Travel Spanish: En un mapa de la costa
On the map. Tierra: la isla, la península, la playa, la costa, el faro, el malecón, el puerto, el muelle, la punta, el cabo, el acantilado (a cliff), el embarcadero […]
Category Archives: Spain
How Not to Starve in Spain
Every time we’ve been to Spain we had trouble with the way they scheduled their meals. If you (like Al) want a big breakfast, fancy some lunch around 1:00 and then […]
Spanish Food Words with Arabic Origins
When the Moors arrived in Spain in 711 C.E. they brought with them advanced agricultural methods in addition to introducing many new crops including sugar cane, rice, ginger and saffron […]
San Miguel Market, Madrid’s ‘Gastronomic Temple’
According to esmadrid.com “the Mercado de San Miguel is the city’s gastronomic temple, the contemporary essence of all the corners of Spanish cuisine.” Opened in May 1916 as a food market, this centenary […]
Toledo es El Greco, El Greco es Toledo
The first time I arrived in Toledo, the bus dropped us at the road below the city and we began a long magical trudge upwards through the winding medieval streets […]
Castillo de Curiel in Spain, Spending the Night in a Renovated Medieval Castle
October 15, 2014. It never stopped raining that day so we headed straight for our destination that night, the Castillo de Curiel, a renovated medieval castle that had been converted […]
Clunia, an Extensive Roman Ruin in Spain
October 15, 2014, morning. CLUNIA, A ROMAN RUIN We started our soggy day by heading to Clunia, a Roman ruin that had existed as a town for several hundred years […]
Valvanera, an 11th Century Monastery in La Rioja, Spain (& the Journey There)
October 14, 2014. On our drive through the province of La Rioja in Spain we spotted this unusual rock formation in the village of Anguiano. We were on our way from […]
Mansilla de la Sierra, a Drowned Village in La Rioja, Spain (plus Lunch)
I love taking backroads – somehow I find them more interesting than the ‘big’ sights of an area. On our way to Mansilla de la Sierra from Valvanera we were […]
Nájera with Its 11th Century Monastery in La Rioja, Spain
The Monasterio de Santa María la Real is an extremely photogenic monastery in the town of Nájera, Spain. Built in the 11 century, its slightly bland exterior belies the many […]
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