Monthly Archives: November 2009

Real Madrid-Barcelona: El Clasico 2009 Part 1

Real Madrid travels to very hostile territory in Barcelona‘s Camp Nou Stadium on Sunday, 29 November 2009 (7pm local time) to face FC Barcelona in “El Clásico: Part 1” for the current season. Real Madrid hopes to have their 29-year … Continue reading

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3 Days Before Thanksgiving in Madrid

“The American Store” in Madrid is great. They have absolutely everything – WHEN they have it, that is. I took the 30-minute walk+metro+walk trip to the store next to the Hospital Clínico San Carlos today (metro Moncloa), all bubbly and … Continue reading

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Swine Flu Fear Fuels Economy

Fear stimulates the economy – and the H1N1 Swine Flu virus “pandemic” scare is helping a lot during this worldwide economic crisis. In other times wars were started to pull us out of recession and put people to work. The … Continue reading

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Late Night, Cold Air, Open Windows

If there’s something I love it’s cool, fresh air late at night. Sure, it’s only about midnight here in Madrid but after the recent time change it seems even later. And now that we’re well into autumn the night time … Continue reading

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