A Farewell to Summer
After a brief summer hiatus, the Camino a Ítaca is back with a goodbye. Today there are storm warnings and the temperatures have dropped. Click over to the adíos in…
Red Sky in the Morning…?
…and regulate the countryside. An area they claim has been abandoned by what they dismissively deride as frivolous green policies that come from the European Union and Agenda 2030. The…
Ideology? Mine’s not Ideology!?
School’s out on the Camino a Ítaca this week. Today a look at what education might look like if the PP forms a coalition government with the neofrancoists here in…
Placebo
This week’s Camino a Ítaca falls on Election Silence day, the blackout period when parties can no longer campaign before tomorrow’s elections here in Spain. Autonomous communities and towns are…
Trapped… in a List
In this week’s Camino de Ítaca a different look at the upcoming regional and municipal elections here in Spain. A long term emmigrant’s perspective on voting here in Extremadura. Click…
La Virgen de los Guiris
Welcoming the Virgen In this week’s Camino a Ítaca a look at one of the more hermetic aspects of Spanish culture. It’s a facet that is impenetrable and somewhat incomprehensible…
Socks with Sandals
In this week’s Camino a Ítaca a look at an unusual fashion statement, complete with fearsome canines in tow. A Spanish comedian once said that the Spanish would rather give…
The Procession of the Holy Ice Cream
Creepy Ice Cream A precipitous ice cream stop in today’s Camino a Ítaca. In Spain, often calendar dates have more sway and are more important than what is actually happening…
Sidewalk detours…
A Londoner and a Canadian were walking down the street when… Sounds like the beginning of a joke in this week’s Camino a Ítaca which looks at sidewalk blockades that…
Whose Criteria?
Jurramacho carnival in Montanchez In this week’s Camino a Ítaca it’s carnival time in the mountaintop village of Montanchez here in Extremadura. Up among your hanging Jamóns it’s not your…