Did you know … that ‘hotel de ville’ is not a French hotel?

Ah … the woes of not understanding a language very well!   One Friday night, a British tourist  dropped into  the hotel de ville in the small town of Dannemarie in France thinking it was a hotel. The tourist wanted to check into the ‘hotel’ but finding no-one at the reception desk, she used the toilet. Read more

Carnival In London’s Notting Hill!

The Notting Hill Carnival, Europe’s largest street festival, is taking place on 30 and 31 August 2009 when the whole of West London will come alive.   On the Sunday and Monday of the August Bank Holiday weekend, over 1 million  Londoners and tourists  will join the street party, which every year becomes bigger, brighter and wilder.   Read more

Nelly Furtado sings … in Spanish

Did you know that the Canadian-Portuguese singer, Nelly Furtado, is writing her latest album entirely in Spanish? This is the first time that she will be releasing a non-English album. The album is called ‘Mi Plan’ and will be released on the 15th September 2009.

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¡¡Tómate un tomate en la Tomatina!!

La Tomatina is held this year on 26 August 2009 and is said to be the world’s biggest and most outrageous food fight!   Using over-ripe tomatoes, thousands take to the streets and throw tomatoes at anyone and everyone in this tomato festival on the last Wednesday in August each year in a town called Buñol in Valencia, Spain. Read more