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The golden city of Salamanca — Spain’s grandest plaza, an ancient university, and a frog

April 15, 2023architecture, History, Salamanca, universityexpat life in spain, guide to salamanca, history of spain, plaza mayor salamanca, revealed spain, salamanca frog, salamanca university, Spain podcast, spain revealed, spain travel, spain travel guide, Spanish culture, traveling to spain, travelling to spain, visiting salamancawheninspain

Join me for all the sights and sounds on a visit to the university city of Salamanca during Spain’s ‘Semana Santa’. I take in what is possibly Spain’s most impressive Plaza Mayor, explore the city’s ancient university — including a frog hunt — dodge religious processions, and gaze in wonder at one of the city’s … Continue reading The golden city of Salamanca — Spain’s grandest plaza, an ancient university, and a frog →

Where to visit in Spain with Karen Rosenblum

April 29, 2022Almeria, Andalucía, Asturias, Barcelona, Basque Country, Beaches, Cabo de Gata, Catalunya, Cathedrals, Costa Brava, Eating, Extremadura, Flamenco, Food and Drink, Granada, History, History, Madrid, Málaga, Moorish Spain, Murcia, Nature, Seville, Spain, Trains, travel, Valencia, Valenciabarcelona or madrid, history of spain, holiday in spain, Madrid or Barcelona, podcast about spain, Spain podcast, spain travel, spain travel guide, spain vacation, spain vacations, traveling to spain, travelling to spain, vacation andalucia, where to visit in spainwheninspain

Where should you visit in Spain if it’s your first time? Where should you visit if you only have two weeks? Can you see it all? No. So how do you decide what to include on you itinerary? That’s what this episode of When in Spain tries to answer! Join Spain travel consultant, Karen Rosenblum … Continue reading Where to visit in Spain with Karen Rosenblum →

Sounds that make you sound Spanish – ¡Buah! ¡Anda! ¡Hala! ¡Uy! ¡Puf!

September 25, 2021Language, Spanish culture¡Anda!, ¡Buah!, ¡Hala!, ¡Uy!, ¡Vaya!, En plan, expat in spain, expat life, expat life in spain, expat spain, guiris in spain, how to learn Spanish, how to sound spanish, learn spanish, Life in Spain, live in spain, living in spain, moving to Spain, muletillas, podcast about spain, revealed spain, sound spanish, Spain, Spain podcast, spain revealed, spain travel, spain travel guide, Spanish culture, spanish language, spanish slang, speak native spanish, study spanish, travelling to spainwheninspain

Want to sound super Spanish? I run through ten useful and fun Spanish interjections that you can pepper your conversations with to help express yourself even more clearly when you’re chatting en español. ¡Anda! When I first started learning Spanish and hanging around with native speakers I kept hearing these noises that popped up in … Continue reading Sounds that make you sound Spanish – ¡Buah! ¡Anda! ¡Hala! ¡Uy! ¡Puf! →

Almería & Cabo de Gata – Cowboys, Pirates, Wild Beaches & A Sea of Plastic

September 20, 2021Almeria, Cabo de Gata, Tabernas desertAlmeria, Almeria City, Beaches Almeria, Cabo de Gata, Cabo de Gata beaches, expat in spain, expat life, expat life in spain, expat spain, history of spain, Life in Spain, living in spain, Mar de Plastico, Mojacar, moving to Spain, podcast about spain, revealed spain, Sea of Plastic, Spain, Spain podcast, spain revealed, spain travel, spain travel guide, Spanish culture, Tabernas, Tabernas Desert, traveling to spain, travelling to spain, Visiting Almeriawheninspain

In this episode I take you on a trip around Spain’s most arid provinces, Almería. We explore the Tabernas Desert and its Spaghetti Western filming locations, the beautiful wild beaches of Cabo de Gata including the dramatic Playa de los Muertos (Beach of the Dead), and I guide you through Almería City’s top sights including the … Continue reading Almería & Cabo de Gata – Cowboys, Pirates, Wild Beaches & A Sea of Plastic →

Cycling Southern Spain with Chris Atkin

September 1, 2021Activities, bikes, Cycling, Gibraltar, Málaga, Murcia, Spain, Spanish culture, Travel, travel, Valencia, Valencia(Just As Well) It's Not About The Bike, bicycle spain, bike chris atkin, bikes in spain, biking in spain, book cycling in spain, chris atkin, cycling across spain, cycling in spain, expat in spain, expat life, expat life in spain, expat spain, going to spain, history of spain, Life in Spain, live in spain, living in spain, moving to Spain, podcast about spain, revealed spain, Spain, spain cycling, Spain podcast, spain revealed, spain travel, Spanish culture, traveling to spain, travelling to spainwheninspain

Chris Atkin, author of his new book, (Just As Well) It’s Not About The Bike: A Journey Across Southern Spain, joins me in this episode to chat about his experience pedaling 1300 kilometres from Valencia to Gibraltar on a basic bike with only seven gears and barely enough room for panniers. Chris describes some of … Continue reading Cycling Southern Spain with Chris Atkin →

A day trip to Brihuega’s lavender fields and Guadalajara

August 3, 2021Brihuega, Guadalajara, History, SpainBrihuega, expat in spain, expat life in spain, expat spain, Guadalajara, history of spain, lavanda brihuega, lavander brihuega, Lavender Brihuega, Life in Spain, live in spain, living in spain, moving to Spain, podcast about spain, revealed spain, Spain, Spain podcast, spain revealed, spain travel, spain travel guide, Spanish culture, traveling to spain, travelling to spain, visiting lavender fields brihuegawheninspain

Join Karina, me and friends, Adam and Ollie, for a day trip to the charming medieval town of Brihuega and its beautiful lavender fields. A slice of Provence right in the centre of Spain! Brihuega is famous in Spain for its lavender cultivation and surprisingly, it is one of the world’s major producers of lavender … Continue reading A day trip to Brihuega’s lavender fields and Guadalajara →

Costa Brava road trip – Coves, Bikinis & Dalí

July 8, 2021Beaches, Catalunya, Costa Bravacadaques, calella, calella de palafrugell, catalonia culture, cataluña, catalunya, costa brava, costa brava guide, costa brava holidays, dali, dali museum, expat in spain, expat life in spain, going to spain, history of spain, hotels costa brava, Life in Spain, living in spain, moving to Spain, platja fonda, podcast about spain, revealed spain, roses, salvador dalí, Spain, Spain podcast, spain revealed, spain travel, spain travel guide, Spanish culture, tossa, tossa de mar, traveling to spain, travelling to spain, visiting costa bravawheninspain

Join us for all the sights and sounds on a road trip along Spain’s rugged Costa Brava. Discover the beautiful seaside towns and villages of Tossa de Mar, Calella de Palafrugell, Platja Fonda, Roses and of course Cadaqués, home to Salvador Dalí’s former house, now a wonderful, eccentric museum. We explore the coves of turquoise … Continue reading Costa Brava road trip – Coves, Bikinis & Dalí →

The Walking Museum of The Spanish Civil War with Nick Lloyd

June 3, 2021Barcelona, History, SpainBarcelona, Catalonia, Civil War in Spain, expat in spain, expat life, Francisco Franco, Franco, Franco’s Nationalist forces, Gernika, Guernica, history of spain, Homage to Catalonia, international brigades, International Museum of the Spanish Civil War, Life in Spain, live in spain, living in spain, moving to Spain, Nick Lloyd, podcast about spain, revealed spain, Spain, Spain podcast, spain revealed, spain travel, spain travel guide, Spanish civil war, Spanish Civil War barcelona, Spanish culture, The Walking Museum of The Spanish Civil, traveling to spain, travelling to spainwheninspain

Writer, historian and guide, Nick Lloyd walks us through Barcelona to explore the history of the Spanish Civil War and the city’s relationship with this dark chapter from Spain’s past. Nick guides around the key locations in the Catalan capital which hold historical significance and reveals some chilling stories of death and destruction. He also … Continue reading The Walking Museum of The Spanish Civil War with Nick Lloyd →

Speaking Andaluz & life in Andalucía with Adam Harrison from El Inglés Andaluz

May 17, 2021Andalucía, Language, Spain, Spanish cultureadam haribo, adam harrison, andalucian lifestyle, andalusian dictionary, andalusian language, andaluz dialect, andaluz spanish, expat in spain, expat life, expat life in spain, expat spain, huelva, inglesandaluz, Life in Spain, live in spain, living in andalucia, living in andalusia, living in spain, moving to Spain, podcast about spain, spain revealed, spain travel, spain travel guide, Spanish culture, spanish language, spanish phrases, speaking spanish, traveling to spain, travelling to spainwheninspain

Think you can speak Spanish? Think again if you move to Andalucía! Adam Harrison moved to Huelva province seven years ago and realised that the local dialect was very different to the Spanish he had learnt. So on a quest to share is observations and frustrations learning Andaluz Adam set up InglesAndaluz on TikTok and … Continue reading Speaking Andaluz & life in Andalucía with Adam Harrison from El Inglés Andaluz →

Loco for locos! Slow trains around Spain with travel writer Tom Chesshyre

April 2, 2021Spain, Trains, Transport, Travelexpat in spain, expat spain, going to spain, history of spain, Life in Spain, live in spain, moving to Spain, podcast about spain, revealed spain, slow trains in spain, Spain, spain narrow gauge railway, Spain podcast, spain revealed, spain travel, spain travel guide, Spanish culture, tom chesshyre, train museum spain, train travel in spain, Trains in Spain, traveling to spain, travelling to spainwheninspain

Travel journalist and writer Tom Chesshyre joins me to talk about his slow train adventure all around Spain. As research for his latest book Slow Trains around Spain: A 3,000-Mile Adventure on 52 Rides, Tom spent 35 days on the tracks and clocked-up 95 hours and 20 minutes onboard all manner of different types of … Continue reading Loco for locos! Slow trains around Spain with travel writer Tom Chesshyre →