Twelve strokes, twelve grapes and a lot of joy, this is how you welcome the new year in Spain. Less than a week is left before we leave 2011 behind and start 2012, the celebration is very stylish in Spain, so if you are undertaking Spanish classes in a Spanish city, you should get ready to enjoy this big night.
It is a tradition to eat 12 grapes in Spain, one for each month, at the sound of every stroke that sounds at midnight on the 31st of December. It is common to celebrate this moment on the town house square or some other central square in the city, the most famous New Year’s Eve in Spain is the one celebrated in the Puerta del Sol in Madrid, an ideal destination to go to and spend a night if you are undertaking Spanish classes in Spain.
Puerta del Sol in Madrid
After the new year begins, the festivities continue all night in the bars, pubs and clubs, and you are guaranteed to have a good time. The celebration continues until late morning, and you can always finish the night with a good cup of hot chocolate with churros with your classmates form the Spanish classes.
You now know that if you are staying in Spain to study Spanish you should enjoy this night with your classmates from the Spanish classes and celebrate the beginning of 2012 with the 12 grapes of luck.
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Dosal Proyectos. Spain.
