A skiff, a crumpled throwaway, Elijah is coming, rode lightly down the Liffey, under Loopline Bridge, shooting the rapids where water chafed around the bridgepiers, sailing eastward past hulls and anchorchains, between the Custom House old dock and George’s … Continue reading
The light music of whisky falling into glasses made an agreeable interlude. ~James Joyce, Dubliners A brisk evening out in Dublin in search a heck of a time or, as they say in Gaelic “craic” (crack). And we’re talking a … Continue reading
I want to give a picture of Dublin so complete that if the city one day suddenly disappeared from the earth it could be reconstructed out of my book. ~James Joyce Before and after photos of paper mural supporting the … Continue reading
“This wine is too good for toast-drinking, my dear. You don’t want to mix emotions up with a wine like that. You lose the taste.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises O Spain you dark spain Bearer of Cervantes, … Continue reading
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The matador and the bull still reign in the months of the bull fights of Spain, as they have since the days of Carmen and before. Will there continue to be new generations of matadores? Only time and the evolving … Continue reading
As they say below~The Mediterranean diet is varied and gives you a healthy and balanced diet based on fish, chicken, legumes, fruits and vegetables. More equilibrium ensues with meat treats, such as Jamon Iberico and Bellota and the cheese accompaniments, … Continue reading
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Our next performance takes place in Madrid at a tablao style review at Las Carboneras. Afterward, we return to Seville with a look at some of the costume of flamenco and to take a few final bows.
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The cultural influences of flamenco are wide and varied, from the Greeks and Phoenicians — the castanets; to Asian, Arabs, and Egyptians — the arm movements and musical instruments; the Afro-Cubans — percussion, and movement of hips and shoulders; and … Continue reading
Before another sun sets on the high plateau of Madrid, the Alhambra’s great illumination comes on, or the Grand Cathedral of Seville peals midnight, you need to meet some of the faces of modern Spain.
“In Spain the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country in the world.” ― Federico García Lorca “And so I sit here in the last light, upon this stone, among these olive trees, gazing out across … Continue reading
Through the looking glass ~ 