Photo Post: the Chirigotas of the Carnavales de Cádiz

Pá qué quieren ir ha Chipiona shi aquí tenemoh Caí? Two more beers and a plate of chicharrones were slammed down in front of us as the bar keep expressed…

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Autonomous Community Spotlight: Extremadura

Not one to make travel goals, I did make one when coming to Spain: visit all 17 autonomous communities at least once before going home. While Madrid, Barcelona and Seville…

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Spain Snapshots: Setenil de las Bodegas (and why I never need to return)

The eternal question I get from my visitors is: Ooooh, where should we go on your days off? I'm not the type of person to sit still on the weekends…

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Spain Snapshots: the Feria del Caballo in Jerez de la Frontera

Call me a purist, but I love Seville's April Fair, classism and all. Friends of mine had always talked about the jerezano equivalent, held a few weeks after Seville's famed…

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