If you have been waiting for the perfect time to visit Spain, and you love its beautiful  Lladró pieces, well the time is now and you better hurry. Abreu tours has the perfect tour for you. The trip starts October 13^th and it takes you to Madrid and Valencia where you will be able to visit the  Lladró factory and learn all about its history while enjoying a perfect time in Spain. By the way October is one of the best times to visit this country not only for its fantastic fares but also the great weather.

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So you say you love Spain, the beaches, monuments, cathedrals and of course the food but how well do you know Spain? I found a great little quiz in one of my favourite blogs that I thought was very interesting and informative.. I got almost all of them right.. there were some trick questions but it was a lot of fun..

Take the quiz here

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Are you ready to move to Spain? If you are I have the perfect list of homes for you from luxuryporfolio that offer the very best in luxury homes just for you. Like the one I have pictured which is located in the Cuesta de San Antonio on the Mediterranean and offers 7 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. It is 700 sq meters of perfection with a waterfall pool and all you need to relax in Spain. Only problem is you will need to pay the 3 million euros they are asking for.. I say it is well worth it.

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Here she is the infanta Sofia, the new granddaughter to the king and queen of Spain. She looks like her big sister Leonor and becomes the 3rd in line for the crown. The queen is thrilled that the prince and princes chose her name to give to her new daughter.

Congratulations to all.

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Here you go, another Spanish recepie for you to enjoy. I know, I know I have been giving you hard ones, but I have confidence in all of you and I know you can do it.

100g Serrano Ham
75g plain flour
75ml extra virgin olive oil
1 litre milk
Salt
Nutmeg (optional)
2 eggs
Breadcrumbs
Olive oil (for frying)

How to cook:

• Chop the ham into small pieces

• Warm the milk

• In a frying pan, but not on the heat, mix the flour with the oil and very slowly add the warm milk stirring all the time.

• Place the pan over a medium heat and add the ham, a pinch of salt and a pinch of nutmeg. Keep stirring until the mixture thickens and begins to come away from the edges of the pan.

• Transfer the mixture into a square dish and leave to cool.

• When the mixture is cool, cut into equal sized pieces.

• Mould the pieces into oval shapes and dip each piece into the beaten eggs and then roll in the breadcrumbs.

• Heat the olive oil in a pan (you need enough oil to cover the croquettes) and fry until golden brown.

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Talk about high tech , the Spaniards are really forward thinking people and at the same time problem solvers. They are to become the first country in Europe to own a satellite system. The Canary Island newspaper reported last week that the Ministries for Defense and Industry will collaborate on a project that will launch two satellites ,(one optical and one radar, connected by a control which will be held in the Maspalomas Space Centre in Gran Canaria) into space for earth observation.

The main reason for this new system will be to hold observations of the Spanish and northern African territory to control illegal immigration. This will be a primary military tool with some civil users at hand. This great little tool will have a price tag of about 325 million € and should be up and running by 2010.

source typically spanish

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I always knew about Google maps but I never realized how useful they could really be when you are planning a road trip to a city you have never been to before. If you have never tried it and you are thinking of coming to Spain and renting a car so you can experience Spanish routes, I think you should give this great tool a try.

You can type basically any address and boom it takes you directly there. You can plan your road trip and map out everywhere you want to go. You can save your very own routes of maps and print them out. What a great idea, I wish they would have had this when I was a child..all those road trips with my parents, getting lost and not knowing where we were going.

try google maps 

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Yes, Spain not only has beautiful women, the men here are also gorgeous and one great example is Juan Garcia Postigo. He is from Malaga and at 25, he has become the most handsome man in the world. His blue eyes and fantastic smile won over the judges and a few women I suspect..me one of them..in the Mr. World contest celebrated in China last week.

So, all you ladies out there who just needed one more reason to visit Spain, here you have it. I´m sure there are more men like him here, you just need to come and look for them.

source trendencias

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Here she is Miss Spain 2007. Her name is Natalia Zabala Arroyo. She is 24 years old and is a law student from Gipuzkoa, you may wonder where that is, well..Gipuzkoa is part of basque country in the north of Spain. A quaint little city that will probably become a little better known, now that one of their own will aspire for the title of Miss Universe on May 29th at the National Auditorium in Mexico City, Mexico.

She was my favorite from the getgo and we will all be routing for her in the weeks to come.

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All is ready for the launch of one of the most innovated projects Spain has to offer, starting in Malaga in a few months any one will be able to connect through the Internet from anywhere in the city. So far in the world only San Francisco, Blanquefort (France), and Singapur are the only cities in the world to enjoy this benefit.

This means tourists traveling in Malaga will not need to go to a cyber cafe but just bring their lap tops with them and start cruising the Internet. The project which costs over 200,000 euros will not stop in Malaga, 20 to 30 more cities throughout the country will also join in by the end of the year.

source metro

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