Calling Chicas Espanolas are you Spanish Savvy???
Food
The tapa tradition is as important for the conversation and company as for the delicious food. Every Spaniard has his favourite tasca, as the tapas bars are often called, where he goes regularly to meet his friends or business acquaintances. Tapas can be found in even the smallest bar in a tiny village.
The word tapa, meaning cover or lid, is thought to have originally referred to the free plate of appetizers that many tascas would put like a lid on over wine glasses.
Tapas can vary from simple to complex and include cheese, fish, eggs, vegetable dishes, dips, canapés, and savoury pastries. A quantity of tapas can make an excellent meal. La Tasca is a tapas restaurant in the Odyssey Belfast.
Fiestas - festivals
La tomatina
The sunny Mediterranean city of Valencia in Spain is world-renowned for its tasty and succulent oranges. And just thirty miles away is Buñol, another town just as famous for its produce. But its notoriety comes from the locals' habit of wearing the produce as well as tasting it: every year, Buñol hosts La Tomatina, the world's largest vegetable fight. Situated only 30 kilometers inland from the Mediterranean Sea, and well-connected by motorway and rail to Madrid and Valencia, this charming town erupts into a fiery blaze of tomato-hurling on the last Wednesday of every August.
The "batalla" takes place during a week-long celebration filled with on-going festivities. Without question it‘s the biggest tomato fight in the world
La Tomatina takes place on August 25 (this date can change every year)
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