tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post6468834031616824365..comments2024-03-21T16:54:26.883+01:00Comments on Not Hemingway's Spain: Local Vocab: "Echar de menos"… homesick in Valencia, part 1An American Spaniardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05357043835365025522noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-5886020077704921512018-12-12T12:59:54.663+01:002018-12-12T12:59:54.663+01:00Great article! If you come to Barcelona, you can a...Great article! If you come to Barcelona, you can also come to Barcelona, to our Irish, with the tradition of an authentic Irish Bar.Wild Rover Barcelonahttps://www.wildroverbarcelona.com/live-music/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-12048764307504715712011-11-27T18:21:25.202+01:002011-11-27T18:21:25.202+01:00Yeah, I was talking with the owner of KandABooks, ...Yeah, I was talking with the owner of KandABooks, and he indicated that there were very few secondhand bookshops throughout Spain. I think with books he'll find a more open-minded audience... what with SGAE putting ridiculous surcharges on all new books. Selling secondhand clothes here is tough, but my friend at Retro Collective says she's going to try again with the shop. Maybe the culture will change. In the US it also helped draw people in when they changed the name from "secondhand" to "vintage"!An American Spaniardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05357043835365025522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-20967238896002049592011-11-27T11:42:51.524+01:002011-11-27T11:42:51.524+01:00A great article and i couldn't agree more with...A great article and i couldn't agree more with you about the complete lack of a 2nd hand scene in Spain, they just dont "get it", but with times being tough for most people, you would think this would be more popular?Valencia expatshttp://www.thecv35.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-9401512244099761982011-11-26T00:46:31.703+01:002011-11-26T00:46:31.703+01:00Lauren, my pleasure! When we were staying in Madri...Lauren, my pleasure! When we were staying in Madrid a couple of years ago we found a few places worth hitting up. We liked la Taquería de los Alamillo located in La Latina. It had good Mexican food. Not the best, but pretty darn good for in Spain. I don't know if it counts as homesick food for you, but we also found a great Indian restaurant, Mughul, located a couple of blocks from Plaza de España.<br /><br />One nice blog you might check for other options is:<br />http://tapapedia.blogspot.com/<br /><br />In their "cocina americana" section they list a bunch of appetizing looking burger joints (though I'd skip Peggy Sue's, which we tried in Valencia and were not impressed by). If you try any and like them, please let me know. #TheEternalSearchForGoodBurgers<br /><br />I'm afraid I can't help you on the coffee shop front there. Though there's bound to be some place good in Chueca. But we discovered through online searches an American products store in Madrid, Taste of America, only _after_ our time there:<br /><br />http://www.tasteofamerica.es/<br /><br />Their shop is located near Calle Serrano. We are _very_ curious to know if they are the real deal. (And, FYI, they list bagels among their products!) Again, if you have a chance to check them out, let me know what you think.An American Spaniardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05357043835365025522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-9540643150818762092011-11-25T19:24:15.463+01:002011-11-25T19:24:15.463+01:00Thanks so much again for the link love! These plac...Thanks so much again for the link love! These places all sounds really cool-- Seville didn't have many places to fight homesickness and although I know that Madrid does, I still haven't had the time to discover them! I'm especially excited about finding a good coffee shop-- I miss that from the states. I'm looking forward to reading the continuation...Lauren of Spanish Saboreshttp://www.spanishsabores.comnoreply@blogger.com