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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Last Day of July in Spain
Talk about your “FLUFF” topics!! Today’s Friday – and the last day in July. So technically, we’re about midway through the summer holiday season. What does that mean? It means that half of the Spanish population is returning home from … Continue reading
Posted in About Spain, Travel
Tagged gridlock, july vacation, Spain summer travel, spain travel, summer holiday, summer vacation, traffic
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Still Happy to be Living in Spain
People often ask me, “Now that you’ve been living in Spain for awhile, are you still happy?” It seems they expect me to be fed-up and ready to pack my bags and go back home to the USA – but … Continue reading
Summer Vacation Exodus Begins in Spain
Although it’s already July 3rd, many workers finished out the week to start vacations this Friday afternoon. This fact is verified by 32 kilometers of traffic jams on all of Madrid’s (and in nearly all of Spain’s cities) out-going highways … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged beach, coast, heat, hot, Madrid, Spain, summer, summer holiday, summer vacation, traffic, traffic jams, village, village life
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Orgullo Gay Madrid Gay Pride 2009
“Orgullo Gay Madrid 2009” has begun! Last year, Madrid hosted Europe’s Orgullo Gay festival. This year is a more typical year with the somewhat smaller-scale Gran Vía parade and Chueca-wide street parties from 25 June to 5 July 2009. While … Continue reading
Posted in About Spain, Entertainment
Tagged 2009, chueca, gay parade, Gay Pride, gay pride parade, homosexual, Madrid, Orgullo Gay, Orgullo Gay 2009, parade, parade route, Plaza de Chueca, ruta del desfile
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