lladro

Thousands of people worldwide collect lladro, and it would be difficult to walk along the streets of any Spanish town without seeing a few pieces for sale.

The perfect gift, so many of their wonderful figures exist – elegant ladies with flower baskets, doves, nurses, elephants, shy women, bulls, card players, beagles … the list is endless.

And this beautiful Spanish porcelain – with its delicate colours, and evoking sentiments that touch the heart – is truly one of Spain´s great success stories.

Yet, as little as 50 years ago, these exquisite collectors´ items had hardly been heard of!

So … how did it all happen? /top-tour-of-spain.com/

 

The Busker’s Festival…..

It  have been taking music out on to the streets

Sixteen groups have been performing in Barceloneta.

The Busker’s Festival, an international street music festival which is being held for the third time in Barcelona and has been around for over twenty years in Europe.

From Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 August, various locations around Barceloneta will fill to the sound of music. African percussion, reggae, ska, rumba, jazz fusion, tango, bossa-nova, funk and Latin jazz are some of the styles you’ll be able to listen to on the stages that have been put up for the festival.

In all there are 16 groups, with very different styles, who will be out playing on the streets in this corner of Barcelona, between 7 and 10 p.m., according to the organisers.

They include Barnouche, Cris Five, Diguena Voy Bogadé, La Pegatina, La Rumbé, Luz Verde, Jauja Frikestail, Skapatú and Iemanyá Chamito.

Last year the festival, part of the European circuit of street music festivals, attracted over 20,000 people with groups like Che Sudaka and Jaleo Real.