Category: Blog
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Flash Mob and Free Flamenco!
I’m sorry it’s been so long between posts. The wifi in my apartment has been out for most of the week, so while I had everything ready to go, I couldn’t post anything! The last 2 weeks have been filled with even more classes as well as a lot of free Flamenco. I’ve been…
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Semana Santa, Museums, and Horses!
I am sorry to say that I haven’t able to get a blog post up each Sunday—it’s been more like every other Sunday. Holy Week was super busy, even though many businesses and all schools close, because it was a full-time job tracking the pasos! I joked with my Spanish teacher that no wonder schools…
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Jerez Convent and Semana Santa
Last weekend, I stumbled upon the Claustros Santo Domingo while wandering around Jerez. There are multiple sections to the structure, but it was under construction as early as 1434, according to the Jerez Tourism site. If you are interested int reading about the history of the structure, you can find more about that HERE. …
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Festival Week 2, Arcos and Sanlùcar
Dear friends, It’s been a hot minute since my last blog. My goal is to complete a new blog each Sunday if I have new information to share. The second week of the festival I had a terrible cold and then everything got quite busy. Thankfully, I was able to get some medication from the…
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New Friends and Seen on the Streets of Jerez
I’ve been impressed with how friendly everyone is here. On Sunday, I went to a documentary (Paraiso de Cristal) screening. I arrived at the venue to see a closed gate. A gentleman asked me, in Spanish, if I was there for the film and f I knew what was going on with the gates. I…