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Category Archives: Spain
Lavapiés
Downtown Madrid was being swept away by a Eat, pray, love-like typhoon. Everywhere I turned, all I could see were tourists in search for anything that was artisanal, local and – why not – gluten free as well. In the Mercado … Continue reading
Curved surfaces and shiny glass.
There was a time, many years ago, when anything even remotely associable to a famous modern architect would’ve sent me drooling in envy. Back in those years I was rock in the belief that, to be considered worth existing, a … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Spain
Tagged Archistars, Architect, Bilbao, Calatrava, Guggenheim, Libeskind, Spain, Stars, Zaha Hadid
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In the Casco Viejo: Bilbao people watching
We arrived in Bilbao on a Sunday, expecting to find the city deserted, its inhabitants still sitting at their lunch tables or enjoying a siesta. The views from the , airport bus seemed to confirm this, for all we could see were … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Spain
Tagged Bilbainos, Bilbao, Casco Viejo, Espana, Euskadi, Euskara, Iberia, Pintxos, Plaza Nueva, Spain, Txacoli
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