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Monthly Archives: December 2009
MadridMan’s Christmas Eve Dinner 2009
I’ve just returned from a wonderful Christmas Eve dinner with Spanish friends, through and through. The dinner consisted of a tasty fish soup with rice. Delicious. At first reading, many Americans hear “fish soup” and immediately they furrow their brows … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged berberechos, Christmas Eve, dinner, food, langostinos, Madrid, Noche Buena, paté, shrimp, Spain
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How it Feels to Win the Lottery
I’ve never won anything before. But last Tuesday it happened. I ACTUALLY won Spain’s Christmas Lottery! Overwhelmed, jubilant, and in denial, I checked my numbers online once, twice, even a third time to be sure I wasn’t mistaken. Nope. The … Continue reading
Posted in Money
Tagged 2009, Christmas, Christmas Lottery, el gordo, fortune, Lottery, Spain, win the lottery, winning the lottery, winnings
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El Gordo 2009: Spain’s Christmas Lottery
It’s that time of year again. In some cases, people have lined up for hours to select their numbers for the 2009 edition of Spain’s Christmas Lottery, all hoping to win “El Gordo”, the largest of all prizes. A few … Continue reading
Posted in About Spain, Money
Tagged Christmas, Christmas Lottery, décimo, el gordo, gordo, lotería, Loteria de Navidad, Lottery, navidad, numbers, Spain, win, winning
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Spanish Holiday Food Ads Include Dead Pigs
Really, you gotta love Spain. I know I do. Maybe I’m now fully indoctrinated into Spanish culture because my first glance at the above Lidl advertisement in today’s Madrid 20Minutos free newspaper had no effect on me whatsoever – until … Continue reading
Posted in About Spain, Food
Tagged carcass, Christmas, Christmas food, cochinillo, customs, dead, fresh, holiday, lidle, pig, raw, Spain, Spanish, spanish food
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1835 Time Capsule Found in Madrid Statue
While extracted today, a (potentially) 174 year old lead box was discovered about a month ago from the pedestal of the statue of Miguel de Cervantes, author of the famed Don Quijote novel. The Cervantes statue, the first one in … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Cervantes, Cervantes Statue, Congreso de los Diputados, contents, Don Quijote, estatua, Madrid, pedestal, Plaza de las Cortes, Quixote, statue, treasure, volumes
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Autumn Snow in Madrid
When I went to bed last night I looked out my balcony window towards the south and saw a long line of thick clouds approaching, slowly covering the otherwise clear skies. Much was said on the radio, TV, and online … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged autumn, Madrid, nieva, snow, snowfall, snowflakes, snowy, Telemadrid, traffic jam
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Madrid Travelthink 2009 Conference
On Friday, 11 December 2009, I attended the day-long Madrid Travelthink 2009 conference in one of the upstairs theater rooms at the Reina Sofia Museum, across from Madrid’s Atocha train station. The new addition to old museum is very nice, … Continue reading
Posted in Money, Travel
Tagged 2009, internet, Madrid, Madrid Travelthink, promote, promotion, Reina Sofia, Social Media, tourism conference, travel conference, Travelthink
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