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…the most widely extended fiestas takes place, the Fiesta of Futility, the ‘oposiciones’. Click over to read the originally published piece in Spanish in the HOY the originally published piece…
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TROY NAHUMKO Tales from the Mediterranean Stories Behind the Images WRITER Essayist, Travel Writer and ESL materials writer MUSICIAN I feel comfortable with three chords TEACHER / TEACHER TRAINER For…
Deuteronomy
…religious text, back to something equally atavistic: Oposiciones. The medieval method they use here in Spain to choose their public school teachers (and other public servants). That biblical plague that…
Teacher / Teacher Trainer
…Fiesta of Futility, the ‘oposiciones’. Click over to read the originally published piece in Spanish in the HOY the originally published piece in Spanish in the HOY or read the……
The (mascaraed) Wolves from Little Red Riding Hood
…in his sleep or his political progeny founded the beginnings of the PP has the word been so in vogue. Its use to label what is going on in the…
Fiesta of Futility
It’s summer fiesta season here in Spain and in today’s Camino a Ítaca we look one of the most widely extended fiestas takes place, the Fiesta of Futility, the ‘oposiciones’….
An Odyssey
…prepare for oposiciones that I would find a possible answer. In my initial confusion to grasp exactly what topics such as the legal history of the United States had to…
Leaps of Faith
…‘Matador’ emblazoned on the cheap label, complete with a rather unsanitary aluminum foil lid, was produced. After glasses were poured all around, one was thrown onto the pile to propitiate…
In Search of Traces of Ibn Battuta in Malaysia
In search of traces of Ibn Battuta in #Malaysia. He crossed through the Strait enroute to China and we looked for a mosque from that time. http://nonotfar.blogspot.com.es/search/label/Ibn%20Battutah?m=1 . . ….
Where the Battuta Trail Begins
…sweet.” – Imam Al-Shafi A pilgrimage to the tomb of the medieval world’s greatest traveller and chronicler, Ibn Battuta #nonotfar http://nonotfar.blogspot.com.es/search/label/Ibn%20Battutah?m=1 . . . . . . . . #ibnbattuta…