Category Archives: Spain – España

Not a good start to the year in Spain

Posted on Monday, 2 January, 2012 by John

I’ve just finished talking to a friend in Spain and the whole conversation was taken up with the economy and the new government. After we finished I noticed that El Blog Salmon had an article today on exactly that problem; and you can read the article here. You would have thought that the PP had [...]

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Viernes Santo, la Humildad – Úbeda, Semana Santa 2010

Posted on Tuesday, 9 November, 2010 by John

This is the penultimate of my Semana Santo videos and is taken from the General Procession on Good Friday night. I had missed the daytime procession of this cofradía (Real Cofradía del Santísimo Cristo de la Humildad y Nuestra Señora de la Fe) on Maunday Thursday but was amazed to find I had filmed almost [...]

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Viernes Santo, Saeta y Subida – Úbeda, Semana Santa 2010

Posted on Tuesday, 2 November, 2010 by John

My Collins Dictionary defines saeta as an arrow or dart or secondary meaning a sacred song in flamenco style. This one, sung to Nuestra Señora de la Soleda, certainly hits the mark. Nowhere else in europe except Andalucía can one hear this plaintive sound that seems to strike right into the soul. Juan and I [...]