Best books about Spain – history, culture, and much more

Looking for the best books about Spain? You’ve come to the right place. I’ve been an obsessive reader basically since I was in Kindergarten, and since moving to

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A bullfighting aficionado comes out of the closet

Hey everybody! I’ve got a new article up on ¡Vaya Madrid! in which I finally admit, publicly, that I love bullfighting. Yes, me. Mr Chorizo. Call me what

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Cercedilla Article on Vaya Madrid, and Quotes for Hemingway’s Birthday

Well folks, I have a new article on Vaya Madrid these days. It’s about Cercedilla, a lovely town up north in the mountains. The title is Escape the

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The Running of the Bulls (in Pamplona and elsewhere)

This week Pamplona (a city in the northern region of Navarra) celebrates the festival of San Fermín – the famous running of the bulls that Hemingway immortalized in

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A Letter from Hemingway to Fitzgerald

Here’s an excerpt of a letter from Hemingway (Ernest) to Fitzgerald (F. Scott) that I dug up somewhere… To me a heaven would be a big bull ring

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