puente

(What's called a puente ( "bridge") here, when the holiday falls on a Tuesday or a Thursday because it leaps from the weekend to the holiday.)

Breakfast in Bed desayunoencama 2005

Tomorrow is a national holiday and the day after is a local Madrid holiday, so most people have taken today off in what is called in Spanish a "puente" (literally a bridge, and used here because they bridge the holiday with the weekend and just take it all as time away from work).

Breakfast in Bed desayunoencama 2007

This limits the length of the "puente" but gives workers some long weekends.

Changes in the legal holiday schedule 2006

I feel that this is simply governmental recognition of the fact that when a holiday falls on a Thursday or Tuesday, people take a "puente" and make it a long weekend.

Changes in the legal holiday schedule 2006

Tomorrow is the inauguration of the new "puente" (overpass) for the Avenida Presidentes, so I will be going at 10AM with my mountain bike and trailor to participate in the parade and festivities as the mayor and governor cut the ribbon (just hope it doesn't fall down like others in the past!).

Posadas, pastorelas y la rama 2005

People are finally back from the "puente" (literally "bridge", but what happens when a any people take off the Monday or Friday as well) and doing lots of post-Frankfurt emails today.

Breakfast in Bed desayunoencama 2004

Despite news of tax rises, austerity budgets, soaring unemployment and a euro zone crisis, most Spaniards will take a "puente" bridge day in between Monday's Constitution Day and

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Despite news of tax rises, austerity budgets, soaring unemployment and a euro zone crisis, most Spaniards will take a "puente" bridge day in between Monday's Constitution Day and

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Spaniards from making the most of the "puente" this long pre-Christmas holiday weekend.

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Spaniards from making the most of the "puente" this long pre-Christmas holiday weekend.

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