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Assimilate or Perish as an Expatriate in Spain
If you’re in an environment created by you, like your own house where you control everything, be happy as a hermit crab. But if you live outside in the real world, be prepared for things that rock your psychological boat, … Continue reading
Posted in About Spain, General
Tagged charms, community, country, culture, customs, environment, expatriate, flaws, habits, infringement, living, norms, personalities, rights, Spain, Spanish, Spanish culture, Spanish customs, study abroad, working
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Hearing Flamenco Music in my Madrid Neighborhood
I’ve often been criticized for liking, even enjoying Flamenco music by my Spanish peers. “Only our grandmothers listened to flamenco music because that’s all there was!“, they’d say. Thusly, flamenco has been mostly shunned by popular Spanish culture – OUTSIDE … Continue reading
Posted in About Spain, Flamenco
Tagged community, copla, flamenco, flamenco music, gypsies, gypsy, Music, singing, Spanish music
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