Photo Post: La Hermandad Rociera de Triana and the Pilgrimage to El Rocío

"No, no, no," Lucía shook her head fiercely as curls of white smoke escaped from her lips. "You shouldn't be in Cerro de Águila by yourself. Crime is rampant over…

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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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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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