Huevo (pronounced “weh-vo”) which translates to English as egg. It’s a standard enough word in the Spanish language. But like many words it has grown into a widely used word in the slang and idioms of many Spanish speaking nations. In places like Chile it is in everyday use or every minute use. The…
Anyone who has been to Spain might know what we are talking about when we say there are 4 official languages of Spain. Well almost. Spanish is the only official language, but 3 other regions share a co-official status with Castellano. A simple look at a carton of milk shows there are 4 translations…
If you knew exactly where Alice Springs was, you would be wondering just why there is a boating regatta in the middle of the desert. If the main ingredient for a boating regatta is water so that boats can navigate and steer, then this river doesn’t provide any of that. Because of the lack…
What’s the best craic on Ireland’s west coast, lasts a week-long, and brings a great seaside town to life. It’s the Galway Races of course. Ireland’s biggest horse racing carnival outside of the main city Dublin. The prestige of these races brings people and horses from all over the British Isles, Europe and the…
Way, way up north, where the Arctic winter freezes all the lakes over and keeps the fish trapped below the ice, the cold weather also keeps the people indoors which keeps the water creatures off the humans dinner tables. But now it’s summer. The lakes ice has melted, the weather is pleasant, which means…
Latinos take great pride in making their women feel good. For this reason they invented the piropo– the pick up line, and they are very creative, to say the least. Some of them might sound cheesy, get a laugh, but if the main point is to get conversation flowing, what’s the problem? Our previous…
Folowing the success of our page on the Hottest Olympians of the London Olympics we notice that there were some teams out there which had an attractive competitors only criteria for the selection of their teams. Australia and Brazil seemed to use this selection method more than others. The selection criteria for the final…