Madrid Blogs in English
What is a blog?
Here’s one person’s opinion.
Can you have your own blog?
Yes! They’re free. Go here.
What inspired kellycrull.com from the beginning was the experience of moving to a new city as an outsider, an extranjero. I remember April and I had just arrived, and before we got busy with our new jobs, we wanted to get a feel for the city.The last thing we wanted was another guide book to tell us what to do. We wanted to know what real people thought about the city, just someone who could show us around and give us opinions about anything and everything.
One thing blogs do is give opinions about things, anything and everything, unedited, unsolicited, loosely held together, but passionate and from the gut. Even now after living in Madrid for nearly two years, I’m still on the lookout for a new blog. Like the diaries we had as kids and hid under our beds, blogs beg us to be ourselves. There’s something about sitting in front of the computer and translating our thoughts into words that unearths who we are under the surface. We find ourselves writing about things we never meant to keep to ourselves, but haven’t shared with anyone. I’m surprised by how much I’ve learned from the blogs of my closest friends here in Madrid, even though we spend lots of time together.
All this to say, here are a few Madrid blogs in English to get you started:
Mad About Madrid - Alun John
www.madaboutmadrid.com
Ambivalence - Uma
www.ambivalente.com
The Universal Truth - James Trevor
universaltruth.blogspot.com
Puerta del Sol Blog - Jonathan Holland
www.puertadelsolblog.com
Sue Burke - Sue Burke
sue.burke.name
Robyn’s Blog - Robyn Bowles
robyn.bowles.es
Samuel.Bowles.es - Samuel Bowles
samuel.bowles.es
An Englishman Abroad - Matt Vaughan
mattvaughan.blogspot.com
Southern Watch - V-man
southernwatch.blogspot.com
T(r)oy Marbles - Troy Cady
troy.mountainview-church.com
Heather in Madrid - Heather Cady
heatherinmadrid.blogspot.com
The External Processor - Kelly Wills
web.mac.com/kellyinmadrid
Merodeando - Julio Alonso
merodeando.com/en
Spain Dad, a baby blog - Kelly Crull (my other blog)
spaindad.com
If you know of other Madrid blogs in English, feel free to leave a comment with the web address. Enjoy!
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