Podcast no. 23 - Pre-Christmas in the Plaza Mayor
by Ben Curtis
Live from Madrid’s Plaza Mayor, at the beginning of the Christmas fair. A look at the cultural delights ahead in the festive season.
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Posted: November 27th, 2005 under Notes from Spain Podcast, Spanish Culture and News.
Comments: 4
Comments
Comment from Richard Wise
Time: November 29, 2005, 11:36 am
Another great podcast and the accompanying pictures illustrate it well. I was not suprised by the number of times that you have family occasions over Christmas and the New Year in Spain. I’m sure alot of other cultures/countries do as well. It’s just that we Brits have never been good at that sort of family thing and a Christmas Day and Boxing Day with the family inevitably leads to arguements and bad feeling - probably the drink thing again.
I’m looking forward to the New Years Eve podcast.
Richard
Comment from Joe
Time: November 30, 2005, 11:35 pm
I enjoyed the podcast. It sounds like it’s getting quite festive in madrid right about now. I hope we hear from you again before the holiday season is over. Very Nice.
Joe
Comment from David
Time: December 18, 2005, 11:20 pm
Hello Ben!
I jsut can comment this podcast now because I finally got internet again.
Well, I have been to Madrid at the beginning of december and I went to Plaza Mayor with a friend of mine. Both of us are German, I must say, so there was no way we were prepared for what was there to be seen.
I think for us it boiled down to pretty much 3 things, Carneval, Street Party and Christmas market. it was really strange. I have never seen such a thing before.
It was nice ot see different things though.
one question: what do you use to record your podcasts?
Comment from Ben
Time: December 19, 2005, 12:13 pm
All the equipment is outlined here:
http://www.notesfromspain.com/80/
Ben









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