Community
The Community section is the heart of the people-oriented online GUIDEPOST magazine. It covers people of all nationalities living in Spain — particularly though not exclusively those who are residing in Madrid — and their exciting life. The operative word in the Community is “international”.
Be sure to check out all main features: Embassy Row, the International Organizations and Clubs, and The Scene.
CHOCOLATE FOR YOUR SWEET TOOTH: SALON INTERNACIONAL DE CHOCOLATE DE MADRID »
Listen, you people happily afflicted with Sweet Tooth, you’re in luck. Chocolate is getting its very own annual international fair in Madrid, the Salon Internacional del Chocolate de Madrid, starting this year. And what a sweet event – even aphrodisiac, since chocolate allegedly is! (14-16 September, Galería de Cristal, Palacio de Cibeles, Madrid)
9/11 REMEMBERED WITH SEPT 16 DAR CEREMONY AT PARQUE JUAN CARLOS MADRID »
Daughters of the American Revolution, España Chapter: "Patriot´s Day -- September 11th -- is the moment to get together for a remembrance ceremony 17 years after the 9/11 attacks. But as the Day falls on a Tuesday it is more practical for all those who could accompany us to meet on Sunday the 16th. As in previous years, we will meet at the Parque Juan Carlos I - at the site where the American Embassy planted 10 red oaks brought from the US on the 10th anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers."
AMERICAN CLUB IS HOLDING ITS ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY & WELCOME BACK HAPPY HOUR 11 SEPT 2018! »
ACM is back from the summer holidays. See what's lined up for everyone this September!!
EU FOLK, KNOW YOUR RIGHT TO PRIVACY & HOW TO PROTECT IT FROM FACEBOOK, AMAZON, ETC. »
It doesn’t matter what format the data takes – online on a computer system or on paper in a structured file – whenever information directly or indirectly identifying you as an individual is stored or processed, your data protection rights have to be respected. EU data protection rules guarantee the protection of your personal data whenever they are collected. These rules apply to both companies and organisations in the EU and those based outside the EU who offer goods or services in the EU, such as Facebook or Amazon, whenever these companies request or re-use the personal data of individuals in the EU.
EVER THOUGHT OF STUDYING IN THE UNITED STATES? HERE ARE THE FIRST STEPS! »
Learn about unique U.S. higher education opportunities. The EducationUSA Spain center is part of the U.S. Department of State’s global EducationUSA network and offers accurate, comprehensive, and current information to help you navigate the application process and prepare for study in the U.S.
PHILIPPINE FIESTA FOOD AT THE EMBASSY RECEPTION IN THE HOTEL INTERCON »
Hats off to the Filipino hospitality! Mabuhay!
HEAD FOR ROLL MADRID RESTAURANTE NEOAMERICANO FOR THE ACM 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION! »
Join the American Club for an "All-you-can-eat" iconic American-style July 4th dinner!
MADO IS BACK! (Not That It Has Ever Left) »
Madrid begins Pride Week on June 28 to commemorate the Stonewall riots in New York City beginning in 1969. At the time, Spain was still under the Franco regime, which declared homosexuals as “dangerous” people with “the lowest levels of morality”. Four years after Franco’s death, on June 25, 1978, at the beginning of La Movida Madrileña, Madrid held it’s first Pride (Orgullo) March
A LINK BETWEEN TWO WORLDS: JOHN LIDDY’S MADRID AND OTHER POEMS »
To inhabit a city for 34 years yet still maintain the perceptive and ever-roaming eyes of a stranger is a gift which John Liddy shares in the title poem “Madrid”
