuñez de Balboa). Tel: 91 522 7272
Ciudad Feliz Fernández de los Ríos, 75 ( Moncloa). Tel: 91 549 9573
Yuán Velázquez, 87 ( Nuñez de Balboa). Tel: 91 522 7272
Zen Central Puigcerdá, 6 ( Serrano). Tel: 91 431 1233
Mixed Oriental
Buddha del Mar Carretera de la Coruña, Km 8,700 Tel: 91 357 5275
Entre Occidente y Oriente Ayalá, 17 ( Colón). Tel: 91 426 0843
Golden Seal López de Hoyos, 327 ( Pinar Del Rey). Tel: 91 388 6166
Indochina Barquillo, 10 ( Chueca). Tel: 91 524 0318
The Wok San Marcos, 31 ( Chueca). Tel: 91 531 6979
Castello, 117 ( Avenida de America). Tel: 91 411 2918
Chinese
El Dragón Barbieri, 17 ( Chueca). Tel: 91 522 7272
Tse Yang Pº Castellana, 22 ( Rubén Darío). Tel: 91 431 1888
Japanese
“Let’s Noodle”
Madrid’s very first noodle bar. Fast, healthy and
fun food served in the heart of Madrid’s Chueca
district, in a pleasant and modern atmosphere.
Take-away service available.
Open Mon- Sun 1pm-1am.
Tel: 91 522 3333
Circus Noodle Bar c/ Libertad, 13 Chueca
Ayala Japón Ayala, 67 ( Lista). Tel: 91 309 5625
Furama Paseo de la Florida, 2 ( Príncipe Pío). Tel: 91 548 7658
Thai
Authentic Thai cuisine, in exotic, intimate
surroundings. Good service, friendly atmosphere.
English menu available. Extensive à la carte menu,
lunch and evening specials.
Open 12-4pm and 8pm-12pm.
Non-smoking.
Tel: 91 559 8315
SIAM c/ San Bernardino, 6 Plaza de España/Noviciado
The Thai Gardens Jorge Juan, 5 ( Colón). Tel: 91 577 8884
Café Saigón María de Molina, 4 ( Gregorio Marañón). Tel: 91 563 1566
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WORDS by PETER MOORE
Win!
five cinema
tickets
for you and star Seth Rogen, Hollywood’s new favourite actor. He
your friends! is a different type of hero. He’s not defined by good
Yelmo Cine Ideal, the biggest
original language cinema in looks, rippling muscles, sharp intellect, or a sinister
Madrid, are giving away five
free tickets to see a film of Italian accent; he is, in fact, a bit of an antithesis: a
your choice at their theatre
in Calle Doctor Cortezo. All touch overweight, a flicker of red in his curly unkempt
you have to do is answer the
following question:
Which part did Seth
Rogen originally
write for himself in
Pineapple Express?
Send your answers and
contact details in an email
entitled “Yelmo Film
Competition” to
editor@europeanvibe.com
before 20 December 2008.
Good luck to you all!
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The OneTrick Pony?
It’s a phenomenon in any kind of artistic success that discovering what it
was that made you successful presents the dilemma: carry on doing what was
successful, or go back to the drawing board and try to be successful in a different way?
Spanish title: Superfumados
Director: David Gordon Green Cast: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Danny R. McBride, Gary Cole, Rosie Perez, Amber Heard, James Remar
What, I wonder, are the first notable signs of ageing?
Is it getting annoyed when your housemates return
knives and forks in the cutlery drawer the wrong way
round? Becoming obsessive about getting your left
iPod headphone into the corresponding ear hole? Or
perhaps it is writing long, gushing eulogies about
authors like Charles Dickens (see page 31) for a hip
publication in Madrid, where the readership would
much prefer to read about writers like Irvine Welsh or
Hunter S. Thompson?
Ok. I’m becoming a grumpy, particular, Englishman.
I know it. And I finally resigned myself to that fate
whilst writing this article about Pineapple Express.
Pineapple Express, for those of you that haven’t yet
spotted the adverts, is the latest Hollywood film to
hair - aesthetically something of a genetic mash up
between Rivers Cuomo out of Weezer, and Yogi Bear
out of Jellystone Park.
He was marked as an emerging talent with his
appearance in Judd Apatow’s 2005 comedy, The
Forty Year Old Virgin. And it was in this film that he
developed the persona that was to bring him so
much subsequent success. He played the role of an
underachieving electronics store assistant with a
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ORIGINAL VERSION >Renoir Plaza de España
Seth Rogen in CINEMAS (V.O.) Address: Martín de los Heros, 12
Tel: 915 414 100 & 902 229 122
Pineapple Express >Alphaville Golem
Heros, 14
Zone: Central
Price: Mon-Fri 6.50 €. Sat & Sun 6.80 €
Address: Martín de los Metro: Plaza de España
Tel: 915 593 836
Zone: Central
>Renoir Princesa
Rodríguez (Line 3)
Price: 6.80 € Address: Calle de la Princesa, 5,
Metro: Plaza de España (Lines Pje. Martín de los Heros
3 & 10) Tel: 915 599 872 & 902 229 122
Zone: Central
>Pequeño Cine Estudio
Rodríguez (Line 3) Price: Mon-Fri 6.50 €. Sat & Sun 6.80 €
Metro: Plaza de España (Lines 3
Address: Magallanes, 1 & 10), Ventura Rodríguez (Line 3)
Tel: 914 472 920
Release Date: 5 December 2008 Release Date: 12 December 2008 Release Date: 19 December 2008 Zone: Chamberi
Price: 6.50 €
>Renoir Retiro
Rodríguez (Line 3)
Spanish title: Superfumados Spanish title: Ultimatum a la Tierra Spanish title: Charlie Bartlett Metro: Quevedo (Line 2) Address: Narváez, 42
Tel: 902 229 122
>Princesa
Rodríguez (Line 3) Zone: Retiro
Price: Mon-Fri 6.50 €. Sat & Sun
Address: Calle de la Princesa, 3 6.80 €
Tel: 915 414 100 & 902 888 902 Metro: Ibiza (Line 9)
Zone: Moncloa-Aravaca
>Verdi
Please note: details of all films are correct at the time of publication.
Price: Mon-Fri 6.20 €. Sat & Sun Rodríguez (Line 3)
6.80 €
Metro: Plaza de España (Lines 3 Address: Bravo Murillo, 28
& 10), Ventura Rodríguez Tel: 914 473 930
(Line 3) Zone: Chamberi
Price: 6.50 €
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Quevedo (Line 2)
Address: Raimundo Fernández
Villaverde, 10
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Rodríguez (Line 3)
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fondness for marijuana, bottled beer and abstract an underachieving stoner. This time the plot revolves
musings. around a bungled gangland execution, which is
inadvertently witnessed by his character Dale
Commercial success followed. Rogen forged a close Denton. Swiftly fleeing the scene, Denton manages
working relationship with Apatow which spawned to incriminate himself by leaving the smouldering
a number of major releases, notably Superbad and embers of a joint behind him. Not so much a
Knocked Up. The latter saw him largely reprising the smoking gun, as a smoking spliff - and with the
role of the dim-witted, pot-smoking layabout, whose strain of cannabis sufficiently rare to be traced - the
personal moment of epiphany came when, in his scene is set for the ‘mobsters versus the munchies’
single act of physical exertion, he managed to get his battle that follows.
co-star Katherine Heigl pregnant.
For me, Rogen’s formula is wearing a little thin. There’s
Knocked Up was a roaring commercial success for him always the danger of being typecast, and he is running
and Apatow. It elevated the pair to the lofty status of the risk of being remembered by history as the ‘useless
Hollywood A-listers, it was nominated for a clutch
of awards and it brought home a total gross revenue
stoner’- and regardless of how many Homer Simpson
moments of clarity he experiences, I can’t imagine that
of something around $220,000,000. It was his Dick his mother will be pleased with that.
Whittington moment; he had hit the big time.
And maybe it is me growing older, but his breed of
By the end of 2008, Apatow and Rogen seem to hold humour is getting a little boring. Just like hanging
the middle ground in cinematic comedy, a position out with people who smoke far too much dope: it’s
that previously was filled by Will Ferrell and Vince fun for a while, but it soon becomes incredibly dull,
Vaughn and, before them, by the American Pie as the conversation becomes stale and you
generation. He can now expect around six spend far too much time discussing
million dollars for each film appearance; whether The Beatles were better than
and his dumb, hopeless characters, with The Stones, or whether or not the
their monotonous, irrelevant verbal Chinese shop in La Plaza de Bilbao
deliveries, have found favour right across sells the best hotdogs in town.
mainstream America.
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2008-2009 de La Scala
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matches of all time to finally claim the ultimate prize in tennis. It also
European Vibe Sports Personality made him the first man since Bjorn Borg to win the French Open and
of the Year Wimbledon in the same year.
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in Beijing, the great Spaniard made it official. Injury was to curtail his year
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Coming into 2008, Rafa was famous for several things. One was his all that when she took the 400m freestyle by a
abilities on the clay courts of Europe. In three years he had obliterated fingertip and the 800m freestyle by a length. In the pool she is dynamic,
anyone who had the misfortune to face him on the red dirt. This period out of it she really does seem like the girl next door. It is safe to say that
saw him rack up three French Open titles and, at one point, an 84-match Rebecca is already a national treasure in her home country.
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And the icing on his very large cake came last month when he
became both the youngest man and the first black man to win Runner Up
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Of course, luck had little to do with Hamilton winning the
ultimate prize in motor sport at the tender age of 23. For ten
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years the McLaren team had been grooming young Lewis for the Usain Bolt Sevilla v Partizan Belgrade, Gp C
high octane world of Formula One and in 2007 they finally let 4th Dec FOOTBALL UEFA Cup
him loose. And boy did he make an impact. With two races to go Aston Villa v MSK Zilina, Gp F
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he was 16 points clear and looking a certain winner in his rookie In Beijing the young Jamaican put on the Wolfsburg v Portsmouth, Gp E
season. However, mistakes by Hamilton and his team in China greatest display of sprinting since the 5th Dec Rugby union Heineken Cup
and Brazil saw him surrender the championship to the Ferrari dinosaurs took their leave. He won the 100m Cardiff Blues v Biarritz
driver, Kimi Raikkonen, by one point. and 200m by country miles, breaking both Edinburgh v Wasps
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on and off the racetrack. Expectations were much higher, the finish things off Bolt and three of his mates took the 4x100m 6th Dec FOOTBALL EPL

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press and he was accused in some quarters of arrogance. On the global star has been born, and Jamaica has a new national hero. Blackburn v Liverpool
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track he was struggling with consistency, one week brilliant, the Man Utd v Sunderland
next, reckless. But by the final race in Brazil he found himself in a European Vibe Team of the Year Rugby union Heineken Cup
similar position to 2007 – come fifth and the glory would be his. (Outstanding performance by a sports team) Calvisano v Gloucester
With ten laps to go Hamilton was just where he needed to be, Leicester v Perpignan
Leinster v Castres
but then the rains came forcing cars into the pits and sending his Ospreys v Treviso
strategy up in smoke. Stade Francais v Harlequins
Going into the last lap he was running sixth, going into the Spain 7th Dec FOOTBALL La Liga
last corner he was running sixth. And then when all hope appeared national football team
Barcelona v Valencia
Real Madrid v Sevilla
gone the motor racing gods suddenly smiled on young Lewis and Sporting Gijon v Atletico
brought the car in front of him to a virtual standstill. Hamilton took The Spanish football team Rugby union Heineken Cup
the man, the finish line and his place in the record books. has become famous for its Bath v Glasgow
ability to underperform in Clermont Auvergne v Munster
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and World Cups. Almost 9th Dec FOOTBALL Champions League
without exception, La Barcelona v Shakhtar Donetsk, Gp C
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top of their qualifying Marseille v Atletico Madrid, Gp D
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groups and been one 10th Dec FOOTBALL Champions League
of the favourites to lift the trophy before tournament finals. But Celtic v Villarreal, Gp E
Throughout most of 2008 there was Nadal, when the pressure has really been on, the Spaniards have been FC Porto v Arsenal, Gp G
Federer and Djokovic, and then there were flattering to deceive since 1964 – the year that marked their one Man Utd v AaB, Gp E
Real Madrid v Zenit St Petersburg, Gp H
the rest. However, as the season came to a and only major footballing triumph. 12th Dec Rugby union Heineken Cup
close, a fourth man had joined this exclusive Thankfully, most bad things do come to an end and this Castres v Leinster
party. Since Wimbledon the Scottish tennis summer Spain threw off the shackles of past failures to take this Scarlets v Ulster
player Andy Murray has been taking titles and toppling the top
three almost at will. If he can stay fit, he may well be the one at
the European Championships by storm. Casillas was impassable
in goal, Puyol and Ramos solid in defense, Alonso and Xavi
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a non-European) and the Azurri defending. Penalties were soon inevitable but for Munster v Clermont Auvergne
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once the Spanish held their nerves while the Italians lost theirs. Newport-Gwent D'gons v Toulouse
Treviso v Ospreys Man Utd v Blackburn
This, you feel, was the moment when the hoping turned into 14th Dec FOOTBALL EPL Stoke v Derby
believing; the mantra podemos was finally being repeated with Chelsea v West Ham Watford v Tottenham
Michael Phelps conviction. And it was also the point when the healing powers FOOTBALL La Liga 6th December
of sport once more came to the fore. Regional rivalries were Atletico v Real Betis Man Utd v Sunderland
Barcelona v Real Madrid
temporarily forgotten as people across the country celebrated the Rugby union Heineken Cup Real Madrid v Sevilla
In turbulent economic times, investors success of their football team together. The street party got bigger Glasgow v Bath 9th December
seek to shelter their money from the when the Russians were defeated in the semi-final and reached a Perpignan v Leicester Barcelona v
storm by buying into that most reliable of crescendo when one goal by Fernando Torres was enough to see Wasps v Edinburgh Shakhtar Donetsk
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commodities - gold. Yet another reason, off the Germans and take the trophy. 44 years of hurt had been 17th Dec FOOTBALL UEFA Cup Marseille v Atletico

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about himself as 2008 draws to a close. Because anyone who style. In 2008, the best team really did win and let’s hope there Hamburg v Aston Villa, Gp F PM
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They might have come from
afar, passing through dangers
unknown, to bring gold,
frankincense and myrrh (don’t
worry so much about the myrrh
next time) to Baby Jesus, but the
big jolly fat man might be too
much for Caspar, Melchior and
Balthasar. Peter Moore muses
on whether Christmas Day will
replace Epiphany as the most
important date on the Spanish
festive calendar.
WORDS by Peter Moore
e all love Spain for its ec-
centricities. The charm of the
country would be reduced by half
if Spaniards stopped tossing goats
out of church towers, or realised how silly
they looked whilst dressed up as members
of the Ku Klux Klan; marching through the
main square of a some pueblo or other with an
enormous table balanced on their heads.
Perhaps I shouldn’t laugh. After all I did grow
up in an English village where most of the
buildings were constructed during the reign of
Elizabeth I, and where, each September, the
leading men and women of the community
would dress up as Morris dancers and parade
around the parish boundary with stag antlers
perched on their shoulders.
But when you think about it, these odd details
are what give a community character. If all you
want is bland normality and a bit of scenery,
then you may as well desert Spain altogether
28 dec 08
Santavs.Claus
The Three Kings
and go and live in Switzerland. Such a benign
existence, however, is not for me and over the
years I’ve developed a fondness for all of Iberia’s
peculiarities – my attitude being that if an intel-
ligent and self-governing community of people
think it proper and right to put on their finest
suit and award a dead sardine with a formal
burial – then why on earth shouldn’t they?
And in the same breath, I’m going to stick up for
another of Spain’s traditions: Reyes. For those of
you that don’t know, Reyes, a shortened version
of Los Reyes Magos - is the most important day
in the Spanish festive season which occurs on
the sixth day of January – the day known to us
from the north of Europe as Epiphany. It was the
day that the three wise men (or magic kings,
as the Spanish would have it) turned up at the
stable Bethlehem, along with their gifts of gold,
frankincense and myrrh.
Thinking of this story always brings me back to
the opening scene of Monty Python’s The Life
of Brian. There, the three wise men mistakenly
arrive at the side of Brian’s crib instead of
Jesus’, leading to a confused exchange with
Brian’s unhelpful mother. “He’s the son of God,
our Messiah, King of the Jews,” the wise men
announce excitedly. “And that’s Capricorn is it?”
carps back the mother, incredulously.
But in Spain, the day is remembered in a far
different way, which in some characteristics
resembles our Christmas Day. In the month
before Reyes, children are encouraged to write
a letter to the kings; assuring them that they
have behaved well during the previous year,
and asking whether or not they could have
a few presents as a reward. As the tale goes,
children that have behaved well receive gifts
from the kings, which are left during the night
of 5 January in a shoe on the balcony. Con-
versely, all that the poorly behaved children
get is a rubbish lump of coal.
Reyes, is the final, most important date in the
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Spanish festive season, which builds over the
preceding month to a resounding crescendo
with the arrival of the kings on the evening of
the fifth. In fact, the Spanish festive season is
such a vivid, wonderful part of the year, that I
think it’s well worth sketching quickly for any
new arrivals.
From early December you’ll notice that the su-
permarkets fill up with an unnatural amount of
food, as the abuelas stalk the aisles with shop-
ping trolleys loaded like farmers’ wheelbarrows.
On Christmas Eve (Noche Buena) the first meal
of the Spanish feasting season arrives, as Span-
ish females disappear into the house and start
to do majestic things with seafood and shellfish.
This banquet on Christmas Eve is followed by
another on Christmas Day, which is followed by
another on New Year’s Eve (Noche Vieja), which
is followed by a final colossal gorge for Reyes. As
the final whistle blows on the evening of the 6
January, half the population are crawling away
from the dinner table and begging for mercy.
So well defined, and so much loved – it seems
scandalous to suggest that of all Spanish
traditions, Reyes, the core of their Christmas
celebration is under attack. But amongst all
the tumbling goats, bull fighting, sardine
burying and bonfire burning, Reyes is probably
the Spanish fiesta whose fate hangs most
precariously in the calendar.
The onward march of westernisation is at the
heart of this. The streets of Madrid, Barcelona,
Valencia and a hundred other cities and
towns across the country are now loaded with
the standard tribe of multinational stores
and outlets; at the end of 2008 the Spanish
population are just as much exposed to Nike,
Nintendo, Starbucks and Gap as the residents
of San Francisco are. And along with the tidal
wave of westernisation comes our familiar
mascots of the Christmas season, Santa Claus
and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and as
a result emphasis is drifting further away from
Reyes and towards Christmas.
The mere suggestion that Christmas is going
to one day replace Reyes in Spain is likely to
provoke a vicious ear boxing from a Spaniard.
Reyes – they will inform you in a no-nonsense
way – is the most important day in the calen-
dar, after perhaps Semana Santa. It is not, they
will continue, about to disappear.
And they have a point. It’s not going to
suddenly disappear; but with more and more
children demanding their presents on Christ-
mas Day, you can be sure that over the next
decade the Spanish festive season is going to
lose some of its familiar feel.
If you’re up for a seasonal chuckle, then on the
afternoon of the fifth of January, get yourself
down to Sol to greet the kings arriving in
Madrid, resplendent and waving to the crowd
from the roof of their double decker buses. It’s
a uniquely Spanish peculiarity that’ll make you
glad to be in Iberia and a refreshing change
from our westernised secular Christmas, which
after all was created by Bing Crosby, the Coca
Cola marketing department and a clutter of
Victorian novelists.
6
December 2008 is the
thirtieth anniversary of
the Spanish Constitution.
It was created during a
time of uncertainty and
instability, though its
ramifications have mostly reversed
this. It has led to a freer and more
prosperous society. Regional
language and cultural rights have
been enshrined in the document.
The regions have varying degress
of autonomy but, according to the
constitution, Spain is “indissoluble”
and “indivisible”. The king is the
nominal head of state, having little
power other than constitutional
guardianship. Well, this and the
ability to tell South American lead-
ers to “shut up”.
Apparently, as he lay dying, Franco
was told that thousands of Span-
iards had gathered outside to say
farewell. The dictator responded
by asking where they were going.
Once the Generalísimo had died,
the seemingly obedient heir to
the regime, Juan Carlos, began a
process of transition to democracy.
Although there had been fears of a
new dictatorship, the most serious
chance of this died in 1973 with
Admiral Luís Carrero Blanco, killed
by an ETA bomb. The uncertainty
of the era led to other questions.
Another civil war? A Red Spain
or a divided Spain? The Basque
derby between Athletic de Bilbao
and Real Sociedad saw a display of
burgeoning nationalism when the
two captains came onto the pitch
carrying an Ikurriña (the Basque
flag) together. This was unthinkable
in Franco’s time, when the Basque
provinces of Guipúzcoa and Viz-
caya, despite being predominantly
devoutly Catholic, were branded
‘traitor provinces’ for siding with
the Second Republic during the
Spanish Civil War. Between the
spectres of communism and region-
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A robust constitution
Martin Quinn delivers his account of the
Spanish Constitution of 1978. 30 years on from
its approval by the people of Spain, many see
this as a time to celebrate, but many others see
it as high time for change.
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al nationalism, Spain was a long way
from stability and self-confidence.
Who was the man to achieve this
then? Juan Carlos had initially
extended Arias Navarro’s tenure
as prime minister which was by
no means a good sign that reform
was on the way. A Francoist public
prosecutor, he had Salvador Puig
Antich, a Catalán anarchist,
executed in 1974. The move was
reminiscent of the post-Civil War
purges that saw tens of thousands of
suspected Republican sympathisers
put to death without trial. The move
sparked an international outcry so
Navarro’s continued participation
in government was controversial.
Navarro attempted to prolong
Francoist policy and, in the ensuing
political struggle, lost his job. The
king then appointed Adolfo Suarez,
a Francoist technocrat, which was
originally viewed with scepticism by
the centre and left.
Suarez, however, had no intention
of preserving the status quo. He
enacted political reforms that led
to democratic elections in 1977.
His great task lay in finding how to
dismantle Francoism from within
so as to avoid military intervention.
The Cortes was populated with
non-elected ultra-conservative
politicians, so persuading them to
sign their own system’s death war-
rant was going to be difficult. With
help from the Speaker of the Cortes,
Torcuato Fernández-Miranda, who
drafted the Political Reform Act,
he succeeded in this. A 94% “Yes”
vote in a national referendum on
the subject gave it more credibility.
Now, Suarez had to confront a
major obstacle. The opposition.
The PSOE was open to many
of Suárez’s ideas. Leader Felipe
González and his party were far
more Marxist than the Socialist
6 December
Party of today, but
the centreward
drift was begin-
ning. The major
problem was the
Communists’
rejection of the
Political Reform
Act. The law didn’t allow them to
participate in elections as extreme
right-wing elements were opposed
to their legalization. Right-wing
opposition to the Partido Com-
munista de España culminated in
a terrorist attack on an address in
Calle Atocha in January 1977, kill-
ing five leftists. Public outrage led
to Suárez taking advantage of the
situation and legalizing the party.
The right to strike and unionize
was also granted shortly after. Elec-
tions were called for June to select
a parliament that would write the
constitution. The scene was set.
The aforementioned issue with
regional nationalism was continu-
ing throughout this time, especially
in the Basque Country, which
was in turmoil as nationalists
confronted the authorities. There
were prisoner amnesties but para-
military activity was skyrocketing.
ETA (and nationally, the Maoist
GRAPO) were active and on the
other side of the spectrum, Fran-
coist paramilitaries were active. In
Euskadi and Catalonia nationalist
parties were doing well and the
desire for disengagement from
Madrid had returned strongly.
The elections of 15 June 1977 left
Suárez and his party, Unión de
Centro Democrático with 35% of
the vote. The Socialists got 29% and
Alianza Popular, led by Manuel
Fraga flopped with 8%. Fraga, a
rather unstable character prone to
aggressive public outbursts, had
supported very gradual change. The
public viewed him as an old-school
dec 08
culture
Francoist and very reactionary. The
Communists achieved nearly 10%
of the vote and this would guar-
antee they left their stamp on the
constitution. Along with the right
of the government to intervene
in the private sector if the public
interest deemed it necessary, the
Communists also managed to get
a clause in regarding the workers’
right to eventually own the means
of production. The next year would
see this and the other parts of the
constitution being drafted.
The constitution was ratified in
a referendum with an absolute
majority of 87.87% of the popular
vote on 6 December 1978. The
turnout was 69% and there was
a notable lack of support in the
Basque Country, where national-
ists abstained, but 15,706,078 of
17,873,301 voters said “Yes” to
the charter. Here are some of the
other important features of the
constitution. You’ll probably hear
Spaniards complaining about the
health system but their right to
healthcare free at the point of use
is enshrined in the
constitution. The re-
sult is a high level of
healthcare. Anyone
who has suffered the
British health system
(or Jesus help us,
the Irish Republic’s)
can testify to Spain’s
hands-down superi-
ority here, the poor in the USA can
only dream. Decent housing and
state pensions are also unalienable
rights, so, socially speaking, Span-
iards have done very well. Added
to these, the government has been
given the onus to be proactive in
job creation. The other major point
is, regardless of race, gender, sexual
preference, religious or political
beliefs, everyone’s equal. Franco
will be turning in his grave faster
than a cement mixer.
It seems, although the only change
to the constitution has been to
allow EU nationals to vote in local
elections, many do not want the
document to stop developing.
Proposals for changes have been
made, including the rejected
Ibarretxe Plan of altering of the
Basque Country’s status to free
association with the Spanish state.
The Spanish Senate may also be
revamped and changes to the right
of royal succession are planned.
Spain has moved a long way from
the days of dictatorship. But prob-
lems remain, especially concerning
the regions. Regarding localised
nationalism, maybe a looser form of
the country, a federal Iberia would
be better. Remember here that
you’re Galician, Basque or Anda-
lusian first and Spanish second. Vio-
lence hasn’t and never will progress
human society, so loosening up the
all-important heart of government
systems, the constitution may be
better. In this way, people can re-
structure society without infringing
on the rights of others.
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NAVIDADES EN

WORDS by PETER MOORE

WORDS by ryan craggs
Somewhere around a year ago, I had my first real experience of flirting with a
Intermediate Section Spanish girl. At some student night at a disco, I danced briefly with a Finnish
girl. She must have been impressed with my moves (cough, cough) because

ESPAÑA
she soon introduced me to her friend, who we will refer to as Ana. Ms.
Finland told Ana I was from the States, which tickled Ana’s fancy. Now, don’t
EL CONSULTORIO get me wrong—I’m no Lothario, but I’ve got a little bit of game and a sliver of

DE LINGO STAR
pride. From there, flirting commenced.
Ana told me she had studied abroad in the States, so we got to talking about
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Nochebuena > Christmas Eve
Navidad > Christmas Day
Nochevieja > New Year’s Eve
Año Nuevo > New Years Day
Regalo > gift
Carta a los Reyes Magos >
Letter to the Three Wise Men
Árbol de Navidad >
Christmas tree
Espumillón > tinsel
Adornos de navidad >
Christmas decoration
Luces de navidad >
Christmas lights
Villancico > carol
Cotillón > New
Year’s Eve party
Uvas > Grapes
Querida Lingo Star
Dices ¡Feliz Navidad! Uno de mis compañeros de trabajo me dice
¡Feliz Año Nuevo!
¡Qué disfrutes de estas fiestas!
siempre que qué guapa voy. A mí no me molesta
en absoluto pero me tiene un poco confundida.
¿Es sólo un cumplido o tiene algún interés mayor
Voy a pedir un deseo al tomarme las uvas
en mí?
¡Qué tengas buena salida y entrada de año!
Espero tu ayuda
¡Feliz 2009! Paula
Hola Paula
¡Qué alegría tener un compañero de trabajo que te
suba el ánimo de esa manera! Es difícil darte una
respuesta puesto que no conozco a la persona de
la que me hablas y puede que tenga algún tipo de
interés en ti. Pero si esto te tranquiliza, en España
es muy habitual elogiar el aspecto físico de las
personas, su pelo así como su vestuario. Así que no
22 de Diciembre: Es un día muy importante para todos los te sorprendas si tus amigos o colegas del trabajo lo
españoles que juegan a la lotería. Se celebra el sorteo de Navidad y hacen.
casi todos estamos escuchando la radio o viendo la televisión para ver Un abrazo
si nos hacemos millonarios. Susana
24 de Diciembre: Nochebuena
La celebración de este día consiste en una cena en familia en la que Querida Lingo Star
Aunque mi profesora me lo ha explicado ya varias
es frecuente tomar cordero asado, marisco y embutidos, además de
veces, sigo sin entender qué significa y para qué
dulces navideños aunque el menú puede variar de una región de se usa el verbo “soler” en español. ¿Podrías darme
España a otra.
– my high school Spanish class name was Guillermo, not Don Juan. But
things were going pretty well for me..
Eventually, though, Ana said to me, “You’re really shy.”
Once, I stripped to my skivvies in 5-degree weather and swam through a
drainage pond in front of a bunch of classmates’ parents for a dare. I’ve been
known to sing Wilson-Phillips songs at karaokes. Shy, I am not.
I got Ana’s number and hung out with her again, but nothing much came of
it. My next Spanish conquest, who we’ll call Sonia, was probably the smartest
girl I’ve ever dated. She was a Master’s student, and always busy, so I also
befriended her Canadian roommates. Anyway, one of said roommates told
me, “Yeah, Sonia says you’re kinda shy.”
A pattern was developing.
It took a while, but I finally figured out this whole male-female interaction
thing. While American girls often complain that Spanish guys are so pushy
and forward, there’s a reason behind it: they’re Spanish. In one of my various
teaching books, an article said if you watch two Brits talk for an hour, they’ll
touch 0 times. If you watch two French men talk, they’ll touch 100 times. By
my estimate, two Spaniards would touch 7,456 times in an hour. The Spanish
idea of personal space is vastly different from that of an American or a Brit;
we’re about an arm’s length, and they can smell each other’s breath. I mean,
Spaniards kiss strangers when they’re introduced for God’s sake. If I haven’t
shaved in a few days, I’m lucky to get a handshake from American girls.
The first step in winning the war is having the right weapons and knowing
your enemy—or love interest, anyway. So on the battlefield, or in the pub,
take note: cultural differences can make life interesting. Every culture has
norms and expectations. Some of us are close-talkers, some of us aren’t.
Flirting is all about the back and forth—hey, use this topic to spark the
conversation if you want. So, to American and British ladies—don’t take the
Spanish guy’s forwardness as an affront. And to Spanish girls—I’m not shy,
but I am single. Single, and ready to mingle.
Charles Dickens:
The Ghost of Christmas Past
Peter Moore takes his annual dip into his Dickens.
We encourage you to do the same, for Christmas
comes but once a year.
In the long and varied history of the eyeball, human
beings have experienced few pleasures to surpass
those enjoyed whilst gazing down at the pages of a
Charles Dickens book.
As a writer, Dickens was extraordinary: gifted with
a vivid imagination, a quick wit, a faultless command of
detail and an effortless facility to conjure atmosphere in
a few, sharply penned sentences. As compensation for
the mere act of opening one of his novels at random,
a fortunate reader is assured of stumbling across some
arresting passage or other; usually full of wit and wisdom.
Here is one such example from the Pickwick Papers:
‘Heads, heads – take care of your heads!’ cried the
loquacious stranger, as they came out under the low
archway, which in those days formed the entrance to the
coach yard. ‘Terrible place – dangerous work – other day
– five children – mother – tall lady, eating sandwiches
– forgot the arch – crash – knock – children look round
– mother’s head off – sandwich in hand – no mouth to
put it in – head of a family off – shocking, shocking!’
This passage, constructed with scarcely a word out
of place, illustrates the essential elements of Dickens,
Scrooge, whose memorable cry of “Bah, Humbug!”could
easily grace the customer service counter of any branch of
El Corte Inglés, and whose story of self discovery swiftly
became a parable for his times.
Subsequently Dickens published a succession
of Christmas stories, which, despite failing to fire the
population’s imagination in quite the same manner
as A Christmas Carol did, succeeded in placing
emphasis upon Christmas as a festival of universal
celebration and thanksgiving. Perhaps one with
more time, space and intelligence than I, can one day
argue, in an English literature PhD thesis, how Charles
John Huffam Dickens, that master storyteller, rewrote
the story of Christmas for secular times.
Whilst Christmas may provide us with an excellent
opportunity to dip into Dickens, it only represents a
portion of his overall output. The appeal of his work is not
restricted to a month in the calendar year, or a specific
social class; the reason that Dickens has endured is that
his work transcends the usual boundaries that restrict
literature: class, education, culture and learning. As much
as Dickens was unique, he was also an everyman, and

Boys vs. Girls

25 de Diciembre: Es el día más familiar del periodo navideño.
Después de un desayuno prolongado, las familias salen a pasear y
los más religiosos aprovechan para acudir a la iglesia. A la hora del
algún ejemplo práctico?
as he describes the scene with an effortless, elegant successive generations have been seduced over and over
Muchas gracias flourish. In this passage and a thousand others like again by the rich charms of his characters, his landscapes
Martin it, Dickens strove to capture the romance of Victorian and his very own vividly abstract world.
Lost in Flirtation society – and the extent to which he succeeded is Dickens might be dead; dead as a coffin nail (as

Useful info: almuerzo, de nuevo una comida familiar con un menú muy similar al
de la noche anterior. La sobremesa se prolonga hasta bien entrada la
Hola Martin
El uso del verbo “soler” es más fácil de lo que parece. Todavía recuerdo la primera vez que salí con un chico extranjero, era
reflected in the English language itself, which rewarded
Dickens, and his unique way of describing the world,
that, in Dickens’opinion, was surely the deadest piece
of ironmongery in the trade) with his bones locked up

WORDS by susana lópez

Christmas lottery
Spaniards are usually quite
keen on gambling, but
even the ones who don’t
do it during the year buy
themselves a ticket for
the Christmas draw. Some
people spend over 600 euros
every year. It is a tradition to
exchange lottery tickets with
different members of your
family, so that you all have the
same numbers.
If you would like to get
a ticket, go and find an
“administración de lotería” and
ask for a “décimo de lotería de
Navidad”. The draw is held on
22 December. Good luck!
tarde, jugando a las cartas o simplemente conversando.
31 de Diciembre: Nochevieja
Es un día que poco a poco ha ido perdiendo su carácter familiar para
convertirse en un encuentro entre amigos o incluso un viaje a algún
destino soleado.
La cuestión es que estemos donde estemos los españoles no dejamos
de cumplir con la tradición de tomar las doce uvas a las doce de la
noche de este día, al tiempo que reflexionamos sobre el año que se va
y le pedimos un deseo al que viene.
Son muy populares los cotillones, las fiestas en hoteles y discotecas
que incluyen cena y baile además de chocolate con churros para
desayunar si la fiesta se prolonga hasta el amanecer.
1 de Enero: Año Nuevo
Para los más tradicionales sigue siendo un día perfecto para reunirse a
almorzar con la familia. Para otros simplemente se ha convertido en un
día para recuperarse de la fiesta de la noche anterior.
5 de Enero
La Noche de Reyes es mágica para los niños, que esperan con
nerviosismo la llegada de los tres Magos de Oriente. Para los adultos
puede ser una buena excusa para salir de fiesta. Cada vez es más
común que las discotecas organicen cotillones al estilo de los que se
celebran la noche del 31 de Diciembre.
6 de Enero
Es un día dedicado al intercambio de regalos. Los niños disfrutan con
sus nuevos juguetes un día antes de volver al colegio. Ah, y los que han
sido traviesos reciben carbón.
Sólo tiene dos tiempos, el presente (suelo, sueles,
suele, etc.) y el imperfecto (solía, solías, solía, etc.)
y una particularidad: siempre se usa con un verbo
detrás en infinitivo (“Suelo ir al cine los domingos” o
“Mi hermana solía tocar el piano cuando era más
joven”).
Respecto a cuándo usarlo, se debe hacer solo
cuando queremos expresar una acción habitual en el
presente o en el pasado.
Espero que esto te aclare las cosas
Susana
Querida Lingo Star
Estas Navidades quiero hacerle un regalo a mi
“madre española” y no sé qué comprarle. ¿Hay
algunas cosas típicas que pueden o se suelen
regalar a una madre en España?
Mil gracias por tu ayuda.
Un abrazo
Jessica
Querida Jessica
Realmente no existe una guía de regalos para una
madre española, como tampoco existiría en otros
países. Es posible que le haga ilusión algo propio de
tu país como un objeto de decoración, unos dulces
típicos o incluso música tradicional de tu tierra.
Mucha suerte
Susana
with a new adjective: Dickensian. in a vault in the Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey,
americano. Sabía que él me gustaba pero acudí al encuentro sin tener ni la
más remota idea de lo que él podía sentir por mí: ¿quería ser mi amigo?, Alongside his myriad talents with the pen, Dickens but his characters live on still. From Oliver Twist, Martin
is also generally regarded to have been a key component Chuzzlewitt, Estella, Sam Weller, William Dorrit, Nicholas
¿aprovecharse del hecho de que soy profesora de español?. Tal vez él también
se sentía atraído por mí. Como adivinarlo si fui yo la que le pedí el número de of the early Victorian revival of Christmas; for which Nickleby, Fagin, Bill Sykes, The Artful Dodger, Pip, Miss
marketers and capitalism in general should be eternally Haversham, David Copperfield to Wilkins Micawber and a
teléfono en el bar donde nos conocimos.
grateful. His attachment with the festive season began cast of around 2,000 others. He’s a writer who should be
A lo largo de la cena me habló sobre lo que hacía en Madrid y mencionó
también cómo le gustaban las chicas. Así, ya entrados en los postres, llegué a in 1843, with the publication of the novella, rediscovered in every age.
la conclusión de que yo podía tener alguna de las características que él buscaba A Christmas Carol, and the immortal opening On a personal note, Dickens is the type
en el sexo opuesto. line: “Marley was dead: to begin with. There of enigmatic hero that I need to drag me
Pagamos la cuenta y ¡ni un mínimo contacto físico hasta el momento! is no doubt whatever about that... Old Marley through the lamentable bilge of twenty first
Recuerdo que eché de menos algún que otro comentario de exaltación de was as dead as a door nail.” century culture; but one lingering, and rather
mis ojos o sobre lo bien que me quedaba el vestido. ¡Al fin y al cabo todas mis Some of Dickens’best-loved characters perplexing question continues to bother me:
experiencias anteriores habían sido con mis compatriotas! emerged in A Christmas Carol. The overworked just how would you say, “Bah, Humbug!” in
clerk Bob Cratchit and his son Tiny Tim, along Spanish?
Aquella historia quedó en agua de borrajas pero os aseguro que aprendí with the miserable, self-centred Ebenezer Answers on a penny stamp.
muchísimo. Y seguí aprendiendo... Quería descubrir mucho más sobre
cómo se comportaban los hombres de otros países. Sin ánimo de caer en el
estereotipo, reconozco que hay una enorme diferencia entre la forma de ligar
de un español y la de un anglosajón. El hombre español, en una situación de
ligoteo, te comunica de alguna manera su interés por ti. Con el anglosajón
tienes que descubrirlo por ti misma. Lo que para mí implica un reto.
Y como nunca me han gustado las cosas fáciles, decidí tirarle los tejos al chico
nuevo de la oficina, que curiosamente y para mi alegría era británico. Sabía que
tendría que poner toda la carne en el asador y tirarme de cabeza a la piscina
(sobre todo porque había más de una interesada en él). Yo no veía ningún tipo
de señal, solo alguna mirada tímida y, como podréis imaginar, urdí un plan. Y
me funcionó, vaya si me funcionó.
Algo que me llamó la atención en ese caso, y en algunos otros que vinieron
antes, fue que podía dar el primer paso y el chico no parecía escandalizarse.
Con un español, posiblemente tendría que haberme quedado esperando a
que me invitara a salir o mostrara de alguna manera su interés por mí.
Dice un refrán español que “para gustos los colores” y en temas de ligoteo
definitivamente mis favoritos son los de la bandera escocesa.

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