Music Day!

I almost forgot another thing that is being celebrated today!

Over here in Spain (and I know that in France it is celebrated as well) the 21st June is also the day of the music.

Do you know Gabrielle Aplin? Well, I think these days she is in Spain. I guess she is promoting her latest album called “English Rain”.

One of my favourite songs from this album, “Home”:

Very touching, isn’t it?

Welcome Summer!! :)

Ladies and gentlemen, just in case you didn’t realise it, today it is 21st June and that means… summer is here!!! Although honestly it doesn’t really feel like it…

This illustration has been made by Mónica Carretero.

More info on her and her work here: http://monicarretero.blogspot.com.es/

Where you live, is the beginning of summer celebrated in any way? Please, let me know!

May you have a great summer! 🙂 Enjoy it!

May 30

Olimpic Games: Madrid 2020?

This is a quick post. I just came across this video that seems to be the candidacy of Madrid as a host city of the Olimpic Games in 2020.

This is not the first time Madrid is candidate to host the Olimpic Games and each time there has always been some controversy on the matter.

What do you think about it?

The video is fine, I guess. The only thing is the “flamenco” music (nothing against flamenco, I like some stuff). For some reason, “we” keep present it as something universal in Spain, but then, we get annoyed when we go abroad and people keep asking us if we dance flamenco everyday, if we play or sing flamenco, etc, etc.

Maybe another day I will write about stereotypes and my experience of 4 years in Italy…

May 30

DIY Show: 1st International Craft Fair

Lately, my sister is really into crafts. She creates little things (mostly brooches) made with felt and fabric and little by little she is improving and mastering her skills. Soon she will dare to craft other different things.

(In case you are curious, she has a page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElbauldeJudiko Feel free to like the page! I think I will try to create a blog for her soon! She sells the little brooches she crafts, so if you see something that you like, don’t be shy and ask her!)

Anyway, let’s get to the point. She was really looking forward to attending a craft fair in Madrid (in Santiago Bernabéu Stadium! Yes, Real Madrid’s stadium!), so I went with her.

The fair was called “DIY Show”: http://www.diyshow.es

Most of the craftspeople were young and had turned their hobby into a little business. I was really impressed. We got the chance to talk to some of them and they were really nice people.

Here you can see items made by Lady Desidia ( http://www.ladydesidia.com ), which I personally really liked, especially the lamps. Unfortunately, I didn’t have much money with me. Maybe in the future, when I have a job again, I will buy some things! My sister did buy some postcards.