Futbolín: the origins of foosball PeopleSpainSportTopics of the World January 28, 2011 5 Foosball, table football, babyfoot, futbolito, metagol, Tischfußball, langirt … foosball is played in many countries around the [...]
Best of of 2010: a world tour in twenty-three posts ArgentinaAustraliaBrazilCanadaCelebrationsChinaCosta RicaHondurasIndiaIrelandJapanKyrgyzstanNew ZealandPeruPhilippinesPocketCulturesPolandPortugalRomaniaSpainThailandThe NetherlandsTopics of the WorldUSAZambia December 31, 2010 2 We’d like to say goodbye to 2010 wıth a world tour of favourite posts from each of [...]
Portugal abroad: a historical journey through Europe BelgiumPortugalTopics of the WorldTravel December 8, 2010 15 Today Portugal celebrates Our Lady of Conception’s Day. She was proclaimed the godmother and Queen of Portugal [...]
Festivals from around the world ArgentinaCelebrationsJapanPeopleReligionSpainTopics of the WorldUKUSA November 17, 2010 7 This month, we asked our contributors from around the world about festivals in their countries. Read on [...]
School Days Around the World ArgentinaAustraliaClothingCosta RicaLanguagesMusic, Art & CinemaPeopleReligionRomaniaSpainTopics of the WorldUKUSA September 15, 2010 4 Recently on PocketCultures, we have featured collaborative posts to reflect the varying experiences of our contributors in [...]
Congratulations Spain! CelebrationsSpainSportTopics of the World July 11, 2010 3 Yesterday, Marta wrote that Spain was dreaming of victory in tonight’s World Cup final against The Netherlands. [...]
Dreaming of Victory EconomySpainSportTopics of the World July 10, 2010 2 Whatever Paul the octopus predicts for the FIFA World Cup final, in Spain, people have faith and [...]
A Magical Midsummer Night CelebrationsFoodMusic, Art & CinemaPeopleSpainTopics of the World June 22, 2010 4 What are you doing tomorrow? The night of 23rd to 24th of June, many countries will be [...]
New life, new culture, new timetable EconomyFoodSpainTopics of the World May 24, 2010 6 I originally came to Barcelona as an au-pair. My host family lived in the Catalan village of [...]
Calçotada time! The secret is in the sauce CelebrationsFoodLanguagesPeopleReligionSpainTopics of the World May 3, 2010 8 Handsome Catalan man eating a calçot What are all your Catalan friends doing next Sunday? From November [...]
Can you learn Spanish in Catalunya? LanguagesSpainTopics of the World April 14, 2010 18 My first encounter with the Spanish language was through a study abroad program in college. I spent [...]
The rain in Spain stays mainly in… FoodPeopleSpainTopics of the World March 31, 2010 7 What do Severo Ochoa (Nobel prize for medicine) and Fernando Alonso (formula 1 racing driver, world champion) [...]