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Ventana en Verano: julio 2007
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A summer sojourn in Madrid. Jueves, 26 de julio de 2007. Sunday, July 15. In the afternoon, we took a tour of the bullfight ring in Madrid, which included a walk down the camino del miedo- the hallway through which the bullfighters enter the ring, knowing there is no turning back- and even out into the arena itself. We took turns taking one another’s photos wearing the capes. None of this knowledge quite prepared me for the bullfight that night. O one another as they maneuver him. Teased by a torredor,.
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Ventana en Verano: Bullfight & Flamenco
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A summer sojourn in Madrid. Jueves, 26 de julio de 2007. Sunday, July 15. In the afternoon, we took a tour of the bullfight ring in Madrid, which included a walk down the camino del miedo- the hallway through which the bullfighters enter the ring, knowing there is no turning back- and even out into the arena itself. We took turns taking one another’s photos wearing the capes. None of this knowledge quite prepared me for the bullfight that night. O one another as they maneuver him. Teased by a torredor,.
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Ventana en Verano: Food, Customs, Art, and Architecture: Madrid, Segovia, Toledo
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A summer sojourn in Madrid. Sábado, 14 de julio de 2007. Food, Customs, Art, and Architecture: Madrid, Segovia, Toledo. In all the world’s great cities, you can find any kind of food you want. Madrid, of course, is no exception. To explore the culture of Madrid is, in part, to explore Madrid’s cosmopolitan cuisine—delicious sushi, pizza, pasta, a cold lemon Fanta. Beneath and beyond the international, though, is the comida. What excites, though, are the fruit and vegetables. Okay, the golden plums fr...
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Ventana en Verano: Discovery
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A summer sojourn in Madrid. Domingo, 8 de julio de 2007. My first image of Spain (July 2) was through the airplane window as we began our descent, a hundred or more miles out of Madrid. The patchwork landscape seemed every shade of brown—café con leche and terracotta and arena—dotted with olive green trees arranged in regular patterns, suggesting orchards, and occasional pools of a shade of aqua more blue than green. The landscape recalled a favorite book from childhood, Ferdinand,. The hot water heater?
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