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Month: May 2013

New Food Friday: Hornazo/El Viernes de Nueva Comida: Hornazo

May 31, 2013 Alaina Leave a comment

   Hornazo is the typical specialty of Salamanca, Spain’s university town. It’s bread with a lot of different kinds of meat baked…

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A Thought for Thursday/Un Pensamiento para el Jueves

May 30, 2013 Alaina Leave a comment

   I just have been having a strange feeling lately, like something wonderful is about to happen…    Últimamente he…

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New Food Friday: Yemas/El Viernes de Nueva Comida: Yemas

May 24, 2013 Alaina Leave a comment

   Yemas are very difficult to describe: made from egg yolks, which is what yema means in Spanish, they are…

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One month: it’s the final countdown…

May 23, 2013 Alaina Leave a comment

   This week has a lot of significance for me.    Monday the 20th was a year since I graduated…

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May 22, 2013 Alaina Leave a comment

Free again, but it´s just a feeling; freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose–and commit…

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Salamanca: it’s all in the details…and the stairs/todo es en los detalles…y las escaleras

May 19, 2013 Alaina Leave a comment

   This weekend I went to Salamanca, Spain’s party town. With more university students than any other city in Spain,…

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New Food Friday: Asturian Cider/El Viernes de Nueva Comida: La Sidra de Asturias

May 17, 2013 Alaina Leave a comment

   This past weekend I visited the city of Gijón in Asturias, a region on the northern coast of Spain.…

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Wednesday Wisdom/La Sabiduría de Miercoles

May 15, 2013 Alaina Leave a comment

   I truly believe this.    Sinceramente lo creo.

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“The Historian,” Elizabeth Kostova

May 14, 2013 Alaina Leave a comment

   Usually I don’t read books that I would consider creepy, just like I don’t watch horror movies. Just about…

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Gijón: cider and beaches! ¡la sidra y las playas!

May 12, 2013 Alaina Leave a comment

   As I only have five weekends left here in Spain (o.m.g.), I took advantage of the time I do…

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