When to fly to Spain?

The ideal months to visit Spain are between May and September (plus April and October in the south). At these times you can rely on good weather, yet avoid the sometimes extreme heat - and the main crush of Spanish and foreign tourists. If you want to make sure you hit some parties, the best festivals are concentrated between Holy Week and September.

On the other hand, traveling in the low season has many advantages, most noticeably lighter crowds and lower prices. Many hostels cut their prices by at least 30%, and reservations are seldom necessary. However, keep in mind that, during these months, many smaller seaside spots are ghost towns, and tourist offices and sights cut their hours nearly everywhere.

Spanish culture: People, festivals and art

Spanish people are very open-hearted, warm and comunicative. You won't have any problems to get to know someone, especially in the big cities like Madrid or Barcelona. It's often said that the Spanish living room is the bar where the people usually spend a lot of time in the mornings and in the evenings.

The celebrations of New Year are spectacular at Puerta del Sol. In the rhythm of the beats of the big clock at midnight, everybody tries to eat twelve grapes. That shall bring good luck for the coming year!

During the Carnival celebrations in February there are several impressive festivities in all Spain, especially in Tenerife and Cádiz. In fact, carnival in the Canary Islands and Cádiz are the bests Carnival celebrations in the world, after Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and Trinidad.In these cities, colourful processions are organised and participants wear extravagant costumes. Generally, in many cities of Spain, people dress up and go out, and dance all night long.

Pablo Picasso was a Spanish artist who revolutionized painting, drawing, sculpture, and ceramics (pottery). Picasso's portrayal of the agony of Spain's struggle and suffering against fascism in Guernica is considered his strongest work. This painting was inspired by Picasso's horror at the Nazi German bombing of Gernika, Spain on April 26, 1937 during the Spanish Civil War.

Spanish Alphabets and Ordinals

Learning Ordinals is one of the easiest things to learn in Spanish. Ordinals are basically numbers in adjective form. For eg: One in English is a number and first is the ordinal. Here are the most commonly used first ten ordinals:

• First: primero
• Second: segundo
• Third: tercero
• Fourth: cuarto
• Fifth: quinto
• Sixth: sexto
• Seventh: séptimo, sétimo
• Eighth: octavo
• Ninth: noveno
• Tenth: décimo

Knowing alphabets in English makes it all the more easy to learn alphabets in Spanish. Spanish alphabets have a similarity with alphabets of western European languages including English. These are the alphabets in Spanish with their pronounications.

a - a	h - ache	n - ene	t - te
b - be	i - i	ñ - eñe	u - u
c - ce	j - jota	o - o	v - uve
d - de	k - ca	p - pe	w - uve doble
e - e	l - ele	q - cu	x - equis
f - efe	ll - elle	r - erre	y - i griega
g - ge	m - eme	s - ese	z - ceta