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AN INVITATION FROM THE AMERICAN CLUB OF MADRID TO THEIR MARCH EVENTS »
If it's fun, profitable and and propitious events,, it must be the American Club's!
STATESIDE STORIES: Barras de Pan »
The memory of fresh sardines in landlocked Madrid; bread in the States with all sorts of national origins, not least Spanish, and how to make use of them when they grow stale; and lentil stew with chorizo transplanted to the States
THE FIRST EUROPEAN “UNIVERSITY” & ONE OF THE WORLD’S OLDEST UNIVERSITIES IN CONTINUOUS OPERATION IS SPANISH »
Spain was one of the pioneers of university learning in the world
BARCELONA IS CAPITAL OF MOBILE WORLD »
The ongoing Mobile World Congress is the world’s largest event for the mobile telecommunications sector. Barcelona is the capital of Mobile World
GOURMET’S CHOICE: THE POST AVANT- GARDE MADRID FUSION 2016 »
Iberia's greatest pastry chefs and chocolate-makers; Madrid Fusion 2016 ant its guest country Thailand; Exhibition Dialogues with the Vanguard Americans
A GUIDEPOST REPRINT: “Avoiding the People Plague in Palma, ” 17 February 1977 »
Mallorca in the winter of 1977: "I found Mallorca surprisingly enchanting. I expected it to be very modern and somewhat overrun by tourism. But to my surprise, it was peaceful, very hilly, and filled with interesting little surprises"
THE AMAZING SPANISH CLOTHIERS’ NOT SO CASUAL SUCCESS »
"Who would have thought that a country that once got stuck with the flamenco costume (not that there’s something wrong with that costume) could spawn some of the biggest players in the world of chic fast fashion?"
FARO DE MONCLOA: AWESOME EARTHBOUND VIEWS FROM HEAVEN »
"Up there on the Faro, with panels that provide the visitors all the info they’ll need to know about the city that unfolds before their very eyes, Madrid shares with its visitors its treasured monuments"
SPAIN POLITICS: NEVER DULL MOMENT IN AND OUT OF THE HEN HOUSE »
In their first session in the Congreso de los Diputados they made straight for the front row, complete with a baby in the arms of their co-founder. The next session they were sent to the hen house in the back of the chamber.
AH, ROMANCE! »
By Mary Foran
In these oh-so-serious times, it’s amazing how St. Valentine’s Day, celebrated on February 14th, is still in