A bullfighting aficionado comes out of the closet

Spain

Hey everybody! I’ve got a new article up on ¡Vaya Madrid! in which I finally admit, publicly, that I love bullfighting. Yes, me. Mr Chorizo. Call me what

Read More

Cercedilla Article on Vaya Madrid, and Quotes for Hemingway’s Birthday

Books, Language, Madrid, Spain

Well folks, I have a new article on Vaya Madrid these days. It’s about Cercedilla, a lovely town up north in the mountains. The title is Escape the

Read More

Best books about Spain and Madrid – get your read on!

Books, Spain

Looking for the best books about Spain? Here are some of my favorites… This was inspired an article that caught my interest today. It was a list of

Read More

The Running of the Bulls in Pamplona and elsewehere

Books, Madrid, Spain

This week Pamplona (a city in the northern region of Navarra) celebrates the festival of San Fermín–the famous running of the bulls that Hemingway immortalized in The Sun

Read More

A Letter from Hemingway to Fitzgerald

Books, Language

Here’s an excerpt of a letter from Hemingway (Ernest) to Fitzgerald (F. Scott) that I dug up somewhere… To me a heaven would be a big bull ring

Read More