Alcobendas

Alex Webb Wins the "Premio Internacional de Fotografia Alcobendas"

ALCOBENDAS, SPAIN - Alex Webb started his education in photography at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University, completing his academic degree with History studies at the same university. His professional...

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Cash rewards for sober drivers

GOING on an 'alco-bender' in Alcobendas doesn't pay – but being breathalysed can, thanks to a new incentive launched by the police in the town just outside Madrid. Partygoers driving home actually present themselves to give a...

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Forecast Spain, weather Spain, meteo Spain

Spain weather, weather Madrid weather weekend forecast season, the weather in the mountains, the weather on the coast, the weather on the beach, sea water temperature, weather in the capital, the weather in the mountains, the...

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Penelope’s a worrier

Despite earning millions from her glittering movie career, being considered one of Hollywood’s most beautiful women and dating handsome actor Javier Bardem, the Spanish actress Penelope Cruz has to be busy all the time or she...

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Three Million Unsold Properties In Spain - Update

In my last post on this topic, I said the following: My second observation is merely anecdotal, but the Acuña & Asociados report places a lot of emphasis on the coastal situation, which has, to some extent, already been...

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Spanish restaurants fighting H1N1

NO, THANKS...I'LL PASS....... Link: http://www.dailymail.com/foodandliving/200909140077 AP, 9/14/09: "A pocket of Spanish suburbia hardly seems the spot for a new swine flu battlefront, but an eatery in a shopping mall outside...

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Penelope Cruz: Playing with fire

Broken Embraces, the flamboyant new film from Pedro Almodovar, opens with an intimate sequence of what the great Spanish director calls "stolen and furtive images" of his star, Penelope Cruz, gearing up to perform one of the...

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Spain eatery has plan to beat swine flu

ALCOBENDAS, Spain — A pocket of Spanish suburbia hardly seems the spot for a new swine flu battlefront, but an eatery in a shopping mall outside Madrid claims to be the world's first restaurant with a specific plan to protect...

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Handball: Miyazaki impresses on debut in Spanish league opener

Japanese ace Daisuke Miyazaki scored three times on his debut as Alcobendas drew 28-28 with Reale Ademar Leon on the opening day of the season in Spain's top league on Saturday. Miyazaki scored all three of his goals in the...

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Mentor & muse

They make an odd couple. If you saw Penélope Cruz and Pedro Almodóvar walking along the street together, you might wonder what makes them tick, but they have the makings of one of the all-time great partnerships between a...

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