Tag: spain
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March 31, 2008 01:24 PM EDT --
For Padre Flavio Zavala, my first mentor, who taught me a little Spanish, a lot of Latin, how to play chess, and what I needed to know about finding God in the small things.
Plaza . . . more
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May 09, 2008 06:00 PM EDT --
My happy sojourn, in the spiritually rich Basque country, was sadly drawing to an end. I had worked on a farm, shared nine days with the workers on a farm, been up into the mountains, seen the . . . more
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May 19, 2008 08:20 PM EDT --
Yesterday, I was informed it is John Walter's birthday. Not knowing much about John, I decided to investigate, but almost everything had been translated into Spanish. Undeterred, I finally found a . . . more
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August 03, 2008 09:02 PM EDT --
This past June, I was fortunate to be able to visit Barcelona, Spain, for a second time. One of the most enjoyable parts of both my trips was strolling along the popular pedestrian street that leads . . . more
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August 15, 2008 01:30 AM EDT --
This is Part 2 of my series about a famous food market called Mercat St Josep La Boqueria , that I visited over the summer in Barcelona, Spain. This is the most unbelievably colorful market you . . . more
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December 11, 2007 12:17 PM EST --
Spain
Feliz Navidad! That would be the traditional Christmas greeting in Spain. There are many wonderful Spanish traditions for Christmas, from elaborately decorated nativity scenes (nacimiento) . . . more
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November 13, 2006 07:35 PM EST --
I'm almost out of smoked paprika. I need to order more. Tomorrow.
Two years ago I purchased a great "chile pepper" cookbook and the first recipe I picked . . . more
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August 06, 2008 05:28 PM EDT --
Is a Spanish word meaning 'a small armored man'?
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April 16, 2006 01:51 PM EDT --
These Smileys are speaking in Spanish. . . . more
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October 28, 2007 11:28 PM EDT --
I learned the art of people watching in the plazas of Madrid. I used to sit in the sun for hours, sipping my cappuccino- on windy days I had chocolate con churros.
People . . . more
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December 24, 2007 10:56 AM EST --
With 65,000,000 people traveling today (Christmas Eve) and presumably returning over the next few days, the equivalent of almost half our country's population will be . . . more
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June 18, 2008 12:47 PM EDT --
If It's Tuesday, This Must be Belgium...no wait, it's Wednesday isn't it? Darn.
If It's Wednesday, This Must be Madrid!!!
Quick note to let you all know I'm in Madrid...the . . . more
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June 29, 2008 01:12 PM EDT --
It's a lazy Sunday and we're off to a Birthday BBQ - Pool Party, but then Richard showed me the sports section in the Sunday paper .............
EURO 2008 Championship in . . . more
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July 01, 2008 11:59 AM EDT --
Welcome to this week's edition of If It's Tuesday, This Must be Belgium.
This week is brought to you by the country...Spain. (Yes, I do occasionally stay in Belgium, though I just got . . . more
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May 07, 2006 07:16 PM EDT --
The Other Red Sauce
The sweet taste of your lover's mouth -- at once familiar and foreign. Spicy heat, sparse and sere as the Sonoran dessert where hidden flowers bide their time. Woody . . . more
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November 12, 2006 07:28 PM EST --
Spanish Sangria
No fiesta would be complete without a pitcher of this traditional red-wine thirst quencher with citrus.
1 bottle (750 ml.) dry red wine (such as a hearty
Burgundy)
1 cup fresh orange . . . more
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March 12, 2008 12:02 AM EDT --
Sunday marks the beginning of Semana Santa.
During the Christmas season, I talked a little bit about my family's Christmas traditions and how we have continued to celebrate El Dia De . . . more
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April 28, 2008 02:56 PM EDT --
While I was an exchange student in Germany and because of a sufficient skill in handling a strangely curved stick, I was chosen to represent a German Students Team at a hockey tournament in . . . more
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July 10, 2008 07:44 AM EDT --
Though for many a typical holiday consists of a long flight to a beach and an all-in hotel, there's a lot to experience outside of this narrow-vision-vacation – an excellent example . . . more
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July 11, 2008 07:05 PM EDT --
This novel deals with one of my favorite topics - sleep. However, instead of more sleep, which I am in favor of, it deals with no sleep. In a novel based on the short story by the same author, Beggars . . . more
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