Introduction

The Internet Resources

General Sites

• Spain: Daily Life - Follow a Spanish teenager through her daily routine. Find out what she eats, the music she listens to, and her family life.

• Adapting to Life in Spain - Although this web site is intended for American college students traveling to Spain, there is much good information here about Spanish society and culture, and how it is different from our culture. Scroll down to the section 'Confronting the Border...'

Food

• Spanish Food - Overview of food and eating in Spain.

• Tapas - Infomation about a popular and delicious Spanish treat.

• What to Eat and Drink in the 'Real' Spain - That is, small town, not-Madrid, Spain. Very detailed.

Christmas and other Holidays

• Fiestas and Traditions - Description of the important Spanish holidays and feast days. Includes the importance of religion in festival celebrations.

• Christmas in Spain - Feliz Navidad!!

• Spanish Christmas Traditions - There are many holidays for Spaniards in the month of December.

• Holiday Traditions--Spain - More info about Christmas.

Special Sites about Spanish Culture

• Spain Everyday Life: Post Offices and Telephones - Did you know that all the mailboxes (where you send letters)in Spain are yellow?

• Ethnic Minorities - Description of the smaller groups of people who inhabit Spain.

• Sounds of Animals--Spain - A fun vocabulary game with animals and their sounds.

• Spanish Music: Flamenco - Learn about the traditional Spanish folkloric music, flamenco.

• Shopping in CyberSpain - Web site that gives you an idea of what to buy if you travel to Spain.

• Spanish Television - Information about viewing habits of the Spanish people.

• Spanish Newspapers on the Web - Link to newspapers published all over Spain.

• Everyday Traditions: Losing a Tooth - No tooth fairy in Spain--find out who (or what) leaves the gift.

Sports

• A FAQ on Bullfighting - An excellent 'question and answer' page on bullfighting.

• Sportec - Everything about sports in Spain. Default language is Spanish, also available in English.

• Soccer in Spain - CyberSpain site on Spain's most popular sport, soccer. Plays music--so beware.