Not Hemingway's Spain

October 10, 2011

Los Dulces de Sant Donís: A Valencia valentine tradition

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This Sunday, the 9th of October, was " El Día de la Comunidad Valenciana ," an important local holiday in Valencia marked by man...
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October 7, 2011

The 44th Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic

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Aerial view of Sitges, site of the film festival Yesterday was the opening of the 44th Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic in Sit...
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October 5, 2011

Rice Culture in Valencia. It's More Than Just Paella

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So apparently the only famous thing Hemingway ever did in Valencia was eat paella in La Pepica , a restaurant at the city beach. I know thi...
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October 3, 2011

The Name Game: Composite Names and Saint's Days

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I struggle with names whatever country I'm living in, but it is twice as hard to catch a name when you are meeting people and all the na...
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September 30, 2011

Two Spains, Many Spains: "Las dos Españas"

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"Here lies half of Spain. It died of the other half." —  Mariano José de Larra, 19th-century Spanish satirist Stereotypes and sim...
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September 28, 2011

Penedés: Wine Country

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Spain's wines are becoming increasingly popular in the United States, and for good reason. Spain produces some excellent wines, and unli...
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I'm an American expat with Spanish nationality and historian by trade, married to a Valencian. I've been traveling between Spain and the U.S. for over a decade, but will be living abroad in South Korea for 2014-2015.
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