Marbella Local Customs

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One of the delights of walking along the promenade is the smell of sardines being barbecued over open olive wood fires.
Several sardines are placed on a skewer and cooked over a wood fire. This BARBEQUED SARDINES dish is very popular and is known as an 'espeto de sardinas'. The beach bar restaurants cook the sardines in old boats which have been turned into impromptu barbeques and it takes skill to skewer the fish without breaking them, so they cook in their own fat, turning golden on the outside while remaining deliciously juicy inside.

If you like luxury cars you'll love Marbella. It's one place where you can see Ferrari, Rolls Royce or Porsche everyday, mainly in Puerto Banus. If you are a demanding person you can rent a limo as well!

Si tu gustan los coches lujosos te encantará Marbella. Es un lugar donde puedes ver Ferrari, Rolls Royce o Porsche todos los días, principalmente en Puerto Banús. Si eres muy exigente, ¡también puedes alquilar una limosina!

When you go to a restaurant in the US, the server is usually very attentive, and constantly checking up on you to ask "Is everything OK?" And before you've even finished your meal, the check is at your table. They want you to eat, pay, and leave. This gets really annoying here in the US. Not so in Spain (or Mexico, Morocco, the Caribbean or Italy for that matter). The server usually leaves you alone to dine in peace and will not bring the check until you ask for it. The "look" does not work. When you're ready, simply flag down your server and say, "La cuenta, por favor." Otherwise, you will sit there all night.

Don't be impatient in restaurants, bars, and other places. Don't get mad if your bus is late. Learn to go with the flow. If service is slower than you're used too, then relax and have another glass of wine. You're on vacation, so don't be in such a rush.

I recently started an intensive course in Spanish, I?m really impressed with the school I have chosen. The teachers are good and you learn the language in a friendly environment. I am studying 4 hours per day (two hours of grammer and 2 hours of conversation.

They offer numerous courses at varying levels, you can even study while on holiday. Various types of accommadation are offered including places with Spanish families, hostels, or shared accommadation with other students.

In addition to this there are extra-curricular activities you can join at no extra cost, Sevillana dancing, Salsa, a cine club showing Spanish movies and Culture classes, covering travel, history, art and literature. Once a month they hold tapas afternoons and occassional trips to other cities and places of interest.

Address:
Avda. Ricardo Soriano, 36.
Maria III. 3rd floor
29600 Marbella
Spain

E-mail:
school@spanishlanguagec.com

It is a custom in many towns and villages to leave doors open in order that visitors may take a peep inside churches and other buildings. This view was taken through the metal grille in front of this beautiful church. Unfortunately i have misplaced its name, but I'm sure Carmen will tell me.

I've just returned from the Fera de Muestras. An annual event that runs for a week in November in Marbella. It is an exhibition of Spanish products, with a very high emphasis on food. The stands display food which you can purchase, cheeses, jamons, chorizo, pastries, sweets etc. many covering other regions of Spain. Many of the stands also give away free samples of the foods, you can imagine with my love of Spanish country produce I returned home very full.

In the dining area were some tapas bars, I stopped at two, the first representing Asturias where I had chorizo (spicy sausage) and Fabada Asturiana (fabada bean caserole), the second representing Galicia where I had Pulpo (Octopus) and Queso Tetilla (a soft cheese).

Other good are on display too, but I found it hard to drag myself away from the foodhall.

It's held at Marbella's 'Palacio de Congressos' and entrance costs 3 Euros.

The way of eating here the sardines is tipical, we call them espetos. Normally you have them on chiriguitos (beach restaurants).

They have to be cooked on the grills on boats full of sand, see the pic lol a photos shows more than 1000 words ;-)