A recent Barcelona tourism video

Stumbled on it through a mail at work... hope you will enjoy it.

Sharing from "El País": When Spaniards were the Refugees

When Spaniards were the refugees

The Syrian migrant crisis is drawing comparisons with the exodus during Spain’s Civil War

The article here.

Recently inaugurated skate parks in Barcelona (2014-2015)

The city of Barcelona is an ideal destination for skaters - in case you didn't know ;-)

The local press wrote about the recently inaugurated three new or renovated skate parks.

The news about the Street League Pro Open in Badalona, Barcelona, May 16-17, 2015, reminded me of them.

Mar Bella, Poble Nou: 3,000 sqm, street, surf, 3 pools, close to the beach; has got an official website

Áurea Cuadrado, Les Corts: 2,500 sqm, street, city hall offers maps to find it; this travel site has got a paragraph

Via Favència, Nou Barris (Metro: Canyelles): 2,300 sqm, street, pool, raw urban environment; the architects' site has got some pictures; the city hall site tells the history.

For pictures, videos, etc., just google for "skate park [name]".

(c) State Barcelona

If you are looking to buy gear in Barcelona, google recommends, among others, these shops:

Tactic Surf, C. d'Enric Granados, 11

Inercia, C. de Roger de Flor, 10

Bodo Barcelona, C. de la Ribera, 6

State Barcelona, Carrer del Torrent de l'Olla, 108 [a small store with nice pictures on its website]

Most of them sell on-line, also, but only Inercia has got an English-language page.

"Little Nicolás" is making the news

It is not the Goscinny/Sempé character but a megalomaniac young Spaniard. More information from El País in English here.

Germany's "Der Spiegel" on EU subsidies for Andalucía (in English)

The article, entitled "Bridge to Nowhere: Are EU Subsidies for Andalusia Well Spent?" and dated 1 Oct 2014, is here.

Spanish stamps for letters to Europe

An effective way of marketing dated classic Spanish cinema abroad?

Coming soon to NYC's Central Park: Catalan pop music

More information on the website of the Ramon Llull Institute for Catalan language and culture. A recent music video by Txarango can be watched here, courtesy of La Vanguardia newspaper.