What did you like and or miss about Spain?
Jul 24th, 2007, 10:28 AM
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Cova is right !! 
And no, they haven't eaten olives necessarily...some man (mostly old, sure) like to have their toothpick hanging. Why ? No one knows...just a costume, a not very good one if you ask me LOL
And no, they haven't eaten olives necessarily...some man (mostly old, sure) like to have their toothpick hanging. Why ? No one knows...just a costume, a not very good one if you ask me LOL
Jul 24th, 2007, 06:18 PM
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Comfy you are somthing special. A man who is not familiar with toothpicks except for eating olives gets my stamp of approval! I told you once you are a reinaissance man. In Simi Valley Ca where I live (and home of the Ronald Regan Library & site of the famous Rodney King trial) there are many toothpicks guys.....and girls unfortunately. And there are no elegant couples walking arm in arm mostly men walking way ahead of their wives...
Oct 6th, 2007, 07:05 AM
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Ana, Thanks, I didn't read it first time around. This toothpick man terminology is funny, and for some reason reminded me of a Marisa Tomei movie. No, not "my cousin vinny" but rather "someone like you" with interesting enough concepts of relationships. Funny and sweet.
Oct 6th, 2007, 06:23 PM
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The lovely stork couples in Pedraza de la Sierra outside our bedroom window every day.
The delicious roast suckling baby lamb at Yantar....and the big fat white asparagus.
Being addressed as Senora....and as usted..
The delicious roast suckling baby lamb at Yantar....and the big fat white asparagus.
Being addressed as Senora....and as usted..
Oct 7th, 2007, 05:23 AM
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I must agree with Iregeo about Retiro Park Sunday mornings.
Food Markets in Spain are interesting: there's unwritten precedence rules (a quien le toca?) and each shopper getting into an informal queue But just to visit a market like Bilbao's 3-story market on the river can be a delightful experience. Sometimes it's even possible to sample morcillas or chorizos or quesos from various pueblos. I could spend a half day exploring Bilbao's mercado Central.
Then there are markets like the one in Huelva: outside for fruits & vegetables; indoor for meats.
Food Markets in Spain are interesting: there's unwritten precedence rules (a quien le toca?) and each shopper getting into an informal queue But just to visit a market like Bilbao's 3-story market on the river can be a delightful experience. Sometimes it's even possible to sample morcillas or chorizos or quesos from various pueblos. I could spend a half day exploring Bilbao's mercado Central.
Then there are markets like the one in Huelva: outside for fruits & vegetables; indoor for meats.
Feb 25th, 2009, 07:39 PM
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Maybe already mentioned and certainly already referred to....the intensity of flavors. We were in Barcelona only 4 days and were (and still are) amazed by the flavors of every bite. Every bite had a mmmm to it. The jamon, the bread, the fruit, the coffee, even my lemon soda was beautiful. Very intense flavors. Lovely.
We're going back, this time to the Granada-Jaen-Malaga area. We'll be there mid-March. I'm so impatient.
We're going back, this time to the Granada-Jaen-Malaga area. We'll be there mid-March. I'm so impatient.
Mar 1st, 2009, 12:34 PM
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love the late dinner, warm climate ( not in the summer!)
the language(s), the sea, food and food, friendly people ...
going to Barcelona in 10 days for the third year in a row.
Hope to go back to Spain in the fall.
'...............
"loving parents watching their children"
p.s. I have never seen so many stores for children's clothing
everywhere.
the language(s), the sea, food and food, friendly people ...
going to Barcelona in 10 days for the third year in a row.
Hope to go back to Spain in the fall.
'...............
"loving parents watching their children"
p.s. I have never seen so many stores for children's clothing
everywhere.
