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A screaming horse. A mother crying over her dead baby. A man dragging his injured body along the street. A faint dove of peace. Standing before “Guernica” in Gernika, with its painful reminders of the atrocities that humans inflict on each other, does not constitute a fun touristic adventure, but it’s a necessary one.
Picasso and Gernika honoured the town’s resilience Read more
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.
Mad Baker legend enlivens Battle of Aljubarrota festivities Read more
“No. Vermú.” With that, Ana denied my late-morning request for café con leche and puzzled me further about Spanish meal times and traditions.
Spanish meals: more to learn than just tapas and eating late Read more
Gracias? Obrigada? If you’ve ever wondered why Brazilians speak Portuguese while the rest of South and Central America converses in Spanish, vamos to Tordesillas. Find out about the Treaty of Tordesillas.
Why do Brazilians speak Portuguese? The Treaty of Tordesillas! Read more