Taste of Spain

July 6, 2009 at 8:25 pm | Posted in General, London, Out and About, Sydney, Tourism, Travel, UK | Leave a comment
Tags: Free, London, Regent Street, review, Spain, Taste of Spain, Tourism, Travel, UK

At the end of May Regent Street in London was turned into a “Taste of Spain“.

While I know I missed out on the free hats and paella it didn’t really live up to expectations.

Realistically the event should have been renamed Spanish Tourism as most of the exhibitors were promoting travel to Spain with leaflets and brochures. Whoo. There were also a few vendors but nothing striking. The main stage had some dancers and the events there may have proved interesting.

I went relatively early and walking along the street was fairly easy, that is until I reached the middle of the road where the organisers had placed a large sandy enclosure thus forcing the crowds into bottlenecks on either side. Awful planning.

Lastly, I only saw 2 Spanish food vendors on the street with predictably large queues which more than anything seems to run contrary to an event called a “Taste of Spain”.

Despite its significantly smaller size I found Sydney’s Spanish Festival a much more lively affair.

More photos at Flickr.