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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Well looky here, a Liebster!

Hey, well, it looks like The Chorizo Chronicles has been nominated for a Liebster award by Amanda from Manders Abroad. Thanks Amanda! I’m honored that anybody reads this

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Gastro-this and hipster-that: lost in the new Madrid

Time flies. It seems like just yesterday I got off that plane at Barajas and started my new life in Madrid. And if not yesterday, then last week. But it

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The Saga Continues: 2014 Year-End Roundup

Well, it’s been a pretty crazy year here at the world headquarters of all things chorizo. For one thing, the world headquarters has moved! Yes, I started out

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Pico de Abantos – more GR-10 adventures

I had made a half-hearted attempt to do this walk before, but today I made it all the way to the top. Pico de Abantos – at 1753

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Looking back on 10 years of life in Madrid

Have you noticed that suddenly everything around town is suddenly a “gastro” bar or some vintagey hipster café? Or even worse, a low-cost bar with the bucket of

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Ten Years of Spanish Life: Oh God Why?

Big news, y’all. Tomorrow, 21 October 2014, marks ten years since I arrived in Spain. Besides the obvious questions this raises – Where exactly did my life go?

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Week One of Madrid’s Ebola Zombie Apocalypse: A Recap of the Most Important News

It’s been a quiet week in Madrid, my home town, out there on the meseta… The zombies are taking over what was once a beautiful city, but most people

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As Ebola Virus Spreads, Madrid Prepares for the Zombie Apocalypse

The ebola virus has spread to Spain. Here’s an update… We all remember back in August when Miguel Pajares, a Spanish missionary, was brought from Africa to die in

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Top 6 Reasons Why You Should Give Me Money

Teaching English is, of course, a seasonal enterprise. It’s like clockwork: in early January, everybody in Spain decides that this will be the year. The year they finally

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