In this week’s Camino a Ítaca a look at how blind the far right is to the meaning of their own words. Click over to read the original piece published in el HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en castellano abajo) I never thought I would see something like this happen. It seemed…
Interviews can be difficult, add to that another language but José Carlos Macías made the experience easy. Thanks for the great time. Click over here for a listen.
I’ve been writing for a Spanish paper for the past while and haven’t put up any posts because…well…the articles are in Spanish! To make matters worse for blogging, the pieces only appear in the print section or the pay section online. As soon as I can get ahold of some of the material, I’ll put…
Spain still suffers from stereotypes… Some tourists visit and feel terribly threatened when men occasionally whistle or shout “Guapa” in the street. Terribly offensive to some, but when you consider the fact that the rate of sexual violence here in Spain is remarkably lower than in their home countries, questions need to be asked. Seen…
Photo Pete Turner Photography Woke up yesterday with a full inbox and a creeping sense of panic, suddenly I was being followed. Followed I mean, in the sense of Twitter. A post on the Matador Travel network listed me on their 20 interesting expats to follow piece and suddenly my inbox was more popular than…
I read a post the other day listing the 10 best places to swim around the world. Reading through them I realized that I hadn’t been to even one of them! Poor me, but then I thought, wait…I’ve swum in some lovely places. Let’s narrow them down to 3 in no particular order. Ginnie Springs,…
Rainy afternoons are good for something more than our garden. A view from my wife’s study, with the ‘Torre de Caleros’ (Almohad era tower) to the left over looking the valley.
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Frau H. and Herr Z.: Manfred Beier took this photograph while on vacation at the Baltic Sea in August 1954: “Frau H (71 years old) and her cousin Z. sitting In front of the house at Hafenstrasse 39 (who worked as a carpenter aboard the ocean steamer “Imperator” in 1914) More photos of life in…
A new series to celebrate my adopted homeland.