Archives: 'March, 2007'

31
March
2007

Invitations and Destinations

On Friday, we went by the local graphic printing shop to check out their selection of wedding invitations. We had gone the week before, but the sample invitations had been loaned out to another couple for the weekend. We reserved them for this weekend.

30
March
2007

Corn Road Trip

I just wanted to pass along a good story I found today. Most of you reading my blog enjoy vicarious travel via a good cultural travel story.

28
March
2007

Incriminating Graffiti

My first name is quite rare in Spain. However, it is common enough that people don’t just say, “Huh?” when I tell them my name. And for some reason, probably the Basques (the source of all native usages of the letter ‘K’ in this country), most Eriks in Spain spell their name as [...]

26
March
2007

Spanish Cow Tongue Recipe

Due to the request from Uncle Steve, I present to you the recipe for cow tongue, as prepared by Marga and her family…

25
March
2007

Balcony of Death

Colindres, like many European towns, I suppose, is full of old, crumbling houses that are just waiting to be torn down and turned into modern apartments. In the nearly two years I’ve been here, I’ve seen half a dozen of these historical treasures get the kiss of the bulldozer.

24
March
2007

Cow Tongue

Here in Spain, people eat cow tongues. It’s actually quite delicious. The texture of the meat is unlike any other. My parents tried some when they were here last year.

23
March
2007

Fame

This morning I went, as I do every day, to the local grocery store to buy bread and something to make for lunch.

23
March
2007

Virtual Photography

For some reason, I started playing around with Google Earth this morning. I was pleasantly surprised to see that they had upgraded the quality of images of Colindres and the surrounding area. But what really blew my mind was that they had accurate topographical data as well!

22
March
2007

Alive in Baghdad

I just wanted to turn you on to my new favorite video blog: Alive in Baghdad.

21
March
2007

One Hail of a Storm

Winter came back this week. Quite violently.

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