Karine has long been proud to call herself a "guiri". Proud to shout it on the fly. She got the word from a gaditano in Puerta de Tierra, the new town. And if Karine was proud at first, it's because she heard the word the way she wanted to be seen: as [...].
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We discovered Cádiz in an unusual way in August 2015. “Where is Cádiz? Is there a beach there?” were our first questions. These were followed by those from our parents and relatives: “Is it hot there? Is the water cold?” And from colleagues eager for a vacation on September 4: “When should we go?”
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The N.I.E., or “Número de Identificación de Extranjero,” is the “Green Card” for foreign residents in Spain. The N.I.E allows you to complete administrative procedures, open a bank account, purchase real estate, sign employment contracts, register for social security, and access various public services in Spain. How to obtain it
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A lovely book published on April 8, purchased from Libreria Manuel de Falla, Plaza de Mina, two doors down from the building where the composer was born. Most of "El poema del Cante Jondo", first printed in 1931, was composed by Federico García Lorca as early as November 1921. Less
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It was Amalia from the “La Viña” neighborhood who first recommended that we try the sea bream “en la plancha,” the “tortillitas de camarones,” and other Cadiz specialties at El tío de La Tiza, the family-run “taberna” located behind her house. Originally, in 1979, its owners, Antonio Saborido and Loli Perales, had named it “El pájaro”
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What does that word mean? There are several theories, some more far-fetched than others. Let’s look at two of them. Hypothesis 1: In the 19th century, a French family lived in Cádiz—the Sicourt sisters, dressed in Parisian fashion; a bit snobbish, too prim, and quickly becoming a laughingstock. Teasing them, the locals called out: “Si-Cur- Si-Cur Si-Cur-Si- Cur-Si…Cursi.” A metathesis for the
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Anda-luz! Las Ketchup is the name of an Andalusian band from Córdoba, originally made up of three sisters. They released the summer hit of 2002: “The Ketchup Song” or “Aserejé” in the Spanish version. It was impossible to miss—we’ve all danced to it. With nearly 8 million records sold, it reached number 1 in twenty
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Luisa Roldán, the eminent. Luisa Roldán was born in 1652, during the Counter-Reformation. This was the century of the Spanish Baroque, when painting had to be at the service of religion, in reaction to Protestants who rejected the authority of the Pope.painting and sculpture had to humanize religious representations.to be naturalistic, with larger-than-life physiques that took on a new meaning.
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On this strip of land squatted by Cadiz, you're almost always a foreigner. An extranjero. And the word is hard to pronounce for anyone who doesn't speak the language, with its jota (j) separated by just one vowel from the rolled /r/. A jota, the spitting image of Spanish, that you learn to pronounce as soon as you hear it.
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