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Palacio de los Deportes to see Oasis on 12 February. Our Vibes section is dedicated to them and Noel Gallagher’s
newfound status as oracle for the twenty-first century (page 8). I’m taking my wife to the gig and telling her it’s
her Valentine’s present- you see, girls just aren’t impressed by red roses anymore. Or are they? American Vanessa
and British Helen give their opinions on St. Valentine’s Day as twenty-something girls in 2009 (page 27). Where’s Bully?
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So, Liverpool or Real Madrid? One thing’s for sure: there’ll be a carnival atmosphere in Madrid on Champions
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bought by women him as their boyfriend.
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25 26 27 dramas, operas or novels (7) bought by men
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26 One who completely women
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1 Excludes; prevents (6) 7 Support; agree with (7) 20 A voter (7) Saint Valentine’s Day
St Valentine was a Roman saint, executed in 270 AD for secretly marrying
2 Germ-free (7) 8 Drops back (8) 22 Courageous; bold (7) couples in defiance of an order of the Roman emperor. The emperor had
3 The media; iron (5) 9 Circular; pamphlet (8) banned marriage after Roman men began refusing conscription in order
23 To discredit (6) to stay home with their wives. Nowadays, from Madrid to Manhattan
4 Anything upon which great stress 15 Not talkative (8) and Dublin to Dubai, people all over the world make a special effort for
is laid (8) 17 One of the world’s oceans (8) 24 Boon companion; a pal (6) their special sweetheart on 14 February. The traditions vary from place
5 Seldom (6) 18 A firebug (8) 27 Goodbye in French (5) to place. For example in the Far East, in Japan and Korea, women are
the traditional gift-bearers. Men reciprocate a month later on White Day
when they give white chocolate to their loved one.
SUDOKU easy puzzle 15 HARD puzzle 15 Even singletons get a special day in Korea, 14 April is Black Day
and is celebrated as single folk gather together to eat black jajong
8 2 1 7 6 7 5 6 1 noodles, mourn their single life, and to lament smug couple
syndrome no doubt... Depressing or what?!
9 1 8 1 5 In most of South America the Día del amor y la amistad (Love and friendship
day) is quite popular with the exception of Colombia where Valentine’s
6 7 5 3 2 9 4 Day is celebrated in September. The Brazilian version, Dia dos Namorados,
takes place on 12 June and women perform rituals to aid them in finding a
husband... screams desperation, Bridget Jones style... Which brings me to
6 5 9 1 5 7 my next point: How do singletons fare on this day of coupledom?
For many solteras and solteros out there V-day = D-day. It spells doom
5 6 1 7 4 9 3 8 7 and is greeted with trepidation and hysteria. The big challenge is
getting through the day without resorting to smug couple homicide! On
9 7 3 6 1 4 Valentine’s Day, surrounded by all the hype, it’s easy for single ladies in
particular to have visions of themselves as a future crazy cat lady!

9 2 6 5 2 6 5 Personally, I plan to go out with friends for dinner and dancing on

Valentine’s Day and the truth be told, if my secret Spanish lothario
were to announce his undying love on Valentine’s Day, I’d likely not be
3 1 5 8 3 that impressed… In the words of Bridget Jones, “I’m still looking for
something more extraordinary than that”…
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what’s on?
culture THEATRE/Dance
WORDS by Christopher Sinclair Christian

DÍAS DE
Saint Valentine’s Day 14 february
DON’T VINO Y
ROSAS
MISS DAYS OF
WINE AND
ROSES
Tamzin Townsend directs this stage ver-
sion of Blake Edwards’film. Starring Carmelo
Gómez and Silvia Abascal, it is a masterpiece
about love and the pain one
feels when it’s gone.
Ending: 15/2/2009
Venue: Teatro Lara (www.teatrolara.com)
Price: from 15 € to 28 €
Metro: Callao

Días
mejores
better
days
Àlex Rigola directs
this comedy in
which youngsters on the dole or with unstable
jobs fight off the cold burning furniture, while
they eat fast food leftovers and sell their last
belongings, which are of dubious value.
Ending: 8/3/2009
Venue: Teatro de La Abadía
Price: TBC
Metro: Quevedo

Recovered relics and

MUSICALS

Grease,

Spain’s real-life Romeo and Juliet

Ireland, Scotland, France, the Czech Republic… If we were to
believe all the claims of the different churches to holding his
last remains, Saint Valentine would have more bones than the
dustbins of KFC in La Puerta Del Sol after a particularly good
day’s business. Nevertheless, a collection of bones (including
a femur) certified by the Vatican as belonging to the saint
turned up somewhere that may surprise you. Christopher
Sinclair Christian tells us where and recounts Spain’s real-life
Romeo and Juliet story, the tragedy of Los Amantes de Teruel.
Ye lovers get this! St. Valentine is alive and well in Madrid!
When excavations on a mass scale were being carried out in the catacombs
of Rome during the eighteenth century, archaeologists stumbled upon the
remains of numerous saints and martyrs. The Pope came up with the brilliant
scheme of distributing the relics among the churches in Europe. Madrid
had the privilege of receiving some remains of the body of St. Valentine. The
relics of the venerated saint were preserved in the crypt at San Antón School,
the annexe to the San Antón Church (Calle Hortaleza) until 1986 when the
ecclesiastical authorities decided to display the remains of the saint on 14
February thereafter.
Shifting scenes from from the capital Cupid leads us to Teruel (on the
east coast, 145 kilometres from Valencia) where the city comes alive in the
third week of February. Whilst lovers all over the world are lavishing a lot
of attention on their soul mates, the turolenses (the
denizens of the city) revel in a four-day festival, reviving
a thirteenth century tale of star-crossed lovers – their
own version of Romeo and Juliet.
Childhood sweethearts Juan Diego de Marcilla
and Isabel de Segura sought their parents’ consent to be
wed. They were made for each other but Isabel’s father
Don Pedro Segura, a wealthy and heartless man, thought
otherwise as Diego was undaunted and made a request
for a grace period to go out into the world and seek his
fortune. Don Pedro, a crafty man who knew Diego’s family
since he was a child, granted him five years to return rich
and marry Isabel. The passionate young man enlisted in
the army and strode right into the heart of battle, taking
the
musical of
your life
‘Grease, el musical
de tu vida’ (Grease,
the musical of your life) is a faithful version of
up arms against the Moors. the original Broadway show that reproduces
Just before the time was up, Pedro Segura found a suitor from its stage design, its plot and its songs.
neighbouring Albarracin and married off his daughter, much against her This big format musical is intended for all
will. When Diego returned in triumph and learned of the marriage, and audiences and it brings the charm of the
in desperation, the broken-hearted man repaired to Isabel’s chamber and fifties back to the present; it is an amazing
show, with numerous actors on stage.
pleaded with the young lass for a last kiss. Isabel was shocked and upset. Ending: 30/06/2009
Not a word, not a kiss, she remained motionless. Thereupon, Diego fell to the Venue: Nuevo Teatro Alcalá
floor. His heart had stopped beating. Price: from 22 € to 58 €
Isabel explained about her childhood sweetheart to her husband in Metro: Goya/ Príncipe de Vergara
haste. The man was perplexed but listened attentively. Hurriedly, they carried
the corpse into the cold night and eventually laid the body near the Marcilla exhibitions
family’s abode.
The next day, as the pall bearers bore the coffin through the bleak cowparade
street, a tall and graceful woman clad in black stepped up behind the Madrid
mourners. The lady followed the solemn march. When the coffin was placed At last, Madrid
on the ground for the requiem mass, the dame bent down to plant a kiss on surrenders to the
liveliest public art
the cold lips of the deceased. The mourners sighed. Then all of a sudden, the event in the world.
lady in black breathed her last and collapsed. It was Isabel… If they could For two months the streets of the city will be
not be joined together in life, they would be united in death. Akin to the invaded by a herd of artistic life-size cows,
Montagues and Capulets, the two families grieved together and buried the made of fibreglass and painted, transformed
lovers side by side. and dressed eccentrically by different
designers. This open-air show will reach
In 1555, the mummies of the lovers were unearthed. Yagüe de Salas, almost every corner of the city, underlining
the then notary, examined the documents and attested to their authenticity. the importance of making art accessible to
Today, Diego and Isabel lie together beneath their respective statues in the everyone.
brilliantly sculpted mausoleum by Juan de Alves at the Ending: 21/03/2009
Church of San Pedro. www.cowparademadrid.com/
In the third week of February, the historical quarters of the TITANIC.
city take on a medieval air. The story of Diego and Isabel REAL
is re-enacted and the whole city becomes a pageant of OBJECTS,
colour, medieval music and folklore. Medieval markets REAL
spring up around Teruel, allowing the visitor to get a STORIES
This exhibition
glimpse of the city as it was in days gone by. So, for a held in Madrid shows more than 230 objects
unique romantic experience, why not try Teruel this year? recovered from the shipwreck of this famous
Love has something to do with Madrid and a lot to do ship. Nearly 18 million people have already
with Teruel. visited this international exhibition.
Buses to Teruel from Madrid: Estación del Sur, Méndez Ending: 15/02/2009
Venue: Plaza de Colón (Pasaje Carlos III)
Alvaro (metro line 6). More information about Teruel: Price: weekdays, 15.50 €; weekends, 17.50 €
www.turismodearagon.com Metro: Colón/ Serrano

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star Sport sport

WORDS by Martin Quinn

wars, the
exhibition DON’T
Madrid has finally
been hit by the world’s
REAL
MADRID Real Madrid - Liverpool MISS 25 February
largest Star Wars Estadio Santiago Santiago Bernabéu
Exhibition, comprising 245 original props from the Bernabéu. Avenida Time had it that the thought of several thousand Scousers coming to town had the locals anywhere
six-film saga, including space ships, costumes, de Concha Espina, 1.
sketches, drawings, models… and even a Tel: 91 398 43 00 running for cover. An invasion of shell suits, barcode moustaches and sticky fingers as Yosser
training session with two Jedi masters. (See www.realmadrid.es Hughes and the boys descended upon the peace-loving peoples of Middle Europe. Liverpool has
European Vibe magazine No.27 for full review) AtLetico Madrid an undeserved reputation as being a bit rough but if you actually visited the 2008 European City of
Ending: 15/03/2009 Estadio Vicente Calderón. Paseo Virgen del Culture, not a friendlier place would you find. And so Madrid is safe once more…
Venue: Centro de exposiciones Arte Canal Puerto, 67. Metro: Pirámides.  
Price: 10 € Tel: 91 366 47 07
Metro: Plaza de Castilla www.clubatleticodemadrid.com The Second Round Champions’ League tie is coming up this month and you probably have a better
www.starwars-theexhibition.com CB chance of getting a ticket for the (sold out) AC/DC concert in April than Bernabéu on the 25th (unless
Estudiantes you spend a LOT of money) The two sides, Liverpool and Real Madrid, have been faring quite differently
FRANCIS Basketball this season, with Real switching managers and heavily trailing Barcelona. Defeat is not an option for
BACON Madrid Arena, Serrano the Castilian kings. Meanwhile the Reds are riding high and putting on their first serious chase for the
The work of Francis 127, 28006 Madrid
Bacon, who at the Tel: 902 400 002 league title since their 1980s glory days. Rafa Benitez is also competing for most unhinged Premiership
age of 35 destroyed www.clubestudiantes.com manager after his recent (semi-justified) spat with Alex Ferguson. Both teams’ fixture lists in the run up
practically everything Real Madrid CB to the big night are fairly light, although Liverpool have to play the eccentrically high-spending Man City
he had painted till then, can now be seen at Pabellon Raimundo Saporta, Paseo de La beforehand. The risk is that City may have offered Pelé a half billion to coax him out of retirement.
the Museo del Prado. From marginalization Castellana, Madrid. Tel: 91 398 43 32, or check  
to consecration, this exhibition offers us an out www.realmadridbasket.galeon.com
extraordinarily lucid journey through hell. Local interest of course is high with golden boy Fernando Torres returning for a visit. Real fans
During the 1940s and 50s, a time when Fun Activities should have mixed emotions over the former Atlético star, who won the national side a European
abstraction was the dominant mode, Bacon Championship, returning to haunt the Bernabéu. Benitez himself is returning to his former employers
expanded the possibilities of figurative art at Real, having managed their youth and reserve sides. Defender Álvaro Arbeloa, a former player
and became a remarkable artist, whose work AeroBalas Sky-diving under Benitez at Real, will be back too. And if you fancy annoying Arbeloa’s family, simply head over
clearly advocates feelings. School - Aerodromo de Casa de los
Ending: 19/04/2009 Pinos, Cuenca. Tandem parachute jumps from to Finbar’s pub in Argüelles where they are a regular sight during televised Liverpool games.
Venue: Museo del Prado (Paseo del Prado s/n) 110 euros. Call 610 408 831 or 667 512 102  
Price: 6 € www.aerobalas.com So how much of a travelling fan are you? I’ve been at a few European away games with Celtic’s travelling
Metro: Atocha Palacio de Hielo - Skating support and you see some sights there. (Like the Glaswegian in Milan with “Ma’burd thinks I’m away tae the
rink, bowling lanes and cinema. C Silvano, shop for a loaf and six pints of milk”printed on the back of his shirt.) Liverpool’s another club that pulls a big
Museums 77, Parque Conde de Orgaz. Metro: Canillas
travelling support, and you really see the most colourful fans on these trips. Half the craic’s outside the game,
ZOO-AQUARIUM DE
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Open: Tuesday to Sunday from 9.00 until Cisneros, 72 (Quevedo). Tel: 91 446 0221.
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madrid for it
“Why do Americans think they’re electing the president of THE WORLD?”
- No, this isn’t a question set by a Sociology lecturer in a university
classroom, it’s Oasis’ Noel Gallagher, who has come to be asked about
and quoted on virtually every media issue for his coherent and directly
expressed opinions. As Oasis land in Madrid mad for their gig at the Palacio
de los Deportes, Peter Moore wonders if it’s still just Rock n’ Roll from the
brothers it makes no sense to censor.
WORDS by Peter Moore
N
oel Gallagher is an unlikely
prophet. Unfussy and
direct, he lectures with
measured conviction, a
glassy stare, and with those
famous Thunderbirds eyebrows
raised upwards a fraction, pulling
his face into a sneer. It was 11am
on 12th September 2001, the day
after the end of the world, when
the NME magazine caught up
with Noel and his equally buoyant
brother, Liam, for an interview.
“What a fucking waste of life!
There’s gonna be a race war,” Noel
shook his head. “You know what
it’s like in the Midwest, fucking old
Chip polishing his M16 he uses to
kill deer sat watching it thinking,
‘Right! Where’s the nearest fucking
Arab?’ … George Bush’s dad is just
gonna be, ‘Son? This is your destiny.’
Well, it’s the end of the world innit?
… No wonder we take drugs! It’s
just fucking, fucking, spectacularly
fucked up.”
Every bit the chief quip
raconteur, Gallagher has always had
a gruff knack for savage clarity. But
that September morning saw him
demonstrating an almost telescopic
ability to peer into America’s future,
and, seven years on, the interview
reads like a bizarre mash up of
8 feb 09
Nostradamus with a good dollop of
Tourette’s thrown in.
But history is going to
remember Gallagher for his music
and not his stargazing. At one point
in about 1995, you couldn’t visit a
bus stop, post office or walk past
a building site without hearing
someone or other whistling the
melody to a track off Morning
Glory or Definitely Maybe.
News of the Gallaghers’ spat
with Blur in the Battle of
Britpop would trump any of
John Major’s tomfoolery in the
news bulletins, and when Tony
Blair finally swept into Downing
Street on his landslide in 1997,
the second thing he did after
granting The Bank of England
independence was to invite Noel
around for a drink.
“We’re never going to make
an album again as big
as Definitely Maybe or
Morning Glory,” Noel
confessed to Mojo last
year. “But then nobody
else will do either. Tell
me one recent British
band who’ve sold
25 million albums
in three years and
defined a generation
– there isn’t one, is there?”
Oasis are edging towards a
comfortable position amongst the
British rock royalty. Tour dates
are being snapped up by a greedy
public, latest offering Dig Out
Your Soul is selling well, they’ve
experienced a recent revival of
fortunes in America, and both
Gallaghers are settling down
comfortably into middle age
with partners and children.
Always the more brash and
unpredictable of the siblings,
Liam, recently announced to
an interviewer: “I’ve gotta go
an’ blow some balloons up, me!
Blowing balloons up, fookin’
dressed as Postman Pat… fookin’
pure rock n’ roll.”
Oasis’ place in history has
not always been so assured. At
the turn of the century they
were being dismissed
from all quarters as
a washed up band of
miserable Mancunians
with little new to offer.
Noel had wound up the
millennium divorced
and getting over a
coke problem; guitar
player Bonehead
and bass player
Guigsy had jumped off the ship as
it had begun to founder and Liam,
nursing a divorce of his own, was
being depicted by the tabloids as
nothing more than an archetypal
northern scallywag – bashing
photographers and getting his teeth
knocked through his mouth in a
Munich hotel. Looking back, Noel
confessed to the NME in 2001,
“Well, everybody has a shit period,
and hopefully we’ve had ours…
This new album is mega (Standing
on the Shoulder of Giants), it’s not
just, ‘well fuck it, that’ll do,’ which is
what Be Here Now should have been
called.’’
Scruffy and foul-mouthed
perhaps, but Oasis are a far better
advert for Britain than any of
these X Factor types will ever be.
I don’t know if it’s me, but there’s
something sinister about Simon
Cowell and his ivory white grin,
dictating our Christmas number
ones and whether I am going to
like Tracey from Northampton
and not Kevin from Bristol. With
Oasis there’s substance, attitude
and passion. “We never started this
band as a career move”, Noel once
pointed out. “We did it because we
were bored shitless and we were
all on the dole. We never asked for
fucking 20 million record sales, it
just came about, yknowhatimean?”
Life in Oasis may no longer be
the coke-driven circus of the 1990s,
but when things liven up, explained
guitarist Gem recently, ‘Then it kicks
off big time.’ The last in the never
ending series of fallouts between
Noel and Liam occurred last year
when Liam ditched the band half
way through recording sessions
for Dig Out Your Soul, flew back to
England and married his girlfriend
Nicole Appleton in secret. Deprived
of their vocalist, Oasis had to scrap
some of the album’s most promising
material and Noel was left seething:
“I’m sorry, but when you get
married you’ve got a debt to the ‘60s
to get over to Gibraltar and have it
rotten with all of your mates on a
big bender. Not sneak into a registry
office in Marylebone then have
sandwiches at the hotel next door…
I don’t give a shit about the fact that
he didn’t invite me to the wedding
– he didn’t invite me to his last one
– it’s when it affects our job of work
it infuriates me.”
A prickly Liam brushed this
off in Mojo, ‘Me and the missus
decided to do it. That’s it. It was
private. Our kid [Noel] should
get over it. I wouldn’t be upset, I
wouldn’t want to go to his wedding
anyway.’ Nearing two decades in
the same band, it seems that the
siblings have yet to develop a talent
for verbal niceties.
Rock n’ roll scrapes, cat
fights, walk outs, drugs, alcohol
and women; the world would
be a poorer place without the
Gallaghers. Liam had the final dig
recently: “As much as he hates to
admit it, Noel’s a cunt just like me.
But he’s an ugly cunt and I’m a good
looking cunt. That’s the difference.”
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travel
Floating in Venice
Venice has exported most things, being one of the oldest trade
centres in the world, but its special brand of romance is something you
can only find within the bounds of its canals. As Linn Treijs explains, the
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city may be sinking, but it will set your heart soaring.
WORDS by Linn Treijs
aybe Casanova, the infamous womaniser, was on to
something as he haunted the canals of Venice for new
conquests. After a few hours on foot in the city on
the sea, you will realise that there is more here then
meets the eye. The light, the buildings and the maze
of streets. And that the best way to discover it, is to let
yourself get lost.
Venice is one of those places you should try to see at
least once in your life. The ancient air that encom-
passes it and the apparent lack of cars is truly an
experience. And it will not be here forever. The queen
of the Adriatic Sea is literally sinking.
Venice is built on 117 mud banks in a lagoon, a few
kilometres north of the river Po’s estuary. The city has
suffered, and still suffers, submersions several times
a year. Movable barriers that will control the water
flow into the lagoon are under construction, and laws
have been introduced to keep water pollution to the
minimum. But as the houses are built on
poles, constantly sinking further down in
the mud, and the water level is continu-
ously rising due to climate change, it’s a
race against the clock.
However dark the situation, Venice does
not really seem to be depressed about
it. She continues to smile on the 20 mil-
lion tourists that visit her per year. While other cities
have their avenues and boulevards, Venice is proud to
present Canal Grande. There are about 150 canals in
Venice, and they all offer an excellent sneak peak into
Venice everyday Venetian life. You soon realise how many
functions they have, more than just offering a comfort-
able way to get around as a tourist.
If you want to travel on water there are both vaporetti
(water-busses) and traghetto (ferries), if not, a gon-
dola is your first pick. Venice is divided into five areas:
Cannaregio, San Polo/Santa Croce, Dorsoduro, San
Marco and Castello. The natural centre point is San
Marco with Saint Mark’s Square. Occasionally, when
the square is flooded, it’s covered with wooden planks
to keep the tourists’ shoes dry.
Despite all the different boats that will carry you up
and down Canal Grande, the best way to discover
Venice is by foot. Without the usual noise from cars
and buses, and without the exhaust fumes, you will feel
free as a bird. The streets can be more than narrow, so
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don’t overlook what seems like just a chink between
two walls: it might actually be a pathway.
The city also intertwines itself with 446 bridges.
Ponte dei Rialto, Rialto Bridge, is the oldest one of
four to cross Canal Grande. A more legendary one is
Ponte dei Sospiri (bridge of sighs), built as a passage
between a prison and the cross-examination room.
According to the legend, the prisoners would sigh as
they sailed towards jail, knowing it would be the last
time they saw the light of day.
After a few hours on your own, you will discover two
things. First, that you are completely lost and you quite
like it. And second, Venice’s absolute resemblance to a
labyrinth. Since the city was built on islands from the
start, there does not seem to have been a clear street
design plan. But maybe the Venetians have another
opinion. Their city dates as far back as the age of Early
Antiquity, when its strategic position made it success-
ful as a centre for sea trade. This was a golden era for
the Venetians who invented the first stock market,
banking system, bookkeeping and bank bills.
The world famous seafarer Marco Polo was raised
here and brought back spices from his trips to China
and the Far East, paving the way for the rest of Eu-
rope. Venice and the lagoon around it were declared
a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987, and since
then numerous rescue plans have been launched to
conserve the area. The biggest concern now is that
the house prices, just like the sea level, are rising.
Venetians tend to sell their homes to foreigners who
only go there a few weeks per year, making some
blocks creepily empty and dark.
Except for the mysterious light and the fog, which
never seems to be far away, my strongest memory from
Venice is a nature-gone-wild experience on St. Mark’s
Square. Like so many others before me, I was being a
bit too generous with my bun, ending up in a cloud of
pigeons who all wanted their share. Even though they
are nothing but a pest to many, these birds have some-
how become a natural part of the antique setting.
Coming to Venice in the winter can be a real find.
You will have the city to yourself until February, when
Carnival hits town. It starts on the second of February
and lasts for ten crazy days. Going back as far as 1268
it has developed some strong traditions. To start, wear-
ing a mask is mandatory if you want to take part in the
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action. With your face hidden you will blend in, and
notice that other people in masks start to greet you.
The secret is that people wearing masks only greet
others who do, the rest are ignored.

If you are lucky you might even score an invitation

to the Tiepolo-prom, the peak of the carnival that
is held each year by a Venetian baroness. If not,
there are other places to go. Just like in the daytime,
the action circles around St. Mark’s Square. Here
you will find Harry’s bar, famous for their exquisite
bellinis. They claim to have invented the glamor-
ous drink made of peach juice and champagne.
Another popular hangout is Café Florian, which
might be the oldest café in the world. It opened in
1720 and has served coffee to legends like Dickens,
Goethe and Lord Byron ever since.

To sum up Venice, think of her as a grand old lady

who knows all the flirting tricks of Casanova, and
how to keep her feet dry in a storm. She can cook
an excellent risotto and whip up a smashing bellini.
She might have a bit of bad breath, but canals are
not as easy to keep clean as normal streets. And
although she is sinking, it ain’t over ‘til the old lady
sings.

Short guide to Venice

How to get here: Vueling and Air Europa have direct flights from
Madrid to Marco Polo airport just outside Venice.
Take with you: An extra pair of dry socks.
Bring home: A cool mask that will guarantee some compliments next Halloween.
Remember: Most bridges in Venice also have stairs, so travelling in a wheelchair or with a pram might be a bit
problematic.
Try: Risotto alle seppie, with octopus and marinated sardines. The Italian classics pizza and pasta are not as typical
here, although you will easily find them on the tourist track.
Don’t miss: The light at early morning and sunset is magical. Take a moment to let it charm you.
Trivia: Some say Venice got its name form refugees coming to Venice in escape from the Huns, greeting the
people already living there with Veni etiam (I have come here also)

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Cádiz
All
about
Carnival
WORDS by Matt Johnson
“…And it’s not over until they bury the life-size
effigy of a sardine…” If you just caught that
bit of a conversation, what would you think
they were talking about? It is of course the
legendary Carnival of Cádiz. Matt Johnson
has been getting excited about it for the last
month, and so will you be when you read this.
I
f you’ve found yourself
standing in front of your
shiny new 2009 calendar,
staring hopelessly at the
vast stretch of days until
Holy Week, have no fear. There
is in fact, a light at the end of
our work-rat tunnels. And as
we draw closer to that ever
expanding, blinding brightness
ahead, we begin to hear an echo
of beats and rhythm. Pretty
soon our eardrums are met with
shouts of revelry, choruses of
song and laughter, and, what’s
that? Fireworks? Before we
know it, our heads are nodding
in tune to a mysterious Spanish
sonance, our toes start tapping
in tune with drum cadences,
and now, powerless to stop
ourselves, we’re in the throes of
a full on fit of fiesta fun. Then,
as we emerge from this darkness
into the light of day, we notice
that we’re not only double fist-
ing copas of sangría, but have
mysteriously slipped out of our
blue jeans and into – what’s
that? A ballerina tutu and Mick-
ey Mouse ears? Where in the
wacky world are we? There can
only be one definitive answer,
amigos: Carnival in Cádiz.
Considered to be the third larg-
est Carnival celebration behind
Rio De Janeiro and Trinidad,
Cádiz is temporarily trans-
formed for ten days every Feb-
ruary into one multi-coloured,
living, breathing, drinking, and
singing, party hotspot. Think
Mardi Gras, sans the beads and
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weekender
WORDS by Luc Ciotkowski
T
ired, tipsy and bad tempered is the
best way to describe an ex-girlfriend
and me after spending an hour and
a half walking in crooked circles around
the old town of Cádiz trying to find our
way back to our hostel. My orientation
skills disappear when the sun goes down
and everything looks different to me,
and the beer that had gone down so
well after a long day of sightseeing and
sunbathing had rubbed away any last
hint of a memory of how to get to our
accommodation. It was pure luck that
finally brought us gratefully to where
we were staying. If I had to take the
blame for getting lost, then my ex had to
shoulder the responsibility for the school-
girl error of leaving both the window
and insect screen open for mosquitoes
while we were out. I recognise the high
probability that it was a fatigue-induced
hallucination, but I’m sure I had to ask
some of them to move so that I could get
into bed.
Despite that June Saturday night’s internal
GPS malfunction a few years ago, I returned
from the weekend in Cádiz with the conviction
that I’d discovered an absolute gem. The oldest
continuously lived-in city in Western Europe,
to wheel out the trivia. Cádiz was founded
bare bodies. Instead, everyone by the Phoenicians around 1100BC and has
dresses up in Halloween-type passed through the hands of the Greeks,
fashion, with the only rule Carthaginians, Romans, Visigoths, Moors and
finally the Castilian Spanish claimed the city
being: the more outlandish,
creative, colourful, and clever in the thirteenth century. Its strategic location
and suitability as a port ensured its importance
the costume, the better.
as a trading post from the start. Its unique
geography in almost being an island, it is
Speaking of clothing apparel, actually a peninsula joined to the continent
if there’s one thing you must by a very thin strip of land (or isthmus), made
remember to pack, it’s your best it very difficult to attack by land. Christopher
pair of drinking shoes. Carnival, Columbus set sail from the port on his second
and fourth voyages to the Americas and,
like Mardi Gras, is if anything
a celebration of excess, and if from that point, Cádiz began to command an
important role as a main hub of transatlantic
you can’t stick out the night to traffic.
watch the sunrise on the beach,
at least make sure not to crash The city was one of the first in the world
in or near Plaza San Juan de to suffer from state-sponsored terrorism:
Dios, where La Taronda (The Ottoman privateers tried several raids on
Thunder), the daily fireworks Cádiz in the sixteenth century and the English
show, is held. Keep in mind: pirate/naval hero Sir Francis Drake managed
to capture the harbour and six ships, sink 31
fireworks plus hangover equals other ships and decimate the port’s stores
ear-splitting torture, so use your in 1587. The beginning of the eighteenth
head. century, however, was when Cádiz really hit
the jackpot. The increasing size of galleons
The Cádiz celebration is also
centred around song, and one
needn’t look far for the goofy
groups of chirigotas, singing
their humorous parodies on
politics, religion, and celebrity
gossip. The residents of Cádiz
are known for their sense of hu-
mour, so if you’re lucky enough
to understand the lyrics, be a
kind soul and translate for us
linguistically challenged folk.
So fear not the endless
monotony of the modern day
work week, and take no heed of
conspiratory calendars. Carnival
is coming – what more could
one want to wipe away those
wintertime woes?
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and the formation of sandbars along the
River Guadalquivir made it no longer viable
to continue Seville’s monopoly on New
World trade, so Cádiz stepped up to become
the home of the Spanish Treasure Fleet and
therefore become one of the richest cities in
the world.
Both Carnival and most of Cádiz’s interesting
buildings come from the golden age of the
city. Their Carnival was meant to emulate and
rival the world famous celebrations of the time
in Venice; the investment in serious partying
is what set the tradition that carries on today.
The cathedral is my favourite in Spain (sorry to
all the rest), probably because the 116 years it
took to build and the subsequent mix of styles
make it so unique (and I love the giant trees
brought back from the Americas which stand
next to it).
The plazas in the old town are attractive and
give the breathing space the tightly-packed
area needs. The old Customs House and the
Admiral House buildings you have to see to
understand the kind of wealth that Spain
squeezed from its colonies. Another landmark,
more for its significance than its beauty
this time, is the monument to the Spanish
Constitution of 1812- one of the first modern
liberal constitutions in the world, written by
the Free Spanish Parliament in Cádiz as the port
was one of the few Spanish cities not to fall to
the Bonapartes’ forces and was a main centre of
resistance to the French as the Spanish fought
for their independence. The cámara oscura in the
Tavira Tower is a worthwhile visit to understand
Cádiz today. Just a few storeys high, the tower’s
pinhole camera-style telescope and convex
lens command views of the whole city and the
Bay of Cádiz. That in itself is cool to see, but the
listed-building status of most of the old town,
strict construction limits and no more space to
build is what has kept the place from turning
into another Andalusian beach resort. It has two
fantastic beaches and there is regular Spanish
tourism (The Costa de la Luz has remained a
mainly Spanish destination in comparison to the
Mediterranean coastline), but Cádiz will never
become a Marbella, Torremolinos or Benidorm.
In fact, this lack of possibility for development is
what limits the city’s economy and causes many
young Gaditanos to try their luck elsewhere. In
selfish terms for the visitor, this is what keeps
Cádiz a wonderful destination for a weekend or
short holiday. Just remember how to get back
to your hotel.
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El Gaucho Tetuán, 34 ( Sol). Tel: 91 522 4793
La Vaca Argentina Bailén, 20 ( La Latina). Tel: 91 365 6654
Cuban
Centrally located Argentinian steak house with a
rustic, welcoming atmosphere. Enjoy traditional
Argentinian cuisine such as pizza, pasta, and grilled
meat. Variety of vegetarian options available. Open
every day ‘til late. Average price 15/20€ per head,
lunch menu only 9,50€.
Il Piccolino Della Farfalla Tel: 91 369 4391
La Farfalla Tel: 91 369 4691
Il Piccolino Della Farfalla c/ Huertas, 6 Antón Martín
La Farfalla c/ Santa María, 17 Antón Martín
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Indian cuisine, in a stunning and central location,
right beside Madrid’s famous Plaza Mayor.
Terrace now open.
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Mister India Plaza de la Provincia, 3
Plaza de Lavapies, 5
Sol/Antón Martin
Lavapies
Brand new Indian restaurant located in the Heart
of Madrid. Traditional Punjab dishes served by friendly
Indian staff. Call for details of special Bollywood
dancing shows performed in the restaurant.
Open 1-4pm and 8pm-midnight.
Tel: 91 523 4570
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Curry’s Indian Restaurant c/ Silva, 16 Callao
Traditional Indian restaurant- offering a variety of
rich Indian cuisine infused with the best authentic
ingredients. Located in the centre of Madrid and
open daily 1-4 pm and 8-12 pm. Set menu available
everyday from 1-4 pm for 9.95€.
Tel: 91 360 0706 www.gurumadrid.es
Guru Indian Restaurant c/ Echegaray 21 Sol/ Sevilla
Enjoy a wide variety of traditional Indian cuisine.
With over 40 dishes to choose from, you will be spoilt
for choice. Open daily 1-4 pm and 8.30-11.30 pm.
Set menu and take away food available.
www.restaurantetaj.com
c/ Cruz 13 Sol/Sevilla. Tel: 91 522 3595
Taj c/ Marqués De Cubas 6 Banco de España. Tel: 91 531 5059 / 91 521 63 27
Bright, colourfully furnished Indian restaurant located in
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little place and quite reasonably priced at around 18/20€
per head. 3 course lunch or “menu del día” is served from
1.30pm- 4.30pm, dinner from 8.30pm- 12.30am.
Open every day. Tel: 91 391 4586
Taj Mahal c/ Belén, 12 Chueca/Alonso Martínez
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surroundings. Good service, friendly atmosphere.
English menu available. Extensive à la carte menu,
lunch and evening specials.
Open 12-4pm and 8pm-12pm.
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Tel: 91 559 8315
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10am to 2am. Tel: 91 522 9050
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with a wide range of wines from“Bodegas Casagrande” Come
and visit our caves! From 1pm to 4pm and from 8:30pm to
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La Cueva del Faisán Espoz y Mina,15 ( Sol). Tel: 676 287 654
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Spanish Tapas
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Malaspina Cádiz, 9 ( Sol). Tel: 91 523 4024
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 film first
OSCARS SPECIAL THE
WORDS by PETER MOORE

Sunday 22 February
Ten Oscar nominations and a string of awards already attest to
Slumdog Millionaire’s pedigree. Peter Moore went to see it and
find out what all the fuss was about. Also, see his and Jade Conroy’s
predictions for the 81st Academy Awards.

Slumdog
Millionaire Preview
WORDS by Jade Conroy

Begin with a red carpet. Then stir in

a spoonful of A-list celebrities and
glaze with a multitude of glamorous
gowns. What do you get? The Oscars’
81st annual awards ceremony. Awards
season is in full swing and we are
about to discover who will stand
victorious. Nominations are to be
revealed on Thursday and so I have
been given the ever so difficult task of
naming who I think will win.
Now, I’m no film buff, but anyone can tell
you that the Critics’ Choice Awards and
the Golden Globes both serve as sound
indicators as to who will walk away with
one of those sought-after little gold
statuettes in February. So at least I have a
little bit of help.
Although the regular contenders were
nominated, a few underdogs managed to
prevail. British film Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire Release Date (Spain): 13 February 2009 not only won five prizes at the Critics Choice
Directors: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan (co-director: India) Cast: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Mia Drake awards but walked away with Best Motion

Y
Picture, Best Screenplay and Best Director
ou’d have thought that sane of abuse there may be, but Boyle avoids at the Golden Globes. Furthermore to its
director would have avoided the the temptation to judge a whole society 10 nominations here, the film has been
nominated for 11 Baftas and so I think it’s
script for Slumdog Millionaire by lofty Western ideals. In each scene safe to say that director Danny Boyle will
like a dinner date with Lucrezia there is a savage joke, a spark of life or a see his film receive at least one Academy
Award this year.
Borgia. A quick synopsis of the brief glimpse into the rich landscape and
film is enough to tell you that. It’s all about culture that make it obvious why half of the For Best Actor, I am inclined to say
how love-bitten young Indian’s life changes people I met in the first year of university that Brad Pitt is going to win for his
heartbreaking performance in The Curious
in a serendipitous spent a large portion of their time crowing Case of Benjamin Button, although Mickey
heartbeat on an edition away about their Rourke managed to collect the prize at the
Golden Globes. However, critics have been
of Who Wants to gap year in the praising Sean Penn’s commendable role in
Be a Millionaire on subcontinent. Milk so it could be a close call, especially
another dusty night with Frank Langella as a strong player in
Frost/Nixon. The other nominee is Richard
in Mumbai. It’s the Each question Jenkins for his role on The Visitor.
kind of thing that of Jamal Malik’s
Should Brad Pitt lift the statuette and his
ageing actors like Jack winning run on partner Angelina Joiie win the award for
Nicholson are liable the gameshow Best Actress for some beautiful acting in
Changeling, there will be quite a party in
to get caught up in, serves as the the Brangelina household. Kate Winslet
not, you’d think, Trainspotting director introduction to a vivid vignette about the is heavily tipped to walk away with the
Danny Boyle. character’s life. Battered by an unlikely Oscar, but there was some surprise that the
nomination came for her part in The Reader
history, Jamal’s motivations are not and not for her reunion opposite Leonardo
But, as it turns out, Slumdog Millionaire financial, but emotional – as he continues DiCaprio in Revolutionary Road. She has,
however, been overlooked in the past and
is an unlikely hit. Ten Oscar nominations to scuttle blindly after the girl who won bot Anne Hathaway and veteran actress
What
stands testament to that, alongside the his heart years ago, as the monsoons Meryl Streep are fancied by some critics.
81st Academy Awards glowing sarcasm of Empire Magazine’s roared above them and they cowered for If I had to put money on one winner for this
When
Sunday 22 February, Ian Nathan, who heralded the film, their lives in the slums. month’s ceremony, it would have to be Ms
1700 local time/Monday in quite unique terms, as, ‘’The best Winslet. She scooped up two Golden Globes
23 February, 0200 CET for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress
Where British/Indian gameshow-based No frivolous flick, Slumdog reveals for her performances in Revolutionary Road
Kodak Theatre, Hollywood
Host romance of the millennium.” much about India that is often lost and The Reader. On winning, Kate gave an
Actor Hugh Jackman in the smog of news about surging emotional speech, stating, “You’ll have to
forgive me. I have a habit of not winning
EV Top Tips: There is a tremendous power to populations and thriving businesses. things”. She’s not wrong; Kate has missed
Best picture out on five Academy Awards to date. Well,
The Curious Case of Boyle’s film, which flits between the Boyle brings an outsiders eye and a
she has certainly made up for it and it seems
Benjamin Button luxurious mansions of Mumbai’s corrupt wealth of experience to bear – Nirpal as though the English-born star is on a
Best director
Danny Boyle - businessmen and the filth, the chaos and Dhaliwar writing in The Guardian was home run.
Slumdog Millionaire
unequivocal in his praise. “I have no Heath Ledger was honoured with the
Best actor the excitement of the slums. Indian award for Best Supporting Actor for his
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon society remains largely unknown to doubt that Slumdog Millionaire will captivating role as the Joker in The Dark
Best actress Knight. This has consolidated speculation
Kate Winslet - The Reader Westerners, and there is enough here encourage many more honest films
Best foreign that Ledger is set to receive a posthumous
language film
to serve as a formidable introduction. to be produced in India,” he wrote. Oscar. On accepting the award on behalf of
The Class – France “But they should be ashamed that Heath, director Chris Nolan gave a poignant
Best adapted speech, saying that, “After Heath passed
screenplay Orphans, murder, organised it took a white man to show India on, you saw a hole ripped in the future of
Frost/Nixon crime, poverty and horrific scenes how to do it.” cinema”.

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7th Feb England v Italy - Twickenham - 4pm
Luc Ciotkowski looks forward to hours of rugby and Ireland v France - Croke Park - 6pm
8th Feb Scotland v Wales - Murrayfield - 4pm
Guinness in the pub with the return of the Six Nations 14th Feb France v Scotland - Stade de France - 5pm
Championship. Sports writer Harry Watkinson chips in his Wales v England - Millennium Stadium - 6:30pm
15th Feb Italy v Ireland - Stadio Flaminio - 4:30pm
predictions for the tournament. 27th Feb France v Wales - Stade de France - 10pm
28th Feb Ireland v England - Croke Park - 6:30pm
Scotland v Italy - Murrayfield - 4pm
14th Mar Italy v Wales - Stadio Flaminio - 5pm
Scotland v Ireland - Murrayfield - 6pm
15th Mar England v France - Twickenham - 4pm
21st Mar Italy v France - Stadio Flaminio - 3:15pm
England v Scotland - Twickenham - 4:30pm
Wales v Ireland - Millennium Stadium - 6:30pm

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Arizona Cardinals v Pittsburgh Steelers
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Liverpool v Chelsea
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Atletico Madrid v Valladolid
Numancia v Real Madrid
Racing Santander v Barcelona

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hen I was back home in Edinburgh, the party showing the rugby and serving decent Guinness. You do have 2nd Feb FOOTBALL EPL
atmosphere that used to surround Six Nations to work out which ones they are first, though, (the ads in this Man Utd v Everton
7th Feb FOOTBALL EPL
matchdays when Scotland were playing at magazine are a good place to start) as the reply when Blackburn v Aston Villa
Murrayfield was always something special. The I tentatively asked in my local barrio bar if they would be showing Chelsea v Hull
general goodwill (though stretched a little more thinly when the 2007 World Cup Final was, “Eh? Never heard anything about Everton v Bolton
England came up) between fans and the more level playing field it. Real Madrid’s on anyway; football’s boss here.” Man City v Middlesbrough
was something I envied as a football fan and which would seduce When I emerge from the pub and the atmosphere of a Six Nations Portsmouth v Liverpool
me to rugby union for the day. Here in Madrid, there’s something game, the obliviousness to it of the majority of Spaniards always Sunderland v Stoke
about Six Nations days that makes me want to drink Guinness, comes as a bit of a shock. How long will we have to wait until West Brom v Newcastle
Wigan v Fulham
and luckily there are an abundance of bars that specialise in both Spain join and take the pressure off Italy a little? 8th Feb FOOTBALL EPL
Tottenham v Arsenal
West Ham v Man Utd
FOOTBALL La Liga
Barcelona v Sporting Gijon
Real Madrid v Racing Santander
Recreativo Huelva v Atletico Madrid
Wales France Scotland England Ireland Italy 15th Feb FOOTBALL La Liga
Six Nations record Six Nations record Six Nations record Six Nations record Six Nations record Six Nations record Atletico Madrid v Getafe
played 45 played 45 played 45 played 45 played 45 played 45 Real Betis v Barcelona
won 20 won 33 won 13 won 30 won 31 won 6 Sporting Gijon v Real Madrid
drawn 2 drawn 0 drawn 1 drawn 0 drawn 0 drawn 1 17th Feb FOOTBALL EPL
lost 23 lost 12 lost 31 lost 15 lost 14 lost 38 Man Utd v Fulham
overall points 42 overall points 66 overall points 27 overall points 60 overall points 62 overall points 13 21st Feb FOOTBALL EPL
championships 2 championships 4 championships 0 championships 3 championships 0 championships 0
grand slams 2 grand slams 0 grand slams 0 grand slams 2 grand slams 0 grand slams 0 Arsenal v Sunderland
triple crowns 2 triple crowns 0 triple crowns 2 triple crowns 3 Aston Villa v Chelsea
Bolton v West Ham
Man Utd v Blackburn
Middlesbrough v Wigan
Stoke v Portsmouth
22nd Feb FOOTBALL EPL
Fulham v West Brom
man to watch: Liverpool v Man City
man to watch: Yannick Jauzion man to watch: man to watch: man to watch: Newcastle v Everton
Shane Williams Jauzion’s quality is Chris Paterson Danny Cipriani Declan Kidney FOOTBALL La Liga
Being last year’s player of undoubted and any of The world’s best kicker is Bags of talent: fast, a great It may seem a very odd Barcelona v Espanyol
the tournament and Wales’ the other five competingsomething every nation kicker and an intelligence choice to pick the coach as Real Madrid v Real Betis
leading try scorer says it glances at jealously. Paterson
nations would be delighted of vision that England man to watch in a rugby man to watch:
will have the chance to increase team, but I think Kidney’s man Sevilla v Atletico Madrid
all really. He is still at his to have him at centre. his Scottish record-breaking would love to share out management and motivational Marco Bortolami 23rd Feb FOOTBALL EPL
peak, and though I think France, though, are a little
feats in the 2009 Six Nations, with their other players skills could be the difference Bortellami’s power and
it’s unlikely they’ll make it mal dans sa peau and, inbut his kicking and a couple of if they could. He will get between pushing for the sheer commitment is Hull v Tottenham
another Grand Slam, I just my opinion, need anothergreat team performances won’t better with experience, but championship and a collapse what epitomises Italy’s 24th Feb FOOTBALL Champions League
can’t see anyone else taking be sufficient to carry away a
year and possibly a change there just aren’t the players like in the last World Cup. I danger factor. The other Arsenal v Roma
the top spot from them championship victory. Scotland
of coach to return to the around him for this year to believe a poor start against teams know that Italy will Atletico Madrid v FC Porto
could finish anywhere between France would spell disaster and
this year. top of the pile. second and fifth for me. I hope be a winning experience. their only role would be to upset trip one of them up, but Inter Milan v Man Utd
they can take advantage of someone else’s championship. who is going to come a Lyon v Barcelona
Harry’s prediction: Harry’s prediction: the current weakness of the Harry’s prediction: On the other hand, a positive cropper this time? 25th Feb FOOTBALL Champions League
When full-back Lee Byrne Since England sent them other sides. The Red Rose hit a result in the first game and
and winger Shane Williams crashing out of the 2007 new low before Xmas some big performances from Harry’s prediction: Chelsea v Juventus
are in the mood Wales are Rugby World Cup at the Harry’s prediction: after being drubbed the old masters could make For the Italians one win Real Madrid v Liverpool
the most exciting team in semi-final stage France The extent of Scotland’s by the three Southern them Wales’only challenger. makes for a respectable Sporting v Bayern Munich
world rugby. Last year’s have been mediocre at ambitions in recent years has Hemisphere teams. Where campaign, two and it’s Villarreal v Panathinaikos
Grand Slam winners will best. A disappointing been to try and avoid defeat at once their line-up was full Harry’s prediction: party time. Expect the 28th Feb FOOTBALL EPL
the hands of Italy and maybe Fresh blood is desperately
have been disappointed third place in last years Six sneak a win against one of of world-class players you needed in the Irish line-up Italians to make life Arsenal v Fulham
not to have made more of Nations was followed by a the rest. But much improved now find plenty of brawn but in its absence the golden difficult for England at Chelsea v Wigan
an impact on the Southern record defeat Down Under. performances against the but very little rugby brain. generation of O’Connell, Twickenham on the Everton v West Brom
Hemisphere teams in 2008. However, only a fool All Blacks and South Africa To challenge, Martin O’Driscoll, O’Gara and friends opening day before
But a win against Australia would write the French off suggests the Jocks may have Johnson needs to make will be taped up and sent unto returning to Rome to play Hull v Blackburn
in the last of the autumn and the neutrals can only a little more to offer this time some inspired selections the breach once more. If they three of their final four Man Utd v Portsmouth
around. Wales first up at can knock off England and Middlesbrough v Liverpool
internationals means they hope Les Bleus are in the Murrayfield will tell us a lot and have pin-up fly-half France at Croke Park then Ireland games. Beat the French in
will start this year's Six mood to chuck it around about who will be crowned as Danny Cipriani deliver may yet be still be in with a March and everyone will 1st Mar FOOTBALL Carling Cup
Nations as favourites. in 2009. the Kings of Europe. the goods. shout come the final weekend. go home happy. Man Utd v Tottenham

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Return of the King?
After three year’s out of the sport, one of the greatest and most controversial
cyclists came out of retirement in January. Lance Armstrong is back on
his bike and once again has his eyes fixed on making sporting history, and
it is Spain’s finest who may be the ones to pay the heaviest price. Harry
Watkinson considers the cycling master’s new attempt to defy the odds.
WORDS by Harry Watkinson
Y
ou can count the number of
great sporting comebacks
on one hand. Basketball
legend Michael Jordan
was one. He retired in
1993 saying he was bored winning
(I know, it’s tough at the top)
and fancied chancing his arm at
baseball. Two years later he was
back on court for the Chicago Bulls
winning NBA titles having realised
that being the greatest was not quite
such a chore after all. Legendary
middleweight Sugar Ray Leonard
returning in 1987 after a three-year
break to beat Marvin Hagler, the
best boxer in the world at the time,
was also pretty impressive stuff.
And now it is Lance
Armstrong’s turn to try and
successfully turn back the clock.
However, shooting hoops when
pushing 40 is one thing but riding
for eights hours a day in 40 degree
heat straight up a mountain is
a whole different ball game. For
a man at the peak of his powers
this is a gruelling sport, but for a
37-year-old to come back smacks of
masochism. His decision seemingly
made little sense – having been
superman for so long why come
back and run the risk of being seen
by the world as a mere mortal?
But then little about the last
ten years of Lance Armstrong’s
life has made much sense. In 1997
he was diagnosed with testicular
cancer and given a 50/50 chance
of survival. By July 1999 he had
completed a miraculous physical
and sporting recovery to win
the Tour de France, the world’s
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most prestigious and physically
challenging bike race. And then just
to prove it wasn’t a fluke he came
back and won the thing six more
times on the bounce. Amazing.
However, within modern sport
and especially professional cycling
there are few true believers left.
Instead of reverence outstanding
performances are now greeted with
the question, “What is he taking?”
The Tour de France in particular
has been ravaged by drug scandals
and almost destroyed after years of
its leading riders being exposed as
blood doping before, during or after
the event.
The 2007 race was a
complete disaster when
the leader, Danish cyclist
Michael Rasmussen,
was forced out of
the race after it was
revealed he had missed
a number of out-of-
competition drug tests.
This followed two of
the leading teams,
Astana and Codif,
withdrawing after
one of their riders
testing positive
for blood doping.
2006 was not
much better, with
the American
cyclist Floyd
Landis taking
the Yellow
Jersey in Paris
only to be
stripped
of the
title after tests revealed abnormally
high levels of testosterone in his
body. And in late August 2005, one
month after his seventh consecutive
Tour victory, the French sports
newspaper, L’Équipe, claimed
evidence that Armstrong had
had used EPO in the 1999 Tour
de France. The claim was based
on urine samples archived by the
French National Laboratory for
Doping Detection for research.
Armstrong denied using EPO and
he was not penalised because of the
lack of a duplicate sample.
However, despite never having
tested positive, suspicion has always
lingered around the Texan’s
achievements. And so the
want to try and clear his
name once and for all is
almost certainly one of the
reasons why Armstrong
has decided to subject
himself to physical
torture in 2009.
The man himself
begs to differ,
saying his
primary
motive to
be back on
the bike
is to raise
awareness
of his global
cancer
foundation.
Me, I
think it is a
combination
of the two,
plus the fact
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that he simply misses the buzz of
being a top class athlete competing
at the highest level. And the
clincher may be the feeling that the
three Tour de France’s held since his
retirement are races he could have
comfortably won. No disrespect
of course to 2006 winner Oscar
Pereiro, 2007 champion Alberto
Contador and 2008 victor Carlos
Sastre, all of whom coincidentally
are Spanish. However, he clearly
believes that at the age of 37 he
is still more than a match for all
three of them. The question now is
whether Contador, Pereiro, Sastre
or anyone else has the ability and
the belief to take on Armstrong.
The class act amongst the three
amigos is Alberto Contador, who
still lives in his home town of Pinto
outside Madrid. In 2008, Contador
became only the fifth cyclist, and
the first Spaniard to win the three
great Tours of France, Italy and
Spain. Even more impressively
he was the youngest to do so (25)
and in the shortest period of time
(14 months). However, his Tour
De France victory in 2007 was
overshadowed by Rasmussen
leaving the race while leading and
in 2008 he was unable to even
compete after his Astana team
were refused entry to the race.
For Contador, the Tour de France
will be his focus but the waters
have been muddied by Armstrong
joining his Astana team. Ultimately,
there is room for only one boss and
the $64,000 dollar question is who
that will be when racing gets under
way in France in July.
Also from Madrid is the 2008
Tour de France winner Carlos
Sastre. Unlike Contador, his
great success came much later
in life with a succession of top
ten finishes in the three major
tours being a prelude to last year’s
triumph at the age of 32. Sastre
is a formidable climber but has
always struggled with a lack of
speed on the flat. With Contador
and Armstrong planning to line up
in this year’s Tour, we will see just
how worthy a winner Sastre was
last year.
The Galician Oscar Pereiro’s
victory in 2006 was a real surprise
having not finished higher than tenth
in the Tour before or since and with
little other form to speak of. Pereiro
is famed for his aggressive riding
and it was his breakaway in Stage 13
of the 2006 Tour that won him 30
minutes on the race favourites and
ultimately his victory. However, he
did not finish in 2008 after breaking
his arm and it is unclear whether he
will even be leading his own team
come July.
There are of course other
contenders out there to force the
old man back into retirement for
good. But ironically the greatest
challenge for Armstrong is indeed
likely to come from Contador, who
he shares a team with and has spent
the winter training with. But what
do they say again about keeping
your friends close and your enemies
(purely in racing terms) even closer?
It will be fascinating to see how it
pans out.

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WORDS by Helen Macrae
A I
couple of months ago I
went to Scotland to visit
my sister, who’s studying
for her PhD at Dundee
University. As I strolled
up Princes Street in Edin-
burgh early on Saturday morn-
ing, on the way to catch the train
(even further) up north, I noticed
a couple locked in a passionate
embrace, in full view of everyone
going about their business. I was
quite surprised at first, given that
Scots, like most British people,
aren’t renowned for such public
displays of affection. But then I saw
the cover of guidebook the girl was
clutching, which said “Escocia”.
When the average Spanish couple
can’t keep their hands off each oth-
er on a normal day, it does make
you wonder what they’ll be like on
the 14th of this month. Valentine’s
Day is bad enough in the UK when
you’re single: card shops are
full-to-bursting with fluffy
hearts/teddies/assorted crap,
restaurants are packed with
couples making eyes at each
other over candlelit dinners,
and all your coupled-up
friends magically disappear
off for the evening, leaving
you in front of the TV with
only the cat and a bottle of
gin for company, à la Bridget
Jones. The thought that in
Spain things could be even
worse is quite
a depressing one.
In reality though, it isn’t
that bad. Last year I went
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Saint
Valentine’s Day
A ,
girl’s
opinion
out in Madrid with another single
mate in order to point and laugh at
the happy couples (we didn’t look
bitter at all) but it turns out Valen-
tine’s Day really isn’t a big deal over
here. There isn’t so much of a card-
giving culture (as testified by the
supremely rubbish selection at El
Corte Inglés), and when I quizzed
my students on how they were
celebrating, nobody really seemed
that bothered. Perhaps it’s because
they’ve got so many other fiestas
during the year to distract them.
Things are even better in Mexico
for singletons, where El Día de San
Valentín is popularly named El Día
del Amor y la Amistad (love and
friendship). When I lived there my
students (male and female) bought
me chocolates, then we all had a
dance at an open-air party by the
university. Now that’s what I call
inclusive.
More often than not I’ve given
my boyfriends the elbow
before Valentine’s Day rolls
around, so it’s always been
a low-key to non-existent
affair for me. I guess if
Johnny Depp just hap-
pened to swing by Ma-
drid I’d let him take me
out to a swanky restaurant
followed by some expensive
cocktails. To be honest
though, I’d probably have
much more fun going out
with a bunch of mates
for a curry in Lavapiés,
then getting battered
in some grotty little
club until 8am.
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WORDS by Vanessa Harris
have never been a big fan of
holidays. I would like to be. I am
envious of those who buy dur-
ing sales with thoughts of future
gift exchanges in mind. I would
like to let my inner Martha
Stewart shine, but she remains deep
inside my hardened, anti-celebratory
soul. But, the Hallmark flavour of
the month forces me to reexamine
holidays and, dare I say, be inspired
to hoist a flag of red and white dollies
to as many rooftops as Gallardón
would allow. See, recently, I took the
plunge. Not that plunge. This is the
one where I change my facebook
status to está en una relación, not
the one where I rock a diamond
ring. Come on people, first things
first. I even got a little Martha Stew-
art-y recently for Christmas when I
spent the equivalent of five teaching
hours on a cashmere sweater and felt
warm and fuzzy inside as the quiz-
zical salesman at El Corte Inglés was
wrapping it up. How can Spanish
guys hit on you with a straight face
after they just helped you pick out a
gift that you repeatedly said was for
your novio?
So, for someone who does not
make a big fuss out of holidays, this
year’s Valentine’s Day has great ex-
pectations. The state of the world’s
economy calls for some measure
of austerity. Meaning, new sports
car: totally out of the question. But
Obama is pressuring me to make
some changes I can believe in,
which, in my case, means at least a
card with some After Eight mints
stuffed inside. Though I feel that
is not enough. And although my
culture
Christmas purchase suggests a
shallow attempt to improve my
boyfriend’s wardrobe, it worked,
so, cashmere scarf this time
around? Aye, but this is Valentine’s
Day. It’s-the-thought-that-counts
day!  
Since V Day falls on a Saturday
this year, we have the whole day
for V-themed activities. Get your
mind out of the gutter! I am refer-
ring to breakfast in bed. Whatever
breakfast item your guy likes, put
it on the menu. Later, we will take
a walk down to the teleférico next
to Balcón de Rosales, pay the five
euros per ticket and cable our way
to Casa de Campo. There we will
eat the pre-packed picnic I brought,
bottle of champagne optional. If he
appears despondent or aloof to my
efforts, I will pull out the emer-
gency cashmere scarf. If he seems
to be delighted with my new-found
appreciation for holidays, I will
promptly return the emergency scarf
to El Corte Inglés and buy some new
earrings.
As my well-executed afternoon
winds down, I will hope that he
has something planned for the
evening. If not, my facebook status
is in danger of changing back to
soltera and I am in danger of join-
ing my single friends and chanting
whatever anti-boyfriend tirade
they have thought up. But, V Day
only holds as much importance as
you would like it to hold. If there
is someone important in your life,
make the day special. I think this
might be my best V Day ever.
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Staking the Corpse of Franco
28 years ago this month, Spain got one almighty scare as the spectre of
military dictatorship rose from the dead like the monster in a classic
horror film. If you visit the Spanish parliament, you can still see the bullet
holes which attest the fragility of the country’s fledgling democracy at the
beginning of the eighties. Martin Quinn starts his story in the pub.
WORDS by Martin Quinn
A
student once told me that La
Fontana de Oro pub (between
Sol and Sevilla) is a handy and
favoured watering hole for
members of the Cortes. So
much so that many of them spend
more time there wetting their whistles
than doing their jobs round the corner
in parliament. Lucky enough, as yer
man reckons, that back in ’81 the pub
got a call telling the parliamentary
majority (who were there) to stay
put. A madman and 200 other
Guardia Civiles had just burst into the
Congress of Deputies and tanks were
surrounding the place in an apparent
coup attempt. As most of the polits
were in La Fontana, the coup failed!
Cute, but the coup was a little more
complicated than that. The events of 23
February were a culmination of events
surrounding the development of Spain’s
fledgling parliamentary democracy.
Ultimately it shored up that system’s
development and was followed the next
year by the election of the centre-left
PSOE. The king, Juan Carlos, also came
out of proceedings with a strongly
reinforced reputation and an early
retirement clearly in sight. His private
life has also been kept out of the press in
a seemingly tacit agreement, supposedly
as a result of his decisiveness. He’s
not the type you would expect to
see shamefully shuffling down Calle
Montera talking to that street’s infamous
ladies, but it’s alleged that this may be
closer to the truth than you think. So
what happened on 23 February, 1981
and why?
Lieutenant-Colonel Antonio
Tejero, born in Malaga in 1932, was
a disillusioned Civil Guard. He had
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40 years of service but the final five
had seen a lot of change. 1978 was
especially harrowing for the Right with
the Communist Party’s legalisation and
increasing paramilitary activity in the
Basque Country. The further freeing up
of the Francoist regime was ongoing and
becoming unbearable for the ‘fachas’.
From the blue skies of Francoism to the
grey mists of democracy, Tejero had
come to believe that something needed
to be done to save Spain from the
twentieth century.
In 1978, he and several others had
plotted a coup in the Galaxia Café (now
Van Gogh at the bottom of Fernandez
de los Ríos). Luckily, a soldier and a
policeman, also present, informed
their superiors and Operación Galaxia
was foiled. This led to seven-month
sentences and no loss of rank, a veritable
slap on the wrists. Indeed, one of
Tejeros’ coaccused, Major Ricardo
Saenz Ynestrillas was promoted to
Commander afterwards. This leniency
seems to have emboldened Tejero to
make another attempt.
You may find a pattern emerging
in Spanish politics here concerning a
distinct relationship with (or interference
from) the military. This is where the
pronunciamento comes into the story.
This is a declaration of opposition by
army officers to a government. The rest
of the army is then left to decide who
to side with in a no-man’s-land type
situation. It happened in the days of the
Second Republic when General José
Sanjurjo attempted an officers’ rebellion
in 1932 (the Sanjurjada). This failed and
set the scene for the 1936 coup that led
to the Civil War. Sanjurjo actually died
in a plane crash then when, during the
23-F
coup he overloaded the plane in which
he was returning from exile with clothes.
When the pilot warned the rich man of
pushing his heavy load of possessions
into the eye of the needle which was the
plane. The nervous aviator was told, “I
need to wear proper clothes as the new
Caudillo of Spain”.
Whether Tejero was going to live
up to the arrogant flamboyancy of his
‘facha’ forefathers is debatable. What’s
for sure is that his over-the-top antics
left their own flamboyant imprint in
the minds of the Spanish people. 23
February, 1981 was a long night anyway
for the deputies of the Cortes and was
about to get longer. The preceeding
year had seen a lot of
governmental upheaval.
UCD prime minister
Adolfo Suárez was under
attack with a censure
motion from the PSOE and
an internal power struggle
within his own political
bloc. Suárez finally resigned at the end of
January so a new prime minister had to
be elected. Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo had
been proposed as a replacement, but
a previous attempt at a parliamentary
majority had failed. Another vote was
scheduled for the 23rd, but so was the
Chapuza (botched coup)…
6:30pm: A group of armed golpistas
(coup conspirators) led by Tejero storm
the congress. Tejero takes the rostrum,
shots are fired and every deputy, bar
three make for the carpet. Defence
minister Manuel Gutiérrez stands up
and orders the plotters to stand down.
Suárez remains seated and Communist
leader Santiago Carrillo lights up a
cigarette, unperturbed by events.
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Just after, Jaime Milans del Bosch,
Captain-General of the 3rd Military
Region orders tanks onto the streets of
Valencia. General Torres Rojas attempts
to take control of the army’s Brunete
division but fails. The plotters’ attempt
to take control of parts of Madrid,
including media outlets, fails.
The plan was to await the orders
of a “competent military authority”.
This would basically be the approval of
King Juan Carlos, the head of the army.
Orders of a sort arrive, via the TV, just
after 1pm when the uniformed king
makes a speech condemning the coup.
The pronunciamento from this point is a
failure. The rest of the night sees a trickle
of plotters giving up and the congress
deputies (who were held hostage) being
released. Tejero finally puts Franco’s
ghost to rest and surrenders at midday
the next day.
He and Milans del Bosch were
eventually sentenced to 30 years in
jail. He was the last of 30 convicted
conspirators to be released, in 1996, and
still occassionally rants about Spanish
politics. Though nowadays his pen is
his sword and his battleground is the
letters page of Melilla Hoy, the local
newspaper of one of Spain’s North
African territories. The aftermath also
saw Calvo Sotelo’s election as prime
minister and the next year parliamentary
democracy took full control as Felipe
González of the PSOE was elected to
the position. But a lot of questions arose
and still remain. Laws were passed (The
LOAPA Law) limiting the powers of the
Autonomous Communities, something
regional nationalists have claimed was a
concession to the military.
But the big question is the king.
What exactly, as army head, did Juan
Carlos know about the coup? It has
been suggested that he knew of Tejero’s
plans but let the Tejerazo go ahead in
a bid to test the parliament’s strength
and gain a favourable impression. The
question of General Alfonso Armada
comes into play here. It is thought that
Tejero was acting on the orders of two
higher-ranking officers, who included
Armada. This general had entered the
Cortes at midnight on 23 February
claiming to be the requested competent
military authority, but, apparently,
Tejero sent him on his way by assaulting
him. One theory is that
Armada was acting on
the orders of Juan Carlos,
though many think he
was opportunistically
attempting to install
himself as a new
Caudillo. But we’ll
probably never be sure…
And that’s it. We’ll never know. The
art of the coup d’état. Being on the right
side and concealing your involvement
during an uncertain time of plots and
power shifts. If you want to see one in
full-swing, watch Inside the Coup, the
chance documentary by two RTE film
makers who, by complete luck, were
inside the Venezuelan presidential palace
in 2002 during the failed coup against
Hugo Chávez. Seeing the plotters, the
side-switchers, the victims, the victors
close up and finally one million people
rising up, and the happiness draining
from the faces of the conspirators. It
certainly demonstrates the fickleness of
power.
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a botellón hangover
The existence of a youth binge-drinking culture in Spain is
something impossible to deny. The existence of the Spanish
youth culture phenomenon, the botellón, is something
impossible to deny. Interview any 100 Spaniards between the
ages of 15 and 30 and you will find that doing a botellón is
more common than going to a bullfight as a free time activity
(unless you interview them in Las Ventas bullring).
However, as foreigners, it seems that we are not allowed to
make that observation. Peter Moore’s light-hearted look at
the botellón as a typically Spanish cultural experience in a
European Vibe article created a media storm in June 2007.
18 months after ‘quotes’ and ‘translations’ from his article hit
the national headlines and left many Spanish enraged, we give
him the chance to answer back.
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WORDS by Peter Moore
icture the scene. The time
is morning, the month
is June, and I’m strolling
along la Calle de Gaz-
tambide, a typical street in Madrid’s
western quarter, beneath a cheerful
sun that’s already beaming down on
the city with alarming strength. My
mind is clear, my spirits are high,
and the only worldly thing that could
possibly bother me is the presence of
the overweight pigeons, trotting aim-
lessly across the street, and getting
stuck under my feet.
Then, in a matter of seconds, the
course of the day that had began
so brightly swivels on a pivot, as I
receive a text message from the chief
designer at European Vibe Magazine
informing me that one of my pieces
from the last issue has been featured
in 20 Minutos newspaper. All of a
sudden, I’m cast into the middle of
my very own media storm.
20 Minutos, for those of you that
don’t know, forms an important or-
gan of the Spanish press. Just which
organ I’ll leave it to you to decide, but
suffice to say that each day in the 20
Minutos calendar is characterised
by a different headline of some wild
sensation, intended to shock its
readership into outrage or action.
Delivered free into the reader’s hand
outside metro stations, thousands
of madrileños were greeted that
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June morning with the incredulous
headline: “Una revista para guiris
aconseja el ‘botellón’ como opción
cultural”. (A magazine for guiris rec-
ommends the botellón as a cultural
alternative.)
To explain this properly I need to
rewind, to an afternoon a few weeks
earlier when I wrote an article about
that uniquely Spanish phenomenon,
the botellón. I thought it was a silly
article, and little more than that.
Amongst a number of odd facts,
I’d managed to include how the
Norwegians had invented the cheese
slicer and the hand grenade, the
Scots had invented the telephone and
the Spanish the mop and bucket, the
submarine and, finally getting to the
point of the piece, the botellón.
Then I’d dashed through the rudi-
ments of a typical botellón, and how
their very existence, especially in
sites of historical significance, would Firstly, I don’t view the botellón as
have scandalised Franco being the greatest cul-
to the very core. I’d also a bit of culture
tural achievement of
talked of the dangers
they presented: thou-
*UZKRR}T
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON
the Spanish. Spain has
much else of which
> So, everyone knows that
sands of unsupervised to be proud: there’s
it
is the northern Europeans
who have the binge drinking
problem; whereas the Spanish
sip their
wine slowly and drink to
enjoy and not
to get drunk. Whatever.
people with access the wealth of artists
So, chatting away the other
day, we
got round to inventions.
The Scottish
invented the telephone,
the English
invented the fire extinguisher,
to potent alcoholic
a
from Lorca to Picasso,
Norwegian friend of mine
told me
that they had invented the
cheese
slicer and the hand grenade.
Then
we got around to the Spanish.
five minutes of intense thought,After
concoctions, in situa- there’s the myriad
friend Juan had only managed my
mop
tions that were wholly traditions of the pueblo
incontrollable. I then and there’s the host of
rounded off with this different regions, with
and bucket (obviously forgetting
important submarine and the all
lollipops),
when he shrugged his shoulders
final paragraph, which cultures as deep as they
and
said, “Well, I suppose you
the ‘botellón’.”
could count
Botellón is one of those
fantastic words
which translates eccentrically
English as “big bottle”. The into
chances are
that having spent a bit of
time in Spain,
you will have quite literally
bumped
into one of them. The idea
simple: you go to the local
is pretty
Chinese
shop and buy as much cheap
alcohol
as you possibly can, sit down
some friends and drink,
with
drink, drink.
Peak time for the botellón
9-11pm before people head
is between
off
“discotecas” for a few “copas”. to the
culture
I’ll quote in full for future reference: are varied. To define Spain by the
‘That said, a botellón is far more rep- botellón would be about as silly as
resentative of Spanish culture than a defining Britain by the picnic.
bullfight or even flamenco. So, if you
haven’t hung out with the botellón Secondly, I’m happy to stand by the
crowd yet, and you want to know idea that a botellón is more represent-
how Spanish culture really works, get ative of Spanish culture than bullfight-
yourself out there. Because you know ing or flamenco. After all, intellectual
that when you find the botellón, you cowardice is the biggest enemy of the
have found the party. And in Spain writer. Whilst going to watch a bull-
that’s what really matters.’ fight or a late night in a flamenco bar
are grandiose exhibitions of Spanish
In a way, it’s nice to enflame opinion culture, I believe that there remains
and excite debate. After all at the root something about a botellón which, for
of all writers must lie a desire to be young foreigners (to whom the article
read, if not, then why bother in the was originally directed) in Spain, is far
first place? But there was something more accessible.
contrived in the 20 Minutos article,
written by a journalist named Juan Learning a new culture and a new lan-
Carlos Galindo, which was annoy- guage is all about joining in. Botellónes
ing. Any moderate points had been provide any new arrivals to Madrid
stripped from the report entirely: I’d with the perfect excuse to do this. Few
been painted as some dumb twenty people go along to a botellón with the
first century hedonist, attempting to express intention of getting drunk.
be some breed of new-millennium People go to meet friends, to chat, to
prophet, advocating alcohol for all, argue and to joke. In a way, a botellón
six evenings a week. forms the perfect introduction to an
open society, and an excellent op-
Worst of all, in a piece of shoddy portunity to sharpen your language
journalistic standards, was the skills in an informal setting. What’s
by-line, which ran: “Mejor que el more, a botellón is a shared cultural
flamenco”, which, at absolute best, experience, which knits together the
must be a terrible translation of the diversities of Spanish youth culture.
first sentence from the passage above. You can find botellónes in cities from
Still, the 20 Minutos feature had Bilbao to Cádiz. There is something
already run and within hours people admirable in them, a suggestion that
were airing their views through just you don’t have to be herded up in a
about every channel they could. bar like cattle, and you don’t have to
pay through the nose for drink.
By lunchtime, the 20 Minutos
message board had been filled with For meteorological reasons, a botel-
people screaming ‘viva el botellón,’ lón is something that could never
whilst others were scandalised that happen in my country, the United
an ill-educated foreigner could ever Kingdom, but it would also be im-
imagine that it was the best thing possible because of our culture. I’m
about Spanish culture. The following always reminded of a passage from
n
day we were interviewed on the radio George Orwell’s Down and Out in
ó
network Cadena Ser about it; the day Paris and London:
l l
after, the Blogosphere caught hold of
e
the topic; and by the end of the week, “It’s curious how one does not notice
t
El Pais and a number of television things. I had been in London in-
bo
chat shows had seized hold of the numerable times, and yet till that day
issue. Testament to the power of I had never noticed one of the worst
the global media: during the course things about London – the fact that it
of the week. the 20 Minutos article cost money even to sit down. In Paris
managed to get translated into just if you had no money and could not
about every language in Iberia, with find a public bench, you would sit on
half the Spain taking it as the spark the pavement. Heaven knows what
for a debate about binge drinking, sitting on the pavement would lead to
and the other half cheering them- in London – prison probably.”
selves up by taking the proverbial
dump on my mother’s head. In comparison, a botellón can be
viewed positively as an expression
Twenty months on and it’s worth of Spanish liberal values, a love of
returning to that botellón article, the outdoors, an ingrained sense of
ostensibly to correct a number of mis- collective freedom, and the love of
conceptions created by the keyboard being part of a group. Unlike the UK,
of Mr Galindo, but of equal impor- in Spain the streets belong to the
tance to clarify precisely what I meant people; they’re not merely the private
in the paragraph quoted above. fiefdom of businesses and politicians.
e
And whilst bullfights are attended
k
cocola
by less than ten percent of the total
population, and flamenco stems from
such tangled origins that it is difficult
THE “BIG BOTTLE”?
language tip
Notice how in Spanish,
…and drink to enjoy…
the verb disfrutar (to enjoy)
preposition de. For example:
We
goes with the
mucho del curso. They enjoyed really enjoyed the course. = Disfrutamos
the party. = Disfrutaron
de la fiesta.
to define as singularly ‘Spanish’, I’m
happy to suggest that the humble
botellón, in a wholly positive manner,
Interestingly too, this is INFORMATION BOX – BOTELLÓN
a new
phenomenon. Nothing An outdoor party in a public place with
would
upset General Franco more have
What? cheap
alcohol and lots of friends.
than the
thought of thousands of When?
young people Friday or Saturday night.
sitting around in historical
sites such
Who?
is more representative of the Spanish
as the Plaza Dos de Mayo, Young people who are too young for
the pub, or
indulging too poor to pay pub prices.
in unproductive and uncontrolled
hedonism. However, the Where? Any public place in a large major city,
spread of the preferably a
botellón across Spain since park or square.
its inception
in the 1990s, has been so
unrelenting Why? Why not?
way of life. That’s not to suggest that
that it is now as vital a part
of Spanish
youth culture as starting MAP OF BOTELLÓN IN MADRID
smoking and
hiding your significant other
from your
parents.
it’s “Mejor que el flamenco” – because
The Plaza Dos de Mayo,
Parque
del Oeste and Calle Barceló Castellana
are all
favourite spots
for the botellón
crowd, who are
that, as Mr Galindo probably under-
generally between Casa de
the ages of 16 Campo
and 24. Drinking Retiro
in the streets is
officially illegal in Atocha
stands, would be a matter of taste,
Spain, but trying
to enforce the
law has proven
almost impossible.
In Seville last
the past four years. It is
and that wasn’t what I was writing
March 6,000 often the
younger teens who find
people gathered that the liberal
atmosphere of the botellón
in a single plaza can have
in order to celebrate the dangerous results. The air
end of their is often full of
exams in one of the biggest the thick, sweet smell of
ever marijuana, and
alcohol can be purchased
about in the first place.
recorded botellónes. The easily
local
called the situation “impossible”police the mobile bars of wandering from
to street peddlers. Often the Chinese
control. alcohol is
strong, with many people
favouring
the clumsy mixture of cheap
In fact, the wine
Coca Cola known as “calimocho”. and
botellón has
become the
That said, a botellón is far
nemesis of almost representative more
of Spanish culture than
all of the
councils in Spain. The rubbish town a bullfight or even flamenco.
So, if you
waste left in their wake and haven’t hung out with the
can sometimes botellón
take hours to clean, and crowd yet, and you want
many to know
are starting to avoid certain people how Spanish culture really
works, get
areas yourself out there. Because
because of the smell left you
behind.
Emergency services in Madrid that when you find the botellón,know
you
reported a staggering increase have also have found the party. And in Spain
(alcohol intoxication cases) in “39s” that’s what really matters.
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learning spanish

¿ME QUIERE? Intermediate Section

¿NO ME QUIERE? EL CONSULTORIO
DE LINGO STAR
El día de San Valentín
Dirige tus cartas a
Vocabulario Expresiones útiles lingostar@europeanvibe.com
Hola Lingostar
Regalo > gift Dices Oyes Llevo año y medio en mi piso. Al mudarme firmé un contrato por
Corazón > heart un año y la casera me dijo que se renovaba de forma automática
hasta cinco años. El otro día al llegar a casa encontré en el buzón
Ramo de flores > bouquet una notificación de mi casera en la que me informaba que tenía
Lencería > lingerie que salir del piso en dos semanas. Estoy muy contenta aquí y no
Caja de bombones > quiero dejarlo. ¿Puede echarme? ¿Es legal hacerlo? ¿Dónde puedo
ir para pedir más información?
box of chocolates Te quiero Yo también Mil gracias
Cena > dinner Yo no. Solo quiero ser tu amigo Sandra
Vela > candle
Feliz San Valentín Hola Sandra
Tarjeta > return No es la primera vez que oigo una historia como la tuya. Me parece
Asiento > card una vergüenza. No es legal que el casero pueda echarte porque puedes
¿Qué vas a hacer en Voy a... quedarme en casa salir quedarte ahí durante cinco años. Si después de esos cinco años él
Cita > date San Valentín? a cenar quiere vender el piso o siemplemente buscar a otra persona puede
Sorpresa > surprise Voy a... darle una sorpresa a hacerlo pero mientras tanto,no.
Oso de peluche > teddy bear mi pareja Puedes pedir más información en la Agencia Municipal de Alquiler.
Declaración de amor > Encontrarás toda la información en la página web www.munimadrid.es.
Voy a... declararme a mi La oficina más céntrica está en la calle Hortaleza 11.
declaration of love compañera de piso Susana

¿Qué piensas de San Me encanta Querida Lingostar

Valentín? No me gusta nada Me gustaría hacerte una consulta. Aprendo español por mi cuenta
y poco a poco voy mejorando pero hay algo que me parece muy
difícil de entender. En inglés se usa muchísimo la voz pasiva y
¿Qué te han regalado Nada se dicen cosas como “ha sido despedido” o “es dicho por mucha
en San Valentín? Un perfume gente”, si las traduzco.
Un viaje a Lisboa En español ¿estas frases son correctas? Yo creo que no. Pero
entonces ¿cómo puedo expresarlas?
Gracias
Diálogo Becky

Useful info:
The celebration of Saint
Valentine is becoming more
and more popular in Spain.
However, there are still some
people who think it is a
commercial trick to make you
spend money and aren’t keen
on doing anything special on
that day. Others find it a little
bit cheesy and prefer to surprise
their partners some other time
of the year.
However you feel about Saint
Valentine, you will start
noticing that the city fills
up with red hearts by the
beginning of February.
Love and be loved!
UNA CITA A CIEGAS*
*blind date
Paula lleva varios meses chateando
con un chico por Internet y siente una
especial atracción por él a pesar de que
nunca se han visto. Él también parece
estar interesado. Paula ha decidido dar el
primer paso y declararle lo que siente por
él. Le ha invitado a cenar la noche de San
Valentín. Han quedado en un restaurante.
Paula: Hola Henry. ¿Qué tal? Tenía muchas ganas de
conocerte.
Henry: Paula, hola. Gracias por la invitación.
Yo también tenía ganas de verte.
Paula: ¿Qué pedimos?
Henry: Un poco de vino para empezar. ¿Te parece
bien?
Paula: Perfecto
Henry: Bueno, cuéntame algo sobre ti. Me dijiste
que tenías algo muy importante que
decirme.
Paula: ¿Qué te cuento? Soy de Sevilla, estoy trabajando
en Madrid. Bueno, ya hemos hablado de todo
esto en el chat. Tú eres americano ¿verdad?
Henry: Sí, de Boston.
Paula: ¿Y por qué viniste a España? ¿para aprender español?
Henry: Bueno, además porque mi novia vive aquí.
Paula: ¿vive? ¿Quieres decir “vivía”?
Henry: ¿Perdona? No, vive aquí, en la calle
Gaztambide.
Paula: ¡Serás cabrón! Este es el peor día de San Valentín
de mi vida.
Hola Becky
Efectivamente como dices en español no se usa la voz pasiva con
tanta frecuencia como en inglés. Por eso tenemos otra forma de
expresar estas acciones usando la voz activa. En el primer caso, lo que
queremos expresar es que algo ha pasado pero no queremos decir
quién es el responsable por eso usamos la forma del plural y la frase
queda: Le han despedido de su trabajo.
En el segundo caso, es una forma general que sirve para expresar una
opinión de muchos pero no de nadie en concreto. Para etso usamos la
forma “se”. Vas a escuchar frases como “Se dice”, “se cree” o “se comenta”.
Espero haberte ayudado
Un abrazo
Susana
Hola Lingostar
Llevo unos meses saliendo con una chica española. Ahora que se
acerca San Valentín estoy un poco confundido porque ella siempre
dice que no le gusta celebrarlo pero no sé qué hacer. No quiero
quedar mal con ella si no le compro un regalo pero tampoco
quiero hacerle sentir incómoda porque ella no tiene nada para mí.
¿Qué harías tú?
Gracias
Pete
Hola Pete
Seguro que no eres el único que tiene esta duda en estos momentos.
Es verdad que muchas chicas dicen que no les interesa el día de San
Valentín pero en el fondo de su corazón esperan recibir algo, aunque
sea un detalle. Mi consejo es que hagas algo para tu chica ese día pero
no tiene que ser necesariamente un regalo caro. Puedes dedicarle algo
que has escrito tú mismo o prepararle el plato que más le gusta para
cenar. Seguro que así se sentirá especial.
Buena suerte
Susana

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WORDS by PETER MOORE

Advanced Section Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Diario de viajes Peter Moore brings Holly Golightly to 2009 as a St. Valentine’s Day treat.
Just about anyone will agree that it’s not Guided by a compact mirror, she powdered,
been the cheeriest of beginnings to a painted every vestige of twelve-year-old
year. Banks around the world are on their out of her face. She shaped her lips with
knees, national currencies are nose-diving one tube, coloured her cheeks from another.
and swathes of jobs are disappearing like She pencilled the rims of her eyes, blued
Glen Miller in a storm. So, in a bid to divert the lids, sprinkled her neck with 4711;

Liubliana
attention from Armageddon for a minute, attached pearls to her ears and donned
I thought that I’d hijack this books section her dark glasses; thus armoured, and after
and attempt to get everyone in the mood a displeased appraisal of her manicure’s
for Valentine’s Day. shabby condition, she ripped open the letter
and let her eyes race through it while her
Holly Golightly is the perfect literary stony small smile grew smaller and harder.
La primera vez que viajé a la capital de Eslovenia fue en el 2005, un anaesthetic in times like these. Truman Eventually she asked for a Picayune. Took a
año después de su entrada en la Unión Europea, cuando todavía Capote’s most enduring and vivid creation, puff: “Tastes bum. But divine,” she said and,
había Tólares y la ciudad se abría de manera tímida a la Europa de she appears in his novella Breakfast at tossing me the letter: “maybe this will come
Occidente. Tiffany’s, a sassy account of modern day in handy – if you ever write a rat romance.
En el trayecto del aeropuerto a la ciudad me quedé con la boca abierta frivolity set in New York in the 1940s. As Don’t be hoggy: read it aloud...”
al observar por la ventanilla el paisaje montañoso con restos de nieve Valentine’s Day approaches, there is just
combinado con verdes campos. En ese momento supe que era un about enough in Golightly to appeal to With all the jumpy journalists and anxious
país del que podría enamorarme. Ese viaje relámpago no me permitió all. Beautiful, irresistible, charismatic and businessmen that we have at the beginning
conocer la ciudad con toda la profundidad que me hubiera gustado urbane, “Holly’s a fragile eyeful of tawny of 2009, it would be quite an agreeable
pero, por suerte, no hace muchos meses pude pasar varios días más hair and turned up nose, a heartbreaker, antidote to have a character like Golightly
en Liubliana y descubrir que mis sospechas no eran infundadas: mi a perplexer, a traveller, a tease. She is featuring on the news bulletins. “Credit
relación con la ciudad no era un rollo de una noche sino una historia irrepressibly ‘top banana’ in the shock crunch?” she’d sigh dismissively. “What
de amor duradera. department, and one of the shining flowers a bore. Be an angel won’t you, and do
of American fiction.” stop going on about the crisis. Everyone’s
En este segundo viaje, nada más llegar me invitaron a salir y esa so boring nowadays; can’t do anything
misma noche pude comprobar que los eslovenos viven en la calle a Our recollections of Golightly today are scandalous without ending up all over the
pesar de que el tiempo no siempre es el idóneo para estar fuera. Me inevitably bound up with her famous papers. Do pass me a cigarette… Smoking
portrayal by Audrey Hepburn in Blake ban? – Oh, do light me a cigarette, darling.”
enganchó la calidez y la hospitalidad de la gente al instante. ¡En pocas Edward’s 1961 film. How Hepburn didn’t
ciudades me he sentido como en casa casi al minuto de estar allí! scoop the Academy Award for Best Actress Have a Happy Valentine’s Day Madrid.
Cenamos en un restaurante a orillas del río Ljubljanica donde sonaba at that year’s Oscars remains a historical
música latina de fondo y el camarero tuvo el detalle de tomarnos la peculiarity (Hepburn eventually
orden en español. Este lugar forma parte del acogedor paisaje del lost out to Sophia Loren),
centro de la ciudad plagada de terrazas tanto en invierno como en but Hepburn did more
verano. than enough to sink
La noche se alargó tomando algunas cervezas cerca del río. Y es que si herself into the pages
Liubliana es una ciudad viva de día, no defrauda de noche. ¿De dónde of Capote’s rich,
sacan los eslovenos tanta energía?- pensaba mientras me tomaba una mellifluous prose
Lasko (cerveza eslovena muy rica). and come out with
a character that
Al día siguiente, me desperté con una sonrisa en la boca, tenía ganas would endure in the
de bajar a desayunar y salir a caminar por la ciudad. Eché a andar popular conscious
y mis pasos me llevaron de nuevo hacia el río y allí me topé con el for decades. Half a
Mercado Central, cerca de la plaza Preseren : hierbas, artesanía, century on, and
souvenirs y muchas, muchas flores, de todos los colores y tamaños. Golightly
Comprobé de nuevo la calidez de los eslovenos: varios comerciantes remains
se dirigían a mí en un inglés casi perfecto. inimitable
Después de las compras seguí mi camino hasta llegar al puente de in literature and instantly
los Dragones, uno de los cinco que atraviesan la ciudad. Tras la foto recognisable on film, here’s a
snippet from Capote:
obligada, continué hasta el funicular que sube hasta el castillo y que
ofrece una vista plena de toda la ciudad en tan solo 3 minutos.
La visita a la ciudad me había abierto el apetito así que no me lo pensé
dos veces y busqué un restaurante para almorzar. Llevada por los
consejos de la camarera probé el minci, tiras finas de pan en forma de
pasta que se cocinan hervidas en agua y se fríen con algo de carne de
pato, ganso o pavo.

Cansada de callejear y después de una buena siesta, decidí dedicar la

tarde a ir de compras. La zona más comercial está en el casco antiguo,
donde también se encuentra el Ayuntamiento de la ciudad. Allí
encontré tiendas de jóvenes diseñadores, antigüedades y librerías así
como gran variedad de zapaterías. Para mi sorpresa, los precios eran
bastante más altos que en Madrid por lo que tuve que conformarme
con los recuerdos que había comprado por la mañana.

En definitiva, Liubliana es una ciudad con personalidad y pintoresca

perfecta para una escapada de fin de semana. No te defraudará.

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