A little whining first: Over the years I have become a bit of a news critic, especially since becoming involved in aviation – there is a lot of disinformation out there. It was only today, however, that I learned that the news media often goof when it comes to another topic – my beloved Spanish [...]
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Where Everybody Knows Your Name Whoa, where have I been!? Canoeing, eating, walking, people watching, going to the beach, visiting with friends, and in general enjoying my vacation. It’s about to end, though, so I’d better enjoy as much as I can. Last night we spent a few hours at a closing party for a [...]
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Who? What? Where? When? I’m going away for the weekend with friends of the DH. I have been “informed” that we are going, but I have no idea where we are going. All I know is there might be some canoeing. How is one supposed to pack for this kind of weekend? Asturias is the [...]
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The Northern Coast, near Cabo Peñas, Spain I’m not having the best day today, (Nothing major, just didn’t sleep well last night and I’m ready for the weekend.), so I thought I would post a picture of my favorite travel destination and the place I would love to be right now. Continuing the theme from [...]
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When the DH and I went to canoe on the Sella River, we chose to stay in the city of Ribadesella, which is the terminus of the river. We could have stayed in the mountain town closer to the river, Arriondas, but we wanted to enjoy both river and beach. Well, it ended up raining [...]
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Back in August, the DH and I joined a group of our friends in a canoe trip down the Sella (Say-ya) River, in Eastern Asturias, Northern Spain. The Sella River is very scenic and fairly gentle, so the descent in canoe has become very popular. There is even an annual race, the International Descent of [...]
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Okay, I have to complain. I just went to the ESPN website to see what they had to say about the F1 race. First of all, it was virtually impossible for me to locate the link that led to ONE story about the race. Then I read the story. HORRIBLE! Who is this writer? They [...]
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Brazilian racer Felipe Massa won the race, but Fernando Alonso is world champion for the second year in a row! And he is only 24!! Spain is a crazy country tonight because right after the F1 race finished, one of the biggest soccer/football matches of the year started – Real Madrid versus Barcelona. Real Madrid [...]
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I don’t know if any of you have been following F1 racing. I am not a huge sports fan, in fact, I don’t even watch the Superbowl. (I know, I’m a very bad American.) I have been following F1 racing lately, though, because the current world champion, (and soon to be for a second year), [...]
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Premios Principe de Asturias — Prince of Asturias Awards The world spotlight is on our very own Asturias right now. Have you heard? Tonight the Prince of Spain, Felipe, is handing out the prestigious Prince of Asturias Awards. What are the awards? You have heard of the Nobel prizes, right? Well, I think they are [...]
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I'm an American expat living on the fringe of Chinese society. Thanks to a lifetime spent moving around, I often feel like an outsider. This blog explores life in Beijing, China, the occasional aviation topic, expat issues, random travel experiences and interesting things I see, read and hear. If you want to know more about my latest hobby, visit Sewing on the Fringe, where I blog about learning to sew in Beijing. And for daily documentation of Beijing's ever changing air quality, visit My Beijing Window.
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