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Typically Spanish?
Atapuerca. It sounds Spanish and, indeed, it is. Turns out it´s a place, a lost little hamlet down Burgos way. It sounds rustic; those overtones of tying up pigs. Atar, to tie up. Puerco, pig. And...
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Of Wasps and Women
This summer I´m having a problem with wasps. No, not the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant variety, like Todd Akin, but the insect variety. (Come to think of it, the Republican´s ”knowledge” of the...
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I Wish I Was in Edinburgh
It´s fiesta time in Alcalá this week. In this, our World Heritage Site, there´s many, many games for kids, some sports, some charity events and even some decent music, including the famous group, La...
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Cheeky Chiringuito
Just to show that I´m not always as crabbit about mindless mirth as I was in my last post, here are some pics of my favourite, fiesta chiringuito. La Cueva de Antolín is on Alcalá´s Calle Libreros...
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