Alejandro Fernandez in Concert in Tenerife

Mexican star Alejandro Fernandez made his first mark on the international charts via ranchero and mariachi music but soon added Latin pop and ballads to his repertoire. His 1997  album  Me Estoy Enamorando topped Billboard’s  Top Latin Albums chart and from it came several chart-topping singels...

Spanish Cafe – A Plague of Serpents

Yikes, looks like Gran Canaria is suffering from a plague of snakes! If you have a few minutes to practice your Spanish today then listen to the video in Spanish. And by the way… ¿Crees que se puede...

Spanish Cafe – Everybody Loves a Winner

Well that’s it all over bar the shouting. At the end of every World Cup there are winners and there are losers. For the winners, there is adulation, champagne and groupies galore. For the losers, a frosty reception and a post-match, post-mortum that probably left blood on the floor. But just imagine...

Do You Have to Learn Spanish to Learn Spanish?

I bumped into a Spanish friend that I haven’t seen recently and she had a good laugh at me as I mangled all the Spanish I had learned since I saw her last.  I told her I had been taking adult Spanish lessons at the Cutural Centre before the school broke up and said she would never have guessed....

Canny Sponsorship Opportunity with K9

Why do you think all the banks and large commercial companies publish a calender every year? Because it is such a great marketing ploy, that’s why! Years ago when I worked for a hotel group in Thailand, their annual calander was a huge deal and months of preparation and nail-biting went into the...

Forget the Football, What About the Finiquito?

Okay, we all know there has to be some major belt tightening and the German government have made it clear that they don’t think that Spain is going to remain solvent for more than the next five minutes, but was it really necessary to slip the latest labour reforms in under the wire while the whole...

Kid’s Summer Activities in Arona

As the long school holidays creep closer I am sure there are many mothers out there who are getting all misty-eyed and fuzzy at the though of twelve uninterrupted weeks with their little darlings. I am not one of them. Much as I love them, I have to admit that the thought of three solid months in the...

Sweaty Dreads and Nostalgia- Simply Red in Tenerife

I saw Simply Red in concert about a thousand years ago in Hong Kong. I remember being squashed up in a small space dancing and singing my heart out, so close to the stage that I  got sprayed with sweat every time the dreaded one flicked his locks back. Those were the days, eh? Now the ten kilos or whatever...

Gift Shopping in Tenerife

According to online shopping statistics published by 4PS Marketing both Amazon and Marks and Sparks are in the top ten ecommerce sites for the Nov 2009 to Feb 2010 period. Where once, not so long ago, many people worried about the security of their credit cards and about identity theft now buying online is...

Dog Kills Child in La Gallega, Tenerife

A three year old child was killed by a dog in Tenerife yesterday. According to the tv news the child was in his mother’s arms when they dog jumped up and bit him in the neck. He was taken to the University Hopital in Candelaria but later died. The dog was apparently a ‘pit-bull’ type which...