Spanish "Halloween": their sweets and one tale

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Hi another time, people! I am bored here this evening of the Sunday and I have remembered that I spoke a little about the holydays of Halloween before the American fashion, that is holydays of saints in Spain.

Well, do you remember that I said in several villages from the Region of Extremadura, there are a tradition that consists on children sing a son to the neighborhood, like in US in these time? Well, I seek to know a little more and I have discovered that this is called  "Chaquetilla" or "a little jacket" and people gives what they have. I know I said people gives nuts and sweets but it isn´t true. People can give nuts, fig dried, pork sausage, black pudding made from pumpkins, quince jelly and sometimes sweets (what children wants to receive). Then, they go to eat them in the field. I don´t know their origin.

In addition, it is very curious because there were fruits with a candle in but, however, it isn´t a pumpkin but a watermelon. So, you can imagine your garden will be decorated with empty watermelons?

Anyway, this tradition is nearly disappeared because of American Halloween as people moved out this little villages to join to the city.

However, there are several sweets in this holydays if you can pay them, of course:

-Saints´ bones or "huesos de santo": made of marzipan and with a cover of syrup, they have different fillings. They have the form of bones. They are the most known and their origin is in Castilla and in Spain, mainly.

-Fritter or "Buñuelos": a pastry made of flour and sugar with different filling. Despite it is more common in Semana Santa holydays, you can find this sweent in bakeries in these holidays.

-Quince jelly with  different nuts: from Extremadura region and people eat it in the field with a special bread.

-"Pestiños": a pastry made of flour, oil and sugar and then fried with a cover of honey. Its origin are in Andalucía and Extremadura regions. It is more frequent in Semana Santa or Christmas holydays.

-"Gachas de leche" or "Milk gachas": a pastry made of milk, flour and sugar or honey which is eaten with milk and bread. It is tipical in Andalucía region.

-Chestnut roasted: mainly in Galicia region, because of we are in Fall.

-Panellets: made of a pastry of lemon, sugar, potatoes boiled, eggs and almonds or pine nut. Mainly in Cataluña region.

May be, one day I translate a recipe for you.


From the other hand, a part of religious sense, there was a kind of death veneration and some authors thought in paranormal activity this night between October 31st and November 2sd because of romantic culture which has a link between love, death and paranormal activity. So, there are a tale from Becquer called "Soul Mountain" or "El Monte de las Ánimas" and which is based on a local tale from the North centre of Spain in the region of Soria. I would summarize a little this tale:

<<So, in Dark Ages, a pack of knights of noble lineage were hunting in that Soul Mountain but they were back to their home because it was November 1st or "The Saint´s day" and they spoke that this name was due to a mysterious tale: Several years ago, this mountain was a property from templar. In times when Christians fought against Moorish, the King has demanded the help from templars to conquer Soria city, instead of demanding help from Castilian knights. As consequence, there had been a fight between templar and Castilian knights until the King solved it and their men buried all the deads in this fight in the fields of this templar mountain. So, people thought in night November 1st to 2sd, the souls runned with animals scared and no one could be this night in the mountain.

Finally, that group arrived to their home and the male character said he would give her a diamond like gift to the female character because it was a day to celebrate, the day of saints. She said this gift could threat her will. So, she said she had lost a blue neckerchief in the Soul´s Mountain and if he tried it, she would accept his gift.

Hi was scared about the idea but he took his horse because he thought that he could kill more wolves like he had done in the hunting.

Minutes died, hours died and he wasn´t back. She woke up because someone had said her name but it was just the wind. So, she listened Soria bells and it was November 2snd, the day of people dead, and she began to pray. She was very scared and she slept. The day had come and she woke up thinking anything had passed and there was anything to be scared last night. But, suddenly, she saw her necherchief in blood in her room. Her eyes knocked out of position... She died because of terror.

In this morning, when servants wanted to inform her that the male had died because of wolves, they found her immobile and dead.>>



P. S. : images are taken of https://teveoenmadrid.wordpress.com/tag/huesos-de-santo/ , http://milpostres.blogspot.com/2008/11/buuelos-de-viento-de-crema-y-de-nata.html  ,   http://www.forovegetariano.org/foro/showthread.php?t=257 ,  http://www.cuchilloytenedor.com/2010/11/02/receta-pestinos-extremenos/ , http://lacocinaentucasa.blogspot.com/2011/05/gachas-cordobesas.html , http://www.alcadima.com/esp/index.asp?secc=/apartados/oferta_de_noviembre_ , http://lacocinadebender.com/2008/panellets/postres-pasteleria/

Words and ideas in languages

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Hi to all. Today I am a little twisted because I must set up clocks with an hour less. No, I don´t leave my country, unfortunately, and this is because of Daylight Saving Time (DST). Such an odd name to say that! Yesterday I have this subject with my French friend that sometimes there are words more appropriates in one language, for example, there is the word "aguantar" in Spanish which means different things such as to bear, to endure, to support, to withstand, to survive the past of time, to hold, to put up with something, to resist, to hold on, to hang on, to last and maybe another thing I have forgotten.

I will give you another example in French that maybe you know. There are words "gourmet" and "gourmand" and "glouton". May be, we can use then like synonims but we will be doing a fault. "Gourmet" means a person who loves the quality of food or drink, that is, he/she eats or drinks in order to identify tastes , while "Gourmand" it is a person who loves eating or drinking and who can´t resist to eat when he/she see food or drink, while "Glouton" is this kind of person who eats very much and a lot of food.

So, it is like a TV show when you speak another language because there are different ways to understand the life or to think about something in each language. It is a kind of challenge because in your language you use an only word to describe an idea and it doesn´t exist in the language you are speaking in that moment. And it is a curious thing because you can use words from another language to describe an idea with a misunderstood as consequence. In this way, my French friend who lives more time in Spain, have a lot of difficulties to speak with only French speakers. May be it is because mind of 2 or more language speakers is more global than people who speaks only one. Therefore, you can understand more things about life, about different cultures and, personally, I think it is a beautiful thing you can show an idea who doesn´t exist in your language and finally, that you can communicate with a foreign person.

May be you think I am crazy but not at all because every people who speaks more than one language can think like me.

Indeed, I believe language is the representation of ideas from one culture, from one way to see and understand the life. So, I find very useful as experience the fact of speak different languages but with one condition: always you must communicate with another person. You will say, "Oh, who is going to speak one language without this finality?" I can say that because, in Spain, there are several regions that speak more and more one language and people forgets the language that links us (the Spanish) with the consequence of, may be in 30 years, a person from Cataluña region could no communicate with a Spanish from another region.

And there are also these languages which have risks to dissappeared with the consequences of losing this way of thinking about like a lot of languages in India which have less than 100 speakers.

Have a good weekend!

Spooky Halloween

Weather forecast: Min 8º, Max 20º, Cloudy, No wind

Hi to all, we are next to this known party around the world. Yes, it s yet the weekend but most people will be in a party of curious customs, someone will be dressed like a spider man with no pants, another person in a Catwoman suit to show their fat to everybody and any guy dressed like a woman. "Dude, it s a party. Let´s dance!" Stop. Are you sure to dress like that? Because any usual person won´t be dressed like that, yeah, we know that you begin with an innocent custom and later  it comes that you are hangover and you don´t remember anything. So, there are 3 possible cases:

1-You are in the local commissary. Hint: put your pants next time, little friend.

2-You are a weird feeling in your... Do you know what I have saying about to be dressed like a woman?

3-You feel dirty with a terrible smell of alcohol.

Of, I will add an additional hint,  you can have a bad taste in your mouth. So, don ´t drink from the glass you find. Do you remember this scene in American Pie?

Fortunately, here in Spain, Halloween is new, despite, the crimes rise up in this days. Well, maybe I speak earlier because today is no 31st but I can say party nerds will go to be dressed this weekend.

I have seen the beautiful ,and strange for me,  landscape with orange decoration. For example, the pumpkin fields, the light´s in houses, garden´s with skeletons and Mc Donald´s clowns. As you can see in the pictures below. I guess someone has made the laundry in the City Hall of Quebec City (Canada) because no one could be notice it. You can read a bit of Quebec City´s Halloween here (http://www.lifeinquebec.com/featured-4/quebec-city-hall-halloween-decorations-2010/).

You know, you can see a plenty of stupid things, with no sense, like puppets, vampires and wolf from Twilight and so on. Furthermore, most people wants to be tricked or have a good nightmare in live. Therefore, the main ennemy character of Saw would have luck to find new victims for their 66th film.
Poor celts, we have forgotten the sense of Shaman´s eve with the night more larger in this time. And now, we consider Halloween like Walpurgis´s night, the witchs´night!

Anyway, I find very amazing this party and their decorations in all the city, because people are happy and linked with their friends. But here, in Spain, it is very different and ,like I have spoken with my friend from Israel, it s more an emotional holyday.

The 1st November or "Sants day" most Spanish people go to cemeteries to give flowers and remember their civils dead. So, many people take these holydays to visit their villages of origin, to see their families and to remember their people. It is a day to remember the death in the catholical sense and it isn´t a party to be dressed. Nevertheless, people give candys (more precisely nuts, figs dried and others fruit dried) to children who sing a special song to neighbours, at least in Montanchez zone in the region of Extremadura . However, the majority of Spanish  go whether to the beach (if weather wants to) or to other countries.Well, there was not this tradition of frightened tales, in spite of two Becquer Tales in XIX century. But all this will change because we love party than the catholical sense we have.

Personally, I used to watch spooky films in this eve until the dawn until few years ago. And, last years, we used to have a special rol play game session. Unfortunately, this year seems to be cold with no plans. So, maybe I return to this childhood tradition I have.

Have a nice weekend and remember my hints!

Spanish university´s job fairs

Weather forecast: Cloudy,  Max 15ºC, Min 6ºC, Wind 0 Km/H according www.aemet.es but it is windy!!!!

Hi to all another one! I know It must begin with the apologies but I shall do because my life is like a tornado which doesn´t stop. I move for here, for there looking for a job, I break into a rich house, I rob a bank and so forth. So, you can see I don´t stop but I am not known like others twisters like the most of graduates in Spain, a Greek tragedy in others words.

Last week I have visited a job fair at my university and it was a bit pitiful because no one wants an environment scientist and only accept your cv if you want to go abroad and you speak 3 languages but you must pray to be employed. Yeah, it doesn´t matter you speak 3 but you must speak only English, German or Chinese and, of course, the Spanish and you will work in Spanish later.

In addition, in these universities´ job fair (at least in Spain), employers seek candidates to their internships (that is without a salary and you pay yourself your transport fees) or their practices ( that means you work like a normal employed, may be more time and with more responsibilities, and you will earn the minimum possible). Yeah, have you remembered this thing about contracts in Spain? Well, if you link this information with that a person can have a practice employee until 30 years old or a temporary employee forever, you realize the sad situation for a Spanish graduate who has wasted 25 years old and a lot of money to work free.

It is curious because you can hear such a foolish idea like that, Spanish graduates must cost as US graduates. Well, I say the background. Here all the education is "free" (paid from the taxes in your salary) until the post high school. Then, you have 2 paths (apart from working): study a job or pass a test in order to begin a degree. The costs are the following:
-80€ (about US100$) per year for study a job and  this sort of study have a duration of 2 years. So, 160e to sum.
-1200€ (about US1500$) per year for degrees.

These are the costs for high education more or less without the price of books, transport, allocation and so forth. Look at the cost per year for a degree. In this cost, a student pay a 1/6 directly because the rest is paid for the Government (that is from the taxes on each salary in Spain). Consequently, Government wants a university student pays the 6/6 and may be a little more if possible, despite each Spanish will have the same taxes in their salary.

Furthermore, Spanish is different because a degree can need more than the time estimated. For example, there is a degree of 5 years but this on the paper because the most people finish it with more years, may be because of selfish people but it is no a coincidence the most people need more time than the estimated. So have anyone thought about the possibility that degrees have a bad design? No, it have not! So, for example, the Bachellor of Science of Environment Sciences, there are 5 years old on paper but Education Service says that the most people finish it with 6 years old. Is it possible this in UK, for example? Not, it isn´t because if a UK degree have an estimation of 5 years, people finish it in 5 years. So, may be you have a degree for 36000€  with their ideas or up because Government wants to achieve US fees (with the other fees).

May be you say that is cheap in comparison with UK45,000 pounds (about 68,000€ or US81,000$), or CAN100,000$ (about 100,000€) or US100,000$( about 80,000€), per a 5 years degree in UK, Canada or US respectively. It is truth from several experiences that is you have a degree in US or Canada, you find a job with such salary which you can recover the money wasted in 5 years approximately.

Besides, the problem is the following, there will not be a help from the Government but a loan from the bank. So, if you can´t recover the money wasted until 15 years or up (if you have the luck of working) and if you must pay the interest rates for this loan, may be a usual Spanish student not rich would need 20 years to recover their inversion.

Like result, a Spanish Graduate will marry with the bank and the enterprise along all their whole life. Okay, I forgot we need buy a house and you need apply for another loan from the bank. So, we will be married twice.

Like this way, you can understand why Spanish graduates move to others countries to find a true job, while sharks (that are enterprises and banks) wish catch another slave at job fairs. So, I can´t say that is good luck to find a job in a university job fair.

Well, I must sleep a little because tomorrow I am invited in a conference about Renewable Energies in Spain, since 2010 until the future. I tell you something, I guess.

Have a nice day!

Spanish Day. Flag or not flag?

Weather forecast: Max 31ºC, Min 14ºC, NE wind, sunny

Hey!! How are you? Today is a big day here in Spain or it would be. I believe in US, French, Russia and other countries, national day is a day where all the citizens are proud. Here don´t and you will say: Are you killing me? I hope, lol. Not at all, Spain is a complex mix.



Let´s see, mind the remote case that nowadays German and Allies would have bad relations because of World War II. Thus, you can understand how it works in Spain. Unfortunately, people thinks there are 2 groups: extremes left and right winds. That is, they live in 30´s before the "local" war (indeed, all countries had joined for calibrate their armament before WWII) and they forget we live in a democracy where there is no political chases and we must think in everything we link us and don´t in our differences. So, if you switch Spanish TV, you will see how moderates winds speak like extreme winds like Spain has divided in these 2 groups. I guess It is truth all Wikilist have said.

Like consequence, there is no Spanish flag in our streets or in clothes because you will be consider like a "nazi". It is very hard to say. I don´t mind how an American could live without their flag but here it is the opposite. Surprisingly, they forget a flag is the representation of all Spanish people, all Spanish culture and all Spanish ideas and the forget... Well, It is Spain. Anyway, you can see a lot of people with UK, German and US flags in their clothes because people whether they have shame of showing the national one or they have fear of people could say if you show it. It is a pity because we aren´t joined. In fact, many newspapers and experts talk about Spain is a little federal state.

This is, our condition. So, you can understand why today is a holiday with our particular characteristics. Have a nice day!

P.S. 1: I show you a picture where you can see planes which opens and close air parade because I like only military planes, lol.

P.S. 2: If you wonder If I like army, I would say I am pacifist and I trust on diplomacy solutions before the war chaos. Unfortunately, we live in a dangerous world and there is always crazy people.

A "Spanish" eruption

Weather forecast: Max 27ºC, Min 11ºC, Wind, 5Km/H NE, Sunny

Hello, people. Uh, I seem very serious today but maybe I am tired because of looking for a job. Yes, it is. Spain is a mine of jobs. You can find all sort of work and scientists and engineers are demanded. Indeed, each person, who has finished a degree, works in less than a month. Okay, I was kidding you. Sorry for dreaming!

Today I am going to show an interesting new and it is true. I begin. In Southern Spain, in front of Morocco Coast, we have several islands called Canarias, as you can see in pictures below. There are a strange case, geologically.

They have been formed because of 2 phenomenon. One of them, it is the pression produced between the material from Mid-Atlantic Ridge and African plate, like this way: if we have a mount of clay and we push to an object located on front, clay rises up and it is the most common origin in islands.

But, there is also another phenomenon because there is a hotspot. You are telling strange words again, man! Take it easy. What is a hotspot in Geology? As word says it is a spot in Earth very warm like a flame from a "flamethrower" based on mantle who rises up lithosphere temperature until lava flows and new islands will appear with all this material that goes up. Hawaian islands are a good example of this case. Despite there are some theories, scientists can´t explain how a hotspot is formed. I guess you can read one of them in wikipedia.

Therefore, we have our background. In Spanish media, we have had news about earthquakes in Hierro Island in latest weeks (it is curious because at the same time Hawaian island has experimented an increase of earthquake and lake lava level in Kīlauea East Rift Zone (Big Island, Hawaii)). Everybody feared of a eruption and evacuation plans were set up, whereas Spanish Geological Service didn´t believe this deed could turn into a eruption. Nevertheless, today there are proofs recollected by fishermen which indicate it is possible a gas escape in 5 Km to the South of Hierro.

Fortunately, Spanish Geological Service believe eruption could be occurred 1Km below sea and enough far to produce human risks and consequently, it isn´t necessary to evacuate people. Anyway, the Geological Service doesn´t confirm an eruption but they believe it is very possible in next hours.

Finally, I wonder if the increase in solar activity in latest weeks is linked to Hawaian and Canarias activities. No, I don´t believe world will be destroyed in 2012 because some people thinks subatomic particles emitted by solar activity could increase earthquakes and eruptions. They must have seen 2012 film but there are no scientific evidences. Otherwise, this link between Hawaian and Canarias activities could be connected with the Sun storms or not, who knows? I will make the question to a classmate who works within Geological Service.

Have a good day!!!

Fall is coming!

Weather forecast: Max 20ºC, Min 10ºC, Sunny without clouds, 10Km/h NE wind

Hi to all! How are you? I hope you are fine! Well, as you can see, we begin having the appropriate temperature of this time. Finally, because here in Spain we are having an anomaly. Indeed, last summer has been delayed. Begun later, it have finished later. As a environment scientist, I can say nobody knows. Someone speaks about CO2 warming of Change Climate theory from IPCC. Others think our world is freezing. So, you can see there is a lot of theories. I guess one day I could focus one of each and their proofs and weakness.

However, there is something isn´t included yet, despite some scientist has said Sun is off and world is therefore freezing. Last month to the currently, NASA has discovered Sun is more active than last 150 years old. You know this because of sun storms that threat satellites or, if you have the chance, seeing an intense Aurora Borealis in certain regions. Yes, it is a deed sun is awake.

Therefore, I would make a question. How could an increase of sun activity concern us?

As always, we shall begin with the background because science can be heavy or easy to understand, according to the focus proposed. What is the Green House effect? I won´t say anything you don´t know but, basically, because of dense atmosphere energy can be hold and we have more than -18ºC. Yes! I speak seriously, without this effect life could´nt exist. So, we have the system built like this way: there are energy inputs and outputs and one reservoir (our planet). Accordingly, if we consider energy outputs are constants, an increase of energy inputs could make more warm our planet.

Consequently, we could have a Climate Change with more rains globally, less ice superficies with their consequences in natural and human dimensions. Mind of there will be more rain but this won´t mean more magnitude storms like Al Gore says (because such deed will mean a freezing of global climate). Otherwise, I consider this increase could mean a lot of lives because of bad urban planning everywhere, with a lot of population in coasts, slopes and near to rivers. Of course, it is possible more consequences in such a complex phenomenon.

However, humans think in short term! And now it is more important the risk over satellites, while no one write about sun activity importance over climate. For this reason, I wanted to inform a bit to all people because my work-mates are blinds and they don´t see beyond the theory they follow. You know, a IPCC scientist will always think like IPCC theory and they will say: CO2 is the guilty!!!!

Finally, you know you must be more careful with sun baths. Choose a good sun cream!

Have a nice weekend!

References:

-Sun storm warning in 2006: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/10mar_stormwarning/

-Companies alerted by sun storm in August 2011: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/06/us-utilities-noaa-solarstorms-idUSTRE7746UA20110806

Me at Gamefest

Weather forecast: Max 23ºC, Min 12ºC, Some clouds, 15 Km/H NE Wind

Hey people, I am here again and I recognize it, it is unusual someone writes something at 2 a.m.!!! But I confess I am tired. Oh, no! I have discovered I am not a vampire. Damn!!!!! I was imagining biting some lady neck. No, no, no like Twilight.  Are you killing me? I dislike this vampire teenagers with 6-packs and Volvo cars !

Well, I wish I had a Volvo or any car, lol. Do you see? Being a vampire is something exciting. However, I remember these huge moments I was tied to my ex-girlfriend watching the first movies of Twilight and I speak seriously because she knows I was afraid and I could run away. Smart girl, you knew it! Well, I guess It was easy because cinema get me bored. So, she must be think  one and one are two! Therefore, you could see me there in a bdsm torture.

As I begin to sweat, I will change the subject. Wait a minute. I must breath.

Do you remember I had a games fair on last Sunday? It was a huge day. I swear. Thanks Evil for this free ticket. Indeed, I have lost my soul.

First, imagine a Sunday where I was awaken before 8 a.m. but the nightmare had not begun until I joined my brother´s mates. Could you imagine an hour of conversation about Minecraft? Do you know what is Minecraft?

Minecraft is a wonderful game. You can install and you will see a landscape deformed by pixels. I tried to set my video card but, take it easy, the game is new and looks like a Lego game but with older appearance. So, you begin in a world with cows, pigs and other animals formed by squares. Everything is built by squares!!!!!!! I am going to breathe again. So, I was there in this wonderful square world and you will say, what can I do in this game? Is there any plot? Not at all. You are there and you can collect any kind of square (wood, animals and minerals, basically), build your own "house", hunt some animals, craft a hundred of objects and look for dungeons with a pack of monster (zombies and spiders). Yes, it is. It is the perfect game for nerds and there were private servers in order to experience the nerd dimension where freaky friends can craft rare objects. You could appreciate I love this game!!!

Therefore, imagine me with them... Speaking about how they fight against monster in dungeons and how they can craft objects. I was telling to me: why am I here if I am not a nerd?

Finally, we arrived the game fair called Gamefest and the nightmare continued... A thousand of nerds and someone with their cosplays (you know this people who want to be like characters they love) . For example, people with a bath robe but they will say  they looks like Magicka wizards. Ohhhhh, I fear your spells!  Anxiety was growing. "Oh my God, is this my punition?" I said several times.

In fact, it sucked because there are 2 things to play with a 3 hours queue and because of youtube trailers. For example, a trailer of Assassins Creed was showed and every nerd was very excited, despite it was a youtube video... I wanted to question to somebody: Man, have you paid a ticket to see this or have you also being invited to this kind of torture? No answer.

Uf, torture follows me!  At least, there were Need for Speed Cars such as Nissan Gt, Mustang Shelvy, two Porsche and one Aston Martin.  But I laughed when I saw Guild War 2 trailer because we can see how spoke-man was looking for it from youtube, step by step...  And someone could tell is like the US E3, no men! We saw the fair in half hour.

Finally, I could see my brother that had come from UK (who had invited me) and , like a heavy quest, he gave me my prize, a "Call of Cthulhu"  leather book from UK. Uhhhhhh, I have a leather book and I can manage a new role play game!!! At least, he thought like me, it was a cash grab fair and it sucked, in spite of you can use 5€ ticket to save 5€ buying games and you can use several ticket, so my brother will be able to buy something he likes.

Maybe you wonder if my brother´s friends gave up their conversation and I will be pleased to answer you. No! They were talking about more things about Minecraft!!!!! 4  damned Minecraft hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So you know the reason why I can sleep!!!!!! Have a good night!

P.S: I give you a picture taken about these bath robe people.

The frozen night

Weather forecast: darkness without clouds, Max 27ºC, Min 13ºC, No Wind,

This night is so cold without her presence...

I don ´t now but I would like to see her eyes in these moments.

These eyes lost for me, the foolish who lost her.

Sometimes, I would like to see how she sleeps...

and I will be lying

because there are no sometimes 

because It is all the time.

However, here I am,

lonely,

without words,

without her touch,

her breathe

and  I have the only company of loneliness

Just take a train, just 2 hours of travel.

No matter how far,

I ll do it to see her from the darkness,

beside their window

in order to draw an huge Loving you 

and I will be waiting until the dawn

with their only eyes like landscape

 

I know, It is just a dream

and you ll never heard it because

you are so far far away...

Good bye White Night festival in Madrid (Spain)

Weather forecast: sunny (despite it s the dusk), max 27ºC, min 14ºC, SE 10km/h wind

Hello to all!!! This is me again and we are on weekend, finally! Unfortunately, I am not going to say a beautiful new because this night between October 1 to October to, it is the White Night Festival: that is, an art night where museums, theaters, are open and there are several cultural activities along hole the night. For example, you may take a look in the French Festival here http://nuitblanche.paris.fr/.

So, why am I so melancholic? Because of economic hole, again. Yes, of course. Here, in Madrid, each public service and each public activity is being minimized, while prix grows (for example, my brother who has been in Chentelham (UK), said there are the same prix there in spite UK have a double or triple salary). Given the bad country management of our government in last 8 years, it is not a surprise and we are under scope because of Mr. Zapatero, a man who only knows to waste money, while he doesn´t know manage our economy. Well, another time, I will speak about this socialism government because we are waiting the Democratic process end, next November 20.

Consequently, with a 21% of people unemployed (while UE or USA have more or less a 10%) and another lacks such as the National proud (may be Spain turns into a Federal Country with "several kingdoms"), the public health service collapse, the lost of sovereignty  because we didn´t make our homework in EU, the euthanasia law, four petrol spills blinded to society, Libia, Lebanon and Afghanistan war and so on, Spain have a difficult situation. So, there is a lack of money and we can´t maintain several services like Education Service with 20-30% less of national money (well, and how regions manage this reduction).

Therefore, Madrid city can´t afford White Night festival and there will be one each 2 years. So, good bye White Night 2011 season.

Like a funeral, you can view some pics about previous seasons here: http://lanocheenblanco.esmadrid.com/

Wow, I am really fine after I have said it. At least, tomorrow I have a ticket for Gamefest, Spanish EA3 (a festival where producers of games present which video games will be in market next 6 months).

Have a nice day and have fun if you have the luck of having a White Night festival in your city!!!