Yeah Right!
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This is a blog that covers a wide range of topics on Spain and especially Madrid. Brian has lived in Spain for over twenty years and has written three books. The blog is mostly in English, but also in Spanish.
tags: Experiences, Madrid, Spain, Travel, Views
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I am an American who has been living in Madrid since 1991. I teach at a school in Madrid. I also write extensively and have published four books on Spain, Spanish culture and Spanish wine. www.brianmurdock.net
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Images of Spain: La fregona (the mop)
Posted on 08/05/2013
I have felt for a long time that one of the best ways to learn about another country’s culture is to acquire little by little the common knowledge known by the everyday citizen. ...
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Images of Spain: The Door Handle
Posted on 03/05/2013
One reason light can be a help is that it allows you to contend with these little buggers. I guess we call them doorknobs, but these are more like door handles. I worked...
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25 Years in Spain: Early Morning and the Birth of a Nation
Posted on 01/05/2013
Then there was light. Not much, but light all the same. Any universe can start that way. Mine was daily. When I first came toSpain, I treated electricity with the same...
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25 Years in Spain: Planes, Trains and Automobiles 8
Posted on 21/04/2013
As luck would have it, I didn’t have to go through the dreadful process of becoming a certified private driver in this country at the cost of hours of classes and dents in my...
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Public Relations and The Spanish Armada
Posted on 09/04/2013
Another classic Spanish expression is “Abril, aguas mil”, which literally means, “April, a thousand waters”. In English they are known as April showers, but...
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25 Years in Spain: Planes, Trains and Automobiles 8
Posted on 06/04/2013
In finally came time for me to forgo public transportation and return to the means that made my country what it is, for better or worse: the car. After all, that was what I had been...
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Spanish Sayings: Cuando en marzo mayea, en mayo marzea
Posted on 31/03/2013
There is a saying in Spanish about springtime weather which goes “when in March it Mays, in May it Marches.” Maybe I am just one of those souls who are subject to the...
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25 Years in Spain: Trains, Planes and Automobiles 7
Posted on 09/03/2013
Buses have always been an option inSpain. Europein general excels at this form of transport and still does. Sure they occasionally tumble off cliffs or plunge into lakes, and...
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Touring Madrid 1, Part 2
Posted on 28/02/2013
If there is something to say about these massive gatherings, it’s that they are a great opportunity to walk through the main avenues of Madrid unhindered by traffic. You can...
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Touring Madrid 1 Part 1
Posted on 24/02/2013
In a recent piece I did on markets inMadrid, I got a note from a friend reminding not to forget the alternative market at the old Tobacco Company Factory in Embajadores. The...
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