Durante siglos, los monumentales jardines del Alcázar de Sevilla, cargados de poesía y de sensaciones, han sido un lugar para el esparcimiento, la contemplación y el disfrute de sus habitantes y visitantes. Desde hace algunos años ya, los sevillanos y los turistas tienen el privilegio de gozar de su dilatada historia y de su amable paisaje. Con el ciclo de conciertos “Noches en los Jardines del Real Alcázar”, se abren las puertas a todos para que hagan suyo este extraordinario legado,...

Beer at noon or vermut de la casa before lunch! As you get used to Barcelona, you will notice that the locals will enjoy a glass of wine, vermouth or beer at any time of the day. You may be thinking, “in my country we do that as well!”  Well, I come from a cold country where drinking beer in the middle of the day is considered only a step away from deep alcoholism, so after living in Barcelona for more than a year, I came up with the idea of writing about the drinking traditions in...

So we reach the final part of our series on ‘Common (& very funny) mistakes when learning Spanish’. In part 1 of our series, we looked at mistakes made when words sound very similar to each other, like coser and cocer. In part 2, we looked at mistakes made due to “false friends”. This is when you expect a word to mean something due to it sounding similar to a word in English, when actually it means something completely different. Our favourite example of this is embarazado, which...

In part 1 of this series, we looked at common (and funny) mistakes people make when learning Spanish due to two Spanish words sounding similar. For example, people might mix-up dolor and dolar (pain and dollar) or pesado and pedoso (heavy and farty)! In part 2 of this series on common Spanish language errors we will look at ‘false friends’. This is when you think a word will mean something due to it sounding very similar to a word in your language, in the cases we are going to look at:...

Cuando el sol empieza a asomar por las calles de esta ciudad, los habitantes y visitantes empiezan a ocupar los asientos de las populares terrazas de verano, y es que ¿hay un plan en el caluroso verano madrileño más apetecible que el de disfrutar con tus amigos de un tinto de verano, un granizado o una caña fresquita en una de las terrazas de Madrid? Te invitamos a conocer las mejores y más populares terrazas de la temporada estival: El Mercado de San Antón: C/ de Augusto Figueroa 24. La...

One of the most important things to do when learning Spanish is to practice on the street or with friends. It builds confidence, helps with pronunciation and increases your understanding of the Spanish language. However, mistakes are almost always going to be made. Most of the time, these small mistakes will go unnoticed, or at most cause the other person to smile. However, there are occasions when the mistake leads to everyone present rolling around on the floor in laughter. Here are some...

We are going to tell you a secret: do you want to visit places that are not usually in the tourist books? Do you want to eat dishes that only madrileños eat? Do you want to go shopping in a magic garden? Then read the next entry but  shhhhhh, do not tell anyone!   El Capricho Park: Placed in Barajas district this park is out of the beaten track but it is one of the most beautiful and attractive places in Madrid. This park dates back to the XVIII century when the Duke of Osuna bought this...

Babylon Idiomas is ten years old this year! It’s an amazing achievement and we know it would not have been possible without the love, support and trust of all of our wonderful staff and all of the students we have welcomed over the years. To celebrate this momentous occasion we’ve decided to give away a whopping 10 Kindles, including one amazing Kindle Fire HD! All you have to do to be in with winning one of these prizes is to tell us which language you love the most and why. Easy?...

Farolillos, trajes de flamenca y hombres a caballo vestidos de corto. Las Sevillanas suenan en las casetas, hay gente bailando tanto dentro como fuera de ellas, llenando de color y alegría con las vueltas y taconeos las calles de la Feria de Sevilla. El mes de Abril atrae a turistas de todas partes del mundo. Después de la Semana Santa, días de pasión y dolor por la muerte y resurrección de Jesucristo, el Real de la Feria anima a todos con sus cantos alegres por rumbas y sevillanas. Junto...

Para aquellos que vais a disfrutar de la Semana Santa en nuestra ciudad tenéis un amplio abanico de actividades para elegir: procesiones, conciertos, exposiciones, deporte… Aquí os dejamos unas cuantas sugerencias: Conciertos: el ayuntamiento organiza conciertos de música gratuitos. En estos conciertos podréis oír desde el réquiem de Verdi hasta las tradicionales saetas flamencas tan populares en las procesiones del sur de España. Para los que queréis vivir la Semana Santa...