As a passing retrospective of one year in Spain, I am almost obligated to make inventory of what has made the time well-spent. So the following is a synopsis of my, you read correctly, top 81 places, events, observations and impressions of my Spanish life. They are in conjunction with “My Oyster, Part 1″ and… Read More My Oyster, Part 2: A Top 81
At the beginning of a new chapter in a life, along with an apartment empty of distractions and spontaneous consumption of too much caffeine, one gets to thinking. And as a sort of antidote to complacency, or as a byproduct of this idle time, I thought it would be apropos to reflect a bit on… Read More My Oyster (updated)
It is a cool, drizzly day in Madrid. The sounds of the city, jack hammers, saws, sirens, the occasional hoot from a pedestrian, they all seem to be muffled by the low clouds and the misty air that has invaded the normal aridity. The coffee shops and bakeries are the best places to be… Read More Café solo con nubes
Casual Notebook 