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The Tragic Story of Vindalf the Dog in La Palma

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The Rainbow Gathering in the Canary Island of La Palma was the first I’d ever attended where I didn’t freeze to death. Instead of the usual setting on top of ...

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Pamplona, Spain Running with the Bulls

Missing

There comes a time in the life of every young man when he feels the need to test his mettle and tempt the hands of Fate. He might sign up ...

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Pamplona Bulls Festival Spain

Missing

Well, I ran with the bulls of Pamplona for the second morning now.

Technically I didn’t run with them as I got into the arena before the bulls did. The ...

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Hitchhiking in Spain with Homosexual Drivers

A 24 hour ride with a junky from Ibiza had landed me in the middle of Spain under a fig tree. I chewed some fruit and stared out at ...

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Ibiza Night Clubs and Travel

It´s hard to write about islands in the Mediterranean Sea without slipping into the kind of cliched descriptions of picturesque nature normally found in a travel brochure. But no matter ...

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Moroccans in Barcelona, Spain

Scholars generally agree that the period of Muslim rule in Spain was one of the highlights in the history of Western civilization. Jews and Muslims lived together side by ...

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The Bilbao Museum, Spain and Basque Separatists

Finally. Finally after thirty-three years of missed opportunities, uncomfortable silences and the fear I’d take my thoughts on the subject to the grave, someone asked me what I thought about ...

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Barcelona Las Ramblas, Spain

Every city has its street, it seems, that is supposed to be the showcase of the character and charm of the place. London has Portobello Road, visitors to

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Ibiza Travel Hippie Spain

Back in ´99 I came back to England after a few years of absence and at once got itchy feet. I headed down to the travel agency to check out ...

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