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A Guiri Finding Herself in Madrid: Meet Laura

I was visiting a Spanish friend the other day. As with many buildings in Madrid, I had to press a call button for the correct apartment and wait for the static and the crackle and the voice of my...

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Night Buses in Madrid

Life at night is part of the appeal of Madrid, a time when the streets are often as busy as they are during the day, just with more laughter, shouting, and high heels. However, once the clock chimes...

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Eating My Way Down Calle Lavapiés

My life in Madrid is nothing if not a quest for new experiences, specifically of the culinary variety. Thus, when a friend invited me to try an Indian menú del día in Lavapiés, I was excited despite...

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Finding Fresh Air

When looking at the picture I have of myself on top of the mirador of the Palacio de Comunciaciones  in downtown Madrid (visit! It’s pretty!), most people say things like “wow, you are so lucky to live...

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Discovering the Beach in Malasaña

If you want amazing Spanish food, you need look no further than your neighborhood bar or restaurant; while there’s a chance of a dud here or there, you can usually count on a sparsely furnished bar...

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Spain sin Español

The biggest reason I have heard for not moving to Spain has been “I don’t speak Spanish!” At first, I thought that was a good reason to avoid the country, given how difficult language barriers make...

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De Tapas Por Madrid 2012

We’ve told you about many Tapas crawls and food opportunities in Madrid, but this one bears mentioning for the next week in particular: until May 20th, De Tapas Por Madrid is an enormous tapas crawl...

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Meet me on mitmi

Computer applications have become a business of seeing gaps in currently offered products and places where a new product would make people’s lives easier. That is the idea behind mitmi, a mobile...

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Weekend in: Palencia

            The first reaction when I mentioned my impending trip to Palencia (using my close-enough Spanish pronunciation) was invariably, “oh, you are going to Valencia! I love the beach there, it’ll...

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