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Spain Sunday: Jerez, AKA Xeres, AKA Sherry, and some cocktail recipes.
While I am sure that most everybody has heard of Jerez/Xeres/Sherry, I doubt everyone knows what it exactly is. I don’t blame you if you…
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Hike: El Pico
We’ve made a goal to spend our summer exercising, studying Spanish, and adventuring around our area. Part of this list involves hiking every Friday. It’s…
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Spain Sunday: Spain and America’s War for Independence
The 4th of July has come and gone, and this post is a bit late. But since it’s still July, and you might still have…
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Spain Sunday: Running of the Bulls
Yesterday was the last day of the San Fermin Festival! This means for the past 8 days we haven’t been able to turn on the…
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Recipe: Berenjenas Con Miel
Or in English, Fried Eggplant with Honey/Molasses. Miel translates to “honey” but they are shortening “miel de caña” which is actually molasses. It has a lighter…
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Spain Sunday: Basic Spanish Etymology
Etymology is the study of the history of words. The etymology of ‘etymology’ is that it was a Middle English word via Latin from Greek etumologia. This is…
Stuffed eyes
“Stuff your eyes with wonder. Live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal.
-Ray Bradbury
Stuffed 