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Posts from May 2008

Posted
29 May 2008 @ 2am

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travel, veganism

Toledo, Cordoba, Sevilla … oh my! Still not warm enough.

I am starting to summarize Spain in fewer words so I can finally catch up to where I am now, Bern, Switzerland. After we finished exploring Madrid, we hiked out on the train system for a day trip to Toledo. What a picturesque town, barely any of my photos of the approach of [...]

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25 May 2008 @ 9am

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Madrid: the land of dangling ham shanks, ridiculous gallery security, and ironically delicious vegetarian food

If I never see another Iberian ham leg dangling in front of my face, I will be happy. In Spain, these delighfully cured pig legs (complete with a blackened hoof intact, mind you) are hanging in every grocery store, plenty of other smaller stores, and we even once found a store dedicated totally to [...]

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Posts from May 2008

Toledo, Cordoba, Sevilla … oh my! Still not warm enough.

Madrid: the land of dangling ham shanks, ridiculous gallery security, and ironically delicious vegetarian food