In Madrid’s Casa de Campo park we look at how Spanish people deal with Madrid summers, the sacred siesta, being ‘de Rodriguez’, and why we never left Madrid for somewhere more rural. Plus, Spain’s favourite summer drink!
After watching the video, listen to these related podcasts:
– Inspired Beginners Spanish Podcast 6 – El Verano en Madrid
– Advanced Spanish Podcast 43 – Verano
Useful Vocab from the video:
Es muy caloroso – It’s very hot
Es muy seco – It’s very dry
Huele bien, huele a pino – It smells lovely, it smells of pine
Hierba seca – Dried grasses
Tienen sus trucos – They have their tricks
Durmiendo la siesta – Sleeping the siesta
En verano es sagrada – It’s sacred in summertime
Mucha gente hace una buena parada a mediodía – Lots of people have a good rest at midday
Estirar la noche, que es cuando mejor se está – Make the night last, which is when it’s most pleasant
Te tomas un tinto de verano – You have a ‘tinto de verano’ (red wine and lemonade)
No queda otro remedio – There is no other choice
Los niños se acuestan tarde en España – Kids go to bed very late in Spain
Estar de Rodriguez – when one of the parents stays in the city to work while the other takes the kids to the beach or the countryside
Vamos a las terrazas esta noche a tomar una cerveza – Let’s go to the bar terraces tonight for a beer
Te echas un ratito – You lie down for a bit
Huyen de Madrid en verano – They flee Madrid in summer
Había un poco de tira y afloja entre Ben y yo – There was a bit of hard bargaining between Ben and me
Ben tenía mucha ilusión – Ben was very excited/keen
Tenemos nuestra red social – We have our social network (friends, school etc)
No me cuadró soltar eso – It didn’t seem right to me to let go of that
Al final nos hemos quedado aquí – In the end we’ve stayed here
