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STATESIDE STORIES: SUMMER SIGHTINGS!
August 15, 2018
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A SECOND OPINION: CAN SALMON SURVIVE MANKIND?
August 14, 2018
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THE UK, A FUNNY PLACE TO WIN LATINO AWARDS! OR IS IT?
August 4, 2018
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CIBELES SUMMER MOVIE PARTIES. JOIN!
August 2, 2018
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CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN!
August 1, 2018
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From the Youngest to the Oldest, Cuba Dances
July 31, 2018
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ANKLI: HOME IS WHERE THE STAGE IS
July 25, 2018
ON THE TOWN
Restaurants and bars, movies, theater, dance, sports arenas, even the home… Keep abreast of what’s going on where, and how you can have the greatest fun.
STATESIDE STORIES: SUMMER SIGHTINGS!
The heat rippled up from the vast fields of grain, high on the Eastern Oregon plateaus, nary a tree or bush in sight. It's the Wheat Farmer's Territory, tilled by huge combines and tractors, irrigated by specially arched pipe sprinklers which awed these city slickers for the work they entailed and the sheer enormity of their undertaking: being the breadbasket to the world!
A GUIDEPOST REPRINT: “CAFÉ GIJÓN, THE LAST OF THE GREAT CAFÉS,” 29 March 1963
Wax representation of the old Café Gijón at the Museo de Cera in Madrid
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A Guidepost Reprint
Café Gijón, The
AN INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR, DOCTOR & TRAVEL GUIDE SPECIALIST CORRADO PASSI
Meet the incredibly multifaceted Dr. Passi!
CIBELES SUMMER MOVIE PARTIES. JOIN!
This could be REALLY GREAT FUN– with romance thrown into the bargain. From here to 9 September, Your summer to the hilt!
From the Youngest to the Oldest, Cuba Dances
Cuba has a rich dance history that goes beyond its famous exports: salsa, rumba and cha-cha-cha. On a Road Scholar trip, we were treated to the traditional, popular and contemporary dances performed by dancers of all ages in different settings. One such treat was a demo by the award-winning Havana Queens, an independent dance company that celebrates Cuba's African and Spanish roots and whose YouTube videos are dazzling. Cuba dances!
THE UK, A FUNNY PLACE TO WIN LATINO AWARDS! OR IS IT?
Jesus Carmona, "the fenómeno of the Flamenco World": He won Best International Artist and Best Production. This is the first time a candidate bagged two Latin UK Awards for the same category in the same edition
CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN!
Looking for adventure this summer in Spain? Why not try mountain hiking and climbing? Try the Pyrenees, the Sierra Guadarrama, the Teide in Tenerife, the Montes de Toledo . . . I learned on my first mountain climb that the best way to climb a mountain is the following: One step at a time! Have fun and be safe!
HELL HATH NO FURY LIKE A WOMAN SCORNED
Why Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein made all those revelations about her affair with King Juan Carlos and his alleged murky businesses isn't known. Not yet anyway. What's for sure is that her confessions will have already done irreparable damage to the abdicant king.
GUIDEPOST REPRINT: “PAMPLONA: I’M STILL RUNNING,” 19 July 1963
I’VE just got back from Pamplona and if I’ve said it once, I’ve said it and will repeat it again a thousand times; Never Again.You can quote me next year. I’m bearing the scars of several cornadas, mostly in the region of the liver (pronóstico: muy grave.) and that last bit of the trip, after the car blew up in flames sixty nine kilómetros outside Madrid played hell with my gout. So on that happy note of goodwill and Christian charity, I will leave you to retire to my local clinic. And a happy Sanfermines next year to each and every loving little one of you.
IE University: The Plunge (and the Rebounce?)
Since the year 2000, the IE Business School has grown in popularity as well as quality, with their MBA program moving up the ranks from 24th best globally to the 8th in 2017. The business school was looking forward to another bump in the rankings, possibly surpassing the University of Chicago’s Booth or even Columbia business school. Yet, when the new Financial Times rankings were published this past January, the IE University ranking plummeted from 8th to not making the list at all! Will it ever bounce back among the top-notchers?
A GUIDEPOST REPRINT: “PAMPLONA: THE SUN ALSO SETS,” 5 July 1963
A beautiful, timeless, classic, witty account of the running of the bulls. And to think that it was written no less than 45 years ago. In GUIDEPOST, of course!
MARTA ORTEGA: WHO IS SHE & WHY SHOULD HER NAME RING A BELL?
Zara on Oxford Street, London: the heir presumptive worked here!
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By Natalie McNeal Photos: Guidepost, Natalie McNeal,
A GUIDEPOST REPRINT: “READING FOR A SUMMER DAY,” 12 July 1963
It is summer time now when all movement is poured stickily out of a bottle. It is no time to do anything at all. And so here’s a Torremolinos without movement in, and for, a summer afternoon.
TORREMOLINOS TODAY
Torremolinos nowadays would be almost nothing if not an appealing resort with an inexhaustible source of entertainment
THE REAL MADRID
Any and everything about the fascinating capital city of Spain — and the Autonomous Community of Madrid — from its rich history through its vibrant present to what the future holds, recounted from every angle imaginable.
This category, however, goes beyond Madrid; it embraces stories of what occurred, are occurring, and will probably occur in the Spanish nation whose capital is Madrid.
ANKLI: HOME IS WHERE THE STAGE IS
“A good musician is an honest one, one who’s not terrified of being vulnerable and completely exposed. Music is all about self-expression and self-expression is about being your true self”
YOU’RE IN MADRID & WANT TRUSTY AMERICAN MENU WITH A TWIST? CHECK IT OUT WITH RYAN DAY!
One of the most rewarding experiences for a foreigner in Spain is to venture into intriguing Spanish restaurants and feast on authentic Spanish food. That being said, sometimes it is necessary to indulge in a meal to remind you of home, and maybe soothe some homesick yearnings. But, although there are some American style restaurants in Madrid, finding authentic and unique ones can be quite a task.
RONALDO CRISTIANO AND REAL MADRID: HIS NINE HAPPIEST YEARS
The most famous footballer in the world, Cristiano Ronaldo, says the nine years he played at Real Madrid were the happiest of his life. But he has just left, signing on with Juventus
VERANOS DE LA VILLA, MADRID’S CULTURAL CELEBRATION. ENJOY!
Veranos is honoring the late Enrique Tierno Galván, Madrid’s first democratically elected mayor; he would have been 100 years old this year. Tierno Galván was mayor -- a most beloved one -- at the time of the Movida madrileña, the cultural movement during the Spanish transition to democracy after the death of dictator Francisco Franco. Tierno Galván hosted the first Veranos de la Villa
ON THE “DEATH” OF BOOKS: THE MADRID BOOK FAIR 2018
As an avid lover of physical books, I went to the book fair with one question in mind: how is the Madrid Book Fair responding to the technological changes that are happening around us? Instead of finding a stall selling downloadable e-books, I found a different response. To those who say that books are dying, I say that they are changing. Books are no longer simply the words that fill their pages. They are objects of beauty that can be read and enjoyed, and then displayed proudly on a bookshelf or coffee table in one’s home. This is clear walking through the Madrid Book Fair.
5 BEST INSTAGRAM BLOGS ABOUT MADRID
Whether you're traveling around Madrid for a week or here indefinitely, it’s impossible to ever see enough of the Spanish capital. "5 Best Instagram Blogs" will definitely help!
NEW AGE SPAIN: EL ESCCORIAL REVISITED!
Did you know that El Escorial was built starting in 1563 to be the final resting place for the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, the father of the Spanish King Phillip II? It was finished in 1584 as not only his palace but as a Hieronymite monastery--hence its somber shadows and design.
THE “TRUTH” IS LAUNCHED!
The crowd enthusiastically applauded Nina's presentation of THE TRUTH EMERGES, her gut-wrenching, inspirational and deeply personal book.
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