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Mad Baker legend enlivens Battle of Aljubarrota festivities
World’s oldest library survived plague, plunder, floods and bombs
Bologna: an excuse to eat that childhood favourite
Italy’s vibrant frescoes require good neck muscles
Northern Italy water adventures: raft, row, relax

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Portugal / Spain

Mad Baker legend enlivens Battle of Aljubarrota festivities

- by Kathryn - 8 Comments.

The Mad Baker roams the streets, getting up in men’s faces, brandishing her long wooden baker’s paddle and threatening to beat them if they’re Spanish. It’s all good fun at the medieval festival celebrating the Battle of Aljubarrota.

World’s oldest library survived plague, plunder, floods and bombs

Bologna: an excuse to eat that childhood favourite

Italy’s vibrant frescoes require good neck muscles

Northern Italy water adventures: raft, row, relax