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I'm here living with my family and I speak Spanish and my wife is learning Catalan. Dreaming in Spanish is constant.

@Limo7521

Жыл бұрын

Hi which area in Span is the Catalan language spoken xx

Started watching the channel yesterday, and I did binge watching on all “What’s it like being a Jamaican living...”, enjoyed them and found it informative!! 🇯🇲

@Jamaicans

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome! We're so glad you're enjoying our videos.

@xmurphy2485

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Suzette. My goal is to interview a Jamaican in every country of the world.

@zazasbeauty2049

3 жыл бұрын

I binge watched almost every episode too. Very informative indeed!!

@k.t.1184

2 жыл бұрын

Currently binging every time I wake up to breastfeed I watch an episode. Keep me awake😂

@juanacastillo1772

4 ай бұрын

I just found this channel and I am doing the same binge watching all night I can't stop watching ❤😂

I remember seeing Ana Strachan on television performing with her sister.

Nice interview. I am also a Jamaican Living in Spain. I have been here for 7 years now. When i first came here i only came across 4 Jamaican, seeing Jamaicans here was a rarity and still is. But over the past year or 2 the number has increased. I am part of a whatsapp and Facebook group called Jamaicans in spain with 40+ members. There is a good number of Jamaicans in Spain that i know who are not part of the group so the numbers are growing. Most are here in Madrid but there are some in Valencia, alicante, Barcelona, even cuenca ( very rural part of Spain).

@olderwiser1017

3 жыл бұрын

Take care and enjoy your time there.

@vivveene1675

3 жыл бұрын

vicegrip vicegrip: Is there a Facebook group too as I would like to ask some questions about moving to Spain?

@daintybowlegs1

3 жыл бұрын

@@vivveene1675 yes its called Jamaicans in Spain

@vivveene1675

3 жыл бұрын

Vicegrip vicegrip: I am not finding that group on Facebook.

Jamaicans ar certainly adventurious people, travelled to all corners of the globe.

Proud of these Jamaicans & the host, I have watched all the interviews in the series. These are the real Jamaicans that make us realise there are several sides to Jamaicans, not just those portrayed in a different light..👍🇯🇲👊❤👌🙏

@olderwiser1017

3 жыл бұрын

@Un A Pologetic 👍

I have fallen in love with the Spanish speaking countries and islands. Dominican Republic, Cuba, Mexico and Spain. The U.K. have been my foundation for 34 years, but now, I’m all Spain. All of it. My home for the rest of my life.😍😍😍😍

I found Barcelona's architecture spectacular. The Catalan was close enough to standard Spanish for me to butcher my way thru but the Siesta I could NOT wrap my mind around. Jus when me get up and out dem lock 🔐 up everywhere for hours. But Barcelona was coastal so it was nice. Sitges was a nice day trip. Btw I lost it when I saw a dread shirtless on a bicycle in Central Barcelona!

@Jamaicans

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

I wish I could voice exactly how this made me feel. Thank you for sharing, I felt my heart expand just by watching this. Thank you from a Jamaican in St. Lucia 🇱🇨

I'm loving this channel so badly. I only found out about tis channel a month ago. It is the best for me.

@Jamaicans

3 жыл бұрын

So glad you love our channel. Thanks for watching!

I enjoy this channel he's a good interviewer and the people he interviews are all so charming ! One love un amor

@trishnewman910

3 жыл бұрын

Ana, are you planning to return to studies while there?

@Jamaicans

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the compliment!

@xmurphy2485

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Danny. I am learning as I do these interviews.

@andrewchambers805

3 жыл бұрын

Noz .

I love Malaga, Torreliminos, and took a trip over to Tangier, Morocco, where the food in Tangier was the best in all my travels. I also visited Granada,and Alhambra.

This program is so informative! It makes me doubly proud of my people in a time where negatively soars, it is a breath of fresh air.

Another splendid interview...love these ladies.

@Jamaicans

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I enjoyed flamenco show when I holiday in Spain ,brings back memories,loving the show 👍🏿

So that's where Ana has been! Loving these interviews.

I'm surprised this channel doesn't have more subscribers. It is soooo coool!!!!!😎😎

I love this channel and how wonderful it is to see our great people of Jamaica who are not afraid of going to other places and widening their horizons, we're an amazing people and we love to challenge ourselves to be more creative and more importantly we can do something that will help us understand what is happening in other countries.

All languages are important and interesting as it tells a story , yet others try to put some above the others

Always enjoy these interview.

Great, I enjoyed watching and listening to Xavier, Ana and Kiki. They are fun, they are really enjoying themselves.

I love these interviews! Please keep them coming....

Another amazing interview...love these ladies🥰. Thanks Xavier!

Definitely the best channel on Jamaica and Jamaicans

Finally Spain...looked forward to this interview and thoroughly enjoyed...As always lovely people that are interviewed with interesting stories.

Park Guell is a very interesting place I visited in Barca as well but the Sagrada Familia is just breathtaking!!!

@Jamaicans

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed! It's amazing!

I love your interviews. They make the world a little smaller.

Loooove it...these discussions are O so beautifully presented.

Eat. Eat. Eat. And eat some more 😂. I am fascinated with the Spanish culture. Spain is one of my dream country. If it’s God’s will, I will visit there.

Love these interviews. Amazing people. Open minded. One love.

Another excellent interview.

@Jamaicans

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Another stellar interview! and very funny and informative!

@Jamaicans

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it!

I thoroughly enjoyed this interview! Now I want to pack my bag and head off to Spain! 😁

I have been waiting with bated breath for this interview as I live in Spain. I love ALL the interviews and GSL when Covid stop keep, I've got my travel bucket list. Some people best be expecting a knock at their door!!! 😂😂😂😂

@Jamaicans

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it and we can't wait to get back to traveling too!

@olderwiser1017

3 жыл бұрын

What's GSL?

@olderwiser1017

3 жыл бұрын

Something to do with laughter, I guess 🤔.

This was a special interview, always loved Spain, ladies thank you, I learnt so much about the culture, I can't wait to visit. Much love

@Jamaicans

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Love, love, love Spain, maybe because that's the culture I lived in, I love and understand the people.

Just discovered your channel and subscribed. I love Spain and lived 3 years in Barcelona. I am planning to permanently relocate there for good.

KZread recommended this video and the title grabbed me as I went to Spain as an Exchange student with Afs

I love this, I really had a good laugh, really interesting learnt alot, Thanks keeper and Anna, bless your hearts.

This has been one of the most interesting informative and also very entertaining interviews Xavier thank you again 🤴🏿🇯🇲 for your work Happy New Year and keep us continually informed about our people from our great Island JAMAICA 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲👍🏿

@Jamaicans

3 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

@sherifuntastic

3 жыл бұрын

We hosted a dancehall selector from Vilanova I la Geltrú this time last year. He was blown away...such fun. We even had him on our travel podcast upon his return to Spain.

@sherifuntastic

3 жыл бұрын

The Castillos were one of the must see activities that were always happening en la Placa de la Vila on festival dsys.

@xmurphy2485

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you and hope to tell the stories on Jamaicans living in every country in the world

@sherifuntastic

3 жыл бұрын

@@xmurphy2485 I would love to host you as our guest on The Suite Life Travel Podcast.

Thank you so much for this. I’m about to visit Barcelona and wanted to see what food and things to see while there. I’m from Kingston but live in LA. You beautiful ladies make me feel happy about my visit. The “poop” stories at the end had me ROTF 😅

Loved it! Thanks! 😊

@Jamaicans

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Love this interview! Found the browning comment very funny. My daughter lives in Switzerland and had this same issue. She had to burn sugar😊

Oh my haven't seen Ana in ages...looking great girl

I visited in 2019 both Madrid and Barcelona..love it there 😷😷I love these ladies so informative.

@Jamaicans

3 жыл бұрын

So glad you liked it!

@outofmanyweareone6429

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jamaicans we are a force to be recon with. We are a strong group of people. 💗💗💗💗

Anna, understanding is just the start...it's amazing when you start dreaming in the language..I am open to having a Catalan husband now. When I lived there not so much but now I will take the plunge.

Really great guests!

Yes! Italians knooooow how to cook artichokes! There are so many regional dishes. Yum! ♥️🇮🇹

@Jamaicans

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes!

Wow... we just found your channel. This is pretty good. Jamaicans are really every where .... lol .... We are truly adventurous. Enjoyed this interview....... #JamiacansInJapan

Food in Barcelona is epic...I found sesso con patatas as an eye opener...

These are very positive women. Great representatives for Jamaica.

Kiki I would definitely would like to hear you & your family in conversation, with you guys switching language & all.

Kiki, that's what I remember about being there, the variety of food options, we would go a month without repeating a dish.

ANOTHER VERY INTRESTING INTERVIEW!...JAMAICA MAYBE A "DOT" ON THE MAP, WE LITTLE BUT WE TALLAWAH!....WE ARE ALL OVER THE WORLD! BIG UP JAMAICA!

There is an annual reggae festival in Benicassim This is huge and well represented by a lot of Jamaican artists

Wow this made us laugh...Big up Jamaicans all over the world

My two friends live in Red Hills , did sales there too for a year.

Interesting show. Re fed we have no problem getting all the Caribbean food wanted.including bread fruit in the U.K. What kind of accent is it that Ana has? I know it isn’t a U.K accent. It definitely sounds Jamaican - but with a difference. It was great to learn from Kiki that some people/musicians from Spain will travel to Jamaica to learn about the music reggae. Spain also has a fantastic Moorish history, remember the Moors were there for roughly 700 years. Thank you 🙏🤠

I love this channel very interesting keep up the good work

@Jamaicans

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Lovely jubbly. I agree with Kiki regarding our island size. We have big hearts and we're very ambitious and confident. That's why we see our country as 'large'.

The festival happens in August It’s called Rototom Sunsplash.

Not touching on how expensive it is in Spain, I held on to my US$s But it’s a great place. Very nice channel. Most of these countries brought back memories.

@Jamaicans

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

Just finish watching this episode, I can’t get the part about the poop out of my head, I’m visiting Spain in a few weeks and is now freaked out about what to eat there 🤣

Great interview..Both Madrid and Barcelona are beautiful cities. People should try visiting Santiago De Compostela..

@Jamaicans

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! There are so many wonderful places in Spain.

@angelmendez6638

3 жыл бұрын

Madrid and Barcelona the most uglies citys if Spain.

Ladies take this as a lesson to not limit yourself about what your spouse should look like. If you only want to marry a Jamaican man, you may end up being a spinster and waiting forever. Don’t be afraid to take a chance.

@vivveene1675

3 жыл бұрын

Thank youi

@noriwilliams4637

3 жыл бұрын

Shouldn't the objective be to marry a good man?

Thanks ladies I enjoyed this episode. What date is the twins Birthday? Mine is November 17th. Thanks Xavier.

Great video but one thing... you showed the Santiago Bernabeu instead of the Camp Nou. As a cule (a Barca fan) that hurt me because they are our rivals! XD Great informative interview with a lot of personality :)

My favorite place to live was Seville, Spain. #ProudJamaican

Those onions, she's describing, look's like spring onions we have here in Britain.

Speaking of people 🇯🇲 Jamaicans who have impacted society, Never forget the great civil rights pioneer, Hon Marcus Mosiah Garvey!! At about 25, you talked of outerwear. On my visit to Florence, 🇮🇹 Italy, I also noticed the young people in the Jamaican and Brazilian colours...

You can use molasses to replace browning for the Christmas black cake

If I had spent an extra yr in college I would have been able to do a semester abroad in Spain...man, I wish I did that 😪. Every episode I watch I want to visit the country 🤣🤣.

Kiki, I have fond memories of my time in Pais Basqueo

I would like to know more about the host Xavier Murphy, what's your story.

For me, I was sent to Sardanas because my host father thought that I couldn't live in Catalunya without learning to dance las Sardanas.

I would like to know how kiki Marriot got the scholarship, and what was the procedure to apply for the language scholarship

BIG up Ardenne alumni...Ana

@queenj1745

3 жыл бұрын

My Alma Matar ❤

Hi Xavier. Thanks for the interview new bee here. What the group call that Kiki and Anna is a part off. I love to link up these sister's up via email WhatsApp f/b looking to travel to Barcelona later in the year. Keep up the good work x

Yes Kiki, tell the story of the Catalan man.

Now tell me, what is your favourite spanish dish? I want to try cooking some spanish food but dont want to waste my time if no one has recommended anything to me. Thank you

Do Jamaicans in Spain socialize with people from Dominican Republic and other Spanish speaking people from the Caribbean Cuba etc?

@denzelreid4834

2 жыл бұрын

There are people in Panama 🇵🇦 who are of Jamaican descent.

Jamaica to di world!

WOW ! My beautiful Jamaican sisters...♥️♥️♥️♥️ Jamaicans are soooooo nice👌👍🏽 take great care of yourselves ladies 🤗....Xavier, I believe that you're doing a great job. I love what you're doing 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👏👏👏

Former Olympian Deone lives in Spain

I love Ana's approach to Jamaican Patois as a language on its own. Yes! You are bilingual! Also if you want to learn Jamaican patois please follow my channel!

Jamaica was under Spain from 1494t to 1655 we have history with them.

Mr Murphy,you want talk to a Jamaican living in Senegal west Africa?hit up! Interesting story!

@xmurphy2485

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for reaching out. We did Senegal in March - kzread.info/dash/bejne/h5V_uMFqipytaNI.html

Would definitely be an emotional experience... Just wondering what mother allows their baby to climb that tower. Kiki my assumption is already made, on why they wear helmets.

Kiki have a "proppa" husband man...goes to the market & cooks. Nice!!!!

Cajon/ box drum

Wow! You were introduced to your husband

Where are you Anna?

This is the Ana Strachan that sings? The Strachan Sisters?

@sanekasetram2464

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

Xavier, I hosently believe that music is a universal language...

Ladys and gentlemen I love your show ,hi ann can we get married now won 🥰🇬🇧🇯🇲🖤

Looking to move there this year if it pleases the Lord. To say I'm scared would be an understatement but hey..nothing tried nothing gained.

Xavier, did you say you and kiki is your twin

@xmurphy2485

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. I have the same name as her hubby and she has the same name as my wife. We both got married the same year.

Jamaicans are international lifers.

Kiki look so much like my cousin who is also a Marriott but living in London.