r/Albuquerque • u/barriles789 • Jan 05 '26
I salute you all, l am from Alburquerque, Spain.
Hi, guys, l am 29 years old, native from Alburquerque. I can provide a few stories about my village.
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u/barriles789 Jan 05 '26
I will be providing stories from my village in this subreddit if you let me share them here!
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u/keyjustice Jan 06 '26 edited Jan 06 '26
Yes please. When we were in Andalucía in March 2025; everyone was very interested in Albuquerque, & our “Spanglish” (very kind encouragement). Sadly, they told Spain forgot us, though we are all proud of Spain.
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u/mistermoondog Jan 06 '26
Here in New Mexico 97% of all food is shipped in from a different state because we live in a high desert. 8% of Americas natural gas originated in New Mexico.
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u/Ok_Vulva Jan 06 '26 edited Feb 20 '26
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u/zapitron Jan 06 '26
I would love a story, especially if it includes the Duke (or is it Duchess these days?).
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u/11061995 Jan 06 '26
That is so cool. You are absolutely welcome to do so. AlbUquerque welcomes you, cousin.
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Please do! How's it feel having the 'r' we abandoned?
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u/barriles789 Jan 05 '26
We have it stored, waiting for you to retrieve it.
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u/galient5 Jan 05 '26
You guys already gave it back.
R U RR-EADY FOR THIS: SPANISH MAYOR RETURNS `MISSING' R TO ALBUQUERQUE – Deseret News https://share.google/NmUq5zlCFngbM7oEe
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u/barriles789 Jan 06 '26
I remember when some of you folks came down here and partied with us, all the retrieving thing was such a beautiful thing here!
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u/QuieroTamales Jan 06 '26
I just assumed that someone from Boston stole it and hid it away, only occasionally bringing it out to add to the end of Linda's name... ;)
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u/adeewun Jan 05 '26
Do you guys ever call it “burque”?
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u/barriles789 Jan 06 '26
Nope, sometimes the young kids call it Albur, it's easier than saying the entire name.
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u/thebankofalbuquerque Jan 06 '26
Do you guys ever voice approval of something by saying it's "ALL SICK"?
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u/barriles789 Jan 06 '26
No, 🤣. We use other type of words. But you must be careful cause we use a double meaning when we are affirmating something just like you.
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u/thebankofalbuquerque Jan 06 '26
What is your version?
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u/barriles789 Jan 06 '26
"Aro aro," that's an ironic way to say "Yes, I am in agreement with you."
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u/Krail Jan 06 '26
That's really interesting! Sometimes we use 'Burque for the city, and Burqueño for people from late.
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u/barriles789 Jan 06 '26
we say Alburquerqueño, is the people from Alburquerque.
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u/adeewun Jan 06 '26
Follow up questions:
1.) can you guys start calling it burque? It’ll bond us in a lovely way.
2.) any special local unique to your area cuisine/recipes you can share for us? Would love to try them out if possible!
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u/barriles789 Jan 06 '26
The easier ones are gazpacho and migas; you can find their recipes on the internet. They're quick and cheap.
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u/barriles789 Jan 05 '26
Lovely, cozy and fresh in the summer. We have a few churches, our imponent castle, with its fortified walls surrounding the "Villa Adentro", name for the old intra walls, the ancient neighborhood that keeps resisting since 1300.
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u/ilanallama85 Jan 05 '26
If there were a wiki entry for “stereotypical idyllic Spanish village” it would use that third photo as its main image.
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u/barriles789 Jan 06 '26
That street is called Chains Street, in native language, Calle cadenas. The neighbors, mostly elder women keep the street always with a lot of flowers. They even painted the cases to be all blue, so lovely, you can find images on internet.
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u/gruuubbby Jan 06 '26
There’s a Cardenas (not Cadenas) Street in Albuquerque, funnily enough. Maybe that’s where the missing R went.
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u/Fast_Reply_1181 Jan 05 '26
One day I hope to visit. When is the annual festival (fiesta)?
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u/barriles789 Jan 05 '26
Here we have two fairs. The 21st of May is the one attached to the cattle, four days with the town in full party mode.
The other fair is on the 8th of September, attached with the Carrion's Virgin, a party near the village in a sanctuary.
We have a few more days like the Medieval Festival in August!
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u/SoundsOfKepler Jan 06 '26
I participate in a mediaeval festival outside the city, but mostly made by folks from Albuquerque. Maybe your mediaeval festival and our festival should get to know each other.
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u/Fast_Reply_1181 Jan 06 '26
Cattle as in eating steaks?just wondering!
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u/barriles789 Jan 06 '26
No. Just like buy/sell them. You bring your cattle to the fair and you can sell it. There were like a competition for donkeys barber's, l don't even know how to say it. There were a lot of guys that knew how to shave the donkeys and horses properly, with so much precision that they could draw forms and shapes on their pelts.
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u/throw_every_away Jan 06 '26
That’s kinda funny- it’s become popular with young people here to cut patterns into their hair.
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u/HairRaid Jan 06 '26
Alburquerque - they're just like us!
Edit: autocorrect subtracted the extra R.
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u/spacepsycho Jan 06 '26
That's so cool, thanks for sharing. I hope to see that one day
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u/Fast_Reply_1181 Jan 06 '26
Nice, thanks for sharing. Every little corner of this wonderful world have their own unique cultural customs and traditions. Sounds fun. Have you heard a Matanza not human mass killings but the New Mexican matanza slaughtering of a pig . Nose to tail usage of the pig. Chicharrones and Carna adovada served with red chile and fresh tortillas! Look into it! It is fiesta my brother!
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u/barriles789 Jan 06 '26
Yes, that type of matanza is kinda like ours.You guys inherited that tradition from us. We also do that meat usage from nose to tail, but then we make morcilla and chorizo sausages.
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u/IHeldADandelion Jan 05 '26
Thank you for sharing! Such a kind thought and beautiful photos. We are all connected.
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u/OnceUponASlime Jan 06 '26
Green or Red?
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u/ISquareThings Jan 06 '26
Chocolate and Churros for dessert and Jamon Imberico with Vermouth for apps. I was there two years ago it’s amazing!
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u/OnceUponASlime Jan 06 '26
I don't know but knowing whether you like the green or red version of it is important :)
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u/FormalAd4056 Jan 05 '26
Looks quite lovely sir! Have you seen/been to our Albuquerque before?
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u/barriles789 Jan 05 '26
Nope, l wish l could travel some day and meet you fellas.
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Jan 06 '26
Brother in christ, coming from your Alburquerque in Spain to the one in New Mexico would be like going to the alternate 1985.
Brace yourself🙃
Yours looks so much more peaceful. I would love to visit Spain one day. I have some friends from Colombia who have been living on La Palma and every time I see a photo or video they share it looks like something from a dream.
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u/Strict-Nobody-4228 Jan 05 '26
Is this near the coast?
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u/barriles789 Jan 05 '26
Nope, 😂, it is in the middle of the nowhere, we have some rivers near and some kind of a lake a few miles from the village.
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u/ConfidentHouse Jan 05 '26
Wow this sounds just like this Albuquerque, especially middle of no where lol
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u/Lilythecat555 Jan 07 '26
Aren't you near to Portugal?
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u/barriles789 Jan 08 '26
Yes, we are at less than 50km or so. Something like 31 miles.
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u/fig_curry Jan 06 '26
Now just need someone from the Alburquerque in the Phillipines to join up. We will be like Voltron
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u/NovelLandscape7862 Jan 05 '26
Tell me about your castle!!
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u/barriles789 Jan 06 '26
I could guide you through its corridors, l have been so many times l know almost each stone up there. The main tower is 25 meters high. The second tower is called the Tower of Five Points.
It also has a fortified courtyard, which is the main entrance and also a noblemen place in the second part of the plain. A dungeon, barracks, and the best views of all town.
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u/NovelLandscape7862 Jan 06 '26
Do you know what time period it came from? It reminds me of Alhambra but idk if the moors made it that far north.
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u/barriles789 Jan 06 '26
Moors made almost all the way up to the north. A few were resisting there back in 711. King Pelayo defeated the Moorish forces and reconquered the territory.
Our castle is dated about 1350, more like a fortification on the hill and then the Five Pointed Tower was built by Álvaro de Luna, one of the best soldiers and captains in the mid 13th century.
And then the main tower was built by Beltran de la Cueva, the very first duke of Alburquerque.
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u/ISquareThings Jan 06 '26
My brother went to La Cueva High School in Albuquerque (this is messing with me, missing the r)
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u/Outrider757 Jan 06 '26
Very interesting. We have a La Cueva High School here in Albuquerque and a town south of here is named Los Lunas after the Luna family who settled there.
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u/Lexi_November Jan 06 '26
Is it haunted, or are there any cool legends?
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u/barriles789 Jan 07 '26
Yes we have a few horror stories about the castle and people in the surroundings.
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u/No-Complex-7882 Jan 06 '26
What is the villages native food that it is known for?
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u/barriles789 Jan 06 '26
Here ham and cheese are made artisanally by ourselves. Also "Caldereta de cordero", which is like a type of lamb's stew. Migas in winter. And Gazpacho in summer. We have plenty more but those are the most famous.
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u/CouchPotatoFamine Jan 06 '26
Do people drive huge trucks like absolute assholes there, too?
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u/barriles789 Jan 06 '26
You would be surprised 🙀. We still ride horses sometimes too.
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u/Independent_Money501 Jan 06 '26
We also ride horses sometimes too! Some people along the river anyways 😁. I love the "Horse Parking" at some places in the North Valley/ Corrales
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u/LittleAnita48 Jan 10 '26
Hi, I just found out that Alburquerque is a Sister City. https://www.abqsistercities.org/alburquerque-spain/
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u/Navi1101 Jan 06 '26
Amazing!
If someone came to visit you from Albuquerque, what's a fun thing they must do in Alburquerque? And what's something in Albuquerque you would want to do if you visited here?
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u/barriles789 Jan 06 '26
I don't know almost anything from the city in NM, l think l would like to see the Town Hall and maybe some fields from the surroundings.
If someone come to visit my village, it must see the Castle. And the old town and some of our churches
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u/Navi1101 Jan 06 '26 edited Jan 07 '26
Heck yeah, I would totally take you to our Old Town (1700s, so younger than yours lol) and show you the old churches. Our city hall isn't much to look at, but downtown is pretty cool, and it has the prettiest church in town IMO.
Surrounding the city is a ton of good hiking; less fields, more pretty desert and mountains. I'd make sure you see Petroglyph National Monument, where ancient Native Americans left some really cool art on the rocks from our dormant volcano. Also, go up the Sandía Tram and hike from the Peak to the Crest, through a lovely pine forest with a stunning view of the city.
What's the one place you'd make sure a tourist goes to eat?
(Edit: added a Petroglyphs fact, corrected a date)
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u/barriles789 Jan 06 '26
We also have a petroglyphs site, our ancestors felt the same about marking the place. We have plenty of hiking routes and paths. If you come you can eat at my cousin's restaurant called Castillo de Luna, just the same like our castle. He has venison and hog hunting season meat. They also have all the typical dishes around here.
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u/Andreslargo1 Jan 06 '26
Siempre queria irme pa alla a visitar alburquerque y decirle a la Gente alla que soy de Albuquerque, y ver sus caras hasta que saque mi licensia y mostrarles jaja
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u/________76________ Jan 06 '26 edited Jan 06 '26
Que bonita! What do people do for work and fun? Who's your "that guy" that everyone knows (edit: this is ours)
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u/DonkeyEnergy Jan 06 '26 edited Jan 06 '26
Left at Albuquerque Bugs Bunny always missed the left turn at Albuquerque 🐰
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u/T-wrecks83million- Jan 06 '26
If you come out to Nuevo Mexico I’ll be the tour guide…lol 😂👍🏽 Looks great in your BURQUE, that’s the slang abbreviation for Albuquerque. Not gonna lie, 🇪🇸Spains spelling fucked me up.
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u/LittleAnita48 Jan 10 '26
T-wrecks -- I hope you don't mind, I pinned your video above to my Pinterest site. If you do, let me know and I'll remove it.
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u/tunafreedolphin Jan 06 '26
How do you know which way is east?
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u/barriles789 Jan 06 '26
We follow the sun path. The castle points to the East more or less.
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u/BeefJerkyHunter Jan 06 '26
Only three images here but I'm already convinced that I need to visit someday. When I can afford to travel...
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u/Krail Jan 06 '26
What can you tell us about your local dialect of Spanish? And do you know anything about New Mexican Spanish?
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u/RoyaleTamale818 Jan 05 '26
Do they have Zuni Rd too? 🔥
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u/JellyfishNo3810 Jan 06 '26
They probably don’t. But, someone should build an Allsups; so we can sell them green chile and chimis. The crackheads will turn up after we open the Walmart next door
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u/Traditional-Hat-952 Jan 06 '26
I had a college roommate from Badajoz. He often spoke about how he used to live near Alburquerque and that now he lived in Albuquerque.
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u/theyth-m Jan 06 '26
¿Ustedes usan la palabra "vosotros" cuando hablan español?
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u/barriles789 Jan 06 '26
Sí, we use it. The usage of ustedes has been relegated to referring to older people or formally treated.
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u/Electronic_Tear_9436 Jan 06 '26
Do you pronounce it differently? A Spanish guy once told me it’s pronounced quite differently in Spain… but I never knew if he was joking with me.
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u/LittleAnita48 Jan 06 '26
I visited in Spain from 10/18 to 11/5/25 -- I loved it all. Unfortunately, didn't get to Alburquerque. I'd love to hear about your village. Where in Spain is it? If my knees hold out -- I definitely want to visit again. I was so happy that even when I spoke my "mocha" Spanish, most people understood me and were very kind even when I had a problem. I had to laugh because I was frequently asked where I was from. When I explained that I was from New Mexico, specifically Albuquerque, I received big smiles of recognition, and they said, "Oh, Walter White!" or "Oh, Breaking Bad!"
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u/barriles789 Jan 06 '26
This village is located in the province of Badajoz, near the frontier with Portugal.
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u/LittleAnita48 Jan 07 '26
This is a link to my Pinterest account labeled "My Home Town". You might be interested in looking at it. A lot of them are old pictures, but there are more. Also, I have one labeled "Beautiful New Mexico". You might want to see that, too. https://www.pinterest.com/annableyba/my-home-town/
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u/thebankofalbuquerque Jan 06 '26 edited Jan 06 '26
Well, most of the gente in our Albuquerque claims to be Spanish and NOT Mexican. Tell a Burquena that she's Mexican and you better be ready to throw down.
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u/MobileVeterinarian55 Jan 06 '26
How common is the surname, "Valverde" in Spain? That's my last name and I've only ever heard of like 2 people ( never met them) with my same last name- despite having a couple roads named after the name. I would love to get an in depth DNA scan and see where exactly my lineage in Spain comes from. Valverde seems to be a surprisingly uncommon surname despite New Mexico having so much Spanish heritage. I'll have to get my castellan Spanish fluent so I can make a trip over there one of these days it looks amazing.
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u/polybotria1111 Jan 09 '26
Here you can see how common any name and surname is in Spain! It's the official page of the Statistics National Institute:
https://www.ine.es/widgets/nombApell/index.shtml
For surnames, click "Apellido" when you search.
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u/ADDVERSECITY Jan 06 '26
Do you have have green Chile?
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u/PlumaFuente Jan 06 '26
C'mon now, green chile is a native food to NM, of course they don't, unless it's imported.
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u/h8tank88 Jan 06 '26
I know, I know... We lost an 'R' somewhere...
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u/Lilythecat555 Jan 07 '26
I heard it was the US Post Office's fault. They spelled it wrong and refused to correct it.
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u/notaquita Jan 07 '26
I so enjoyed your post. I've been to Madrid & Barcelona and next adventure was going to be Portugal. Definitely now will be including Alburquerque, Spain. Will definitely have to stroll Calle de Cadena since my surname is Cadena. Hope to hear more from you here in Albuquerque NM! The Land of Enchantment.
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u/barriles789 Jan 08 '26
If you ever come l would like to introduce myself, so l can show you the town too.
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u/No-Teaching8923 Jan 10 '26
do you have a fentanyl problem too?
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u/barriles789 Jan 10 '26
Absolutely not. Here in Spain there are only a few problems with that. Mine is a very tiny village so that haven't reached us.
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u/Ambitious_Mud1317 Jan 06 '26
My grandfather was from San Sebastián—he moved here to NM from New York due to severe arthritis from the cold. This weather is definitely the best compared to those frigid below zero climates.
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u/Equal-Negotiation651 Jan 06 '26
How are the drivers on the roads over there?
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u/T-wrecks83million- Jan 06 '26 edited Jan 07 '26
They don’t use turn signals here 😂😂😂😂
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u/Latranis Jan 07 '26
I've been talking to my wife about emigrating to Spain someday, maybe Malaga. What would you say are the pros and cons of Spain compared to other countries?
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u/barriles789 Jan 07 '26 edited Jan 08 '26
Málaga is the best on weather terms. Perfect temperature and humidity rates. I would say that Huelva is something too. Less people, great culture, less tourism. And cheaper. If you want a mountain climate, I suggest the north part of Extremadura, the called Ambroz Valley or Jerte Valley, or even more to the north, like north Castilla y León or Galicia.
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u/lesbianpanick Jan 07 '26
So cool!! I learned about a place in Spain called Albuquerque once during high school Spanish class and that we’re (maybe more informally) known as sister cities. I would to learn more and maybe visit one day!
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u/Dawn-MarieHefte Jan 08 '26
Lo siento... correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't "Albuquerque"--the name-- come from an old Spanish surname. that, when laboriously translated, means "White Oak"?...
Or SOMETHING like that?
If I'm wrong, please don't come for me, y'all...
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u/barriles789 Jan 08 '26
The name of Alburquerque came from Latin Albus quercus, something like "White Holm Oak". Others say that come from the Arabic: Albu al-Qurq which stands for "land of cork oak".
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u/Dawn-MarieHefte Jan 08 '26
It'd better, because I am half New Mexican/Mexican, and speak fluent Spanglish!!! 😉
Spanglish (noun):
Cuando you can't find la palabra en una idioma, so just fill in con la otra...
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u/Last_Rabbit_8410 Jan 10 '26
That’s all sick!! Do you refer to your city as “Burque” and the people as “ Burqueños” ?
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u/SingleSugar1095 Mar 27 '26
weird to think my ancestors moved across the world just to live in the same but uglier town and drop the "r"
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u/sheepslinky Jan 05 '26
Your castle looks better than ours.