Wines from Madrid rival those from Ribera del Duero, Rueda and Rioja

by Brian Murdock I started getting into drinking wine shortly after my first daughter was born. This kind of confession has never gone over well at job interviews,

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Why you should TOTALLY go to a Real Madrid match – and how to get tickets

Want to go to a Real Madrid match? Okay, let’t talk about it… See, last week I published a guest-post article about why going to a match isn’t

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Embracing the Sprunch: why brunch in Madrid isn’t like the brunch back home

by Klara Nordström As a semi-hipster millennial with an appetite and an Instagram obsession – of course I brunch. While I would never describe myself as a ‘foodie’

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3 reasons why going to a Real Madrid match totally isn’t worth it

Is going to a Real Madrid match a waste? Today’s article is a guest post by Nick, a fellow blogger here in Madrid. Nick is from Northern California,

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The shocking secret about my 2017 plans – Revealed!

2016 was quite a year. On the personal side, not the best… but far from being the worst. Actually, on several occasions, it made me think, “This is

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A guiri walks into a hair salon… the dangers of getting a haircut in Madrid

Getting a haircut in a second language is a game of roulette:  either your head is miraculously left intact, or you leave looking like an anime character. During Spanish

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The Hero’s Journey – Mr Chorizo goes out for a coffee

Welcome to my writing exercise. Here’s an attempt at doing a day in my life according to the Hero’s Journey formula. Since I can’t go two days in

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6 steps to finding the perfect piso in Madrid

by Natalia Diaz I was sitting in a salón with a woman who reeked of Shalimar and naphthalene balls. She could have been the 80-year old middle sister

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The 4 big things I’ve learned about American culture while living in Spain

I’m from one of those “red states”. One of those places in the US where people go through life heavily armed, with a Bible in their front pocket

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Take a walk through Madrid’s history at Almudena Cemetery

Fancy a day trip to Almudena Cemetery? October is here, Halloween is right around the corner, and the day after that comes All Saints’ Day – a celebration

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