Country Archive
Nothing But Diamonds and a Thong
Date: 09/20/2006Marbella, which boasts more designer stores per-square-mile than any other Spanish resort, is still the place where “everyone”--from Robert de Niro to Naomi Campbell--comes to hang out.
Read OnSensuous Seville
Date: 06/22/2006The emotional and physical center of Andalucia, Seville's voice is as provocative as the city's surroundings.
Read OnThreading the Bank in the Footsteps of Hemingway
Date: 06/05/2006Given the chance to create Utopia, any fly fisherman would opt for the ideal stream.
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The World’s Biggest Fake (Tourists Take Note)
Date: 06/01/2006The Alhambra, in Granada, Spain, is undoubtedly one of the world’s wonders. But it is also one of the world’s biggest fakes, thanks in large measure to Washington Irving, a 19th-century American writer with a keen romantic imagination.
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Awesome scenery, fine cuisine, and thermal spas--exploring the Pyrenean
Date: 11/01/2005
Hauling my Renault car around hairpins at 4,500 feet, I headed up to the Col de Bagargui. Fading, spray-painted slogans such as "Lance is God" on the road surface marked the passage of a previous Tour de France. Below, in the distance, were the manicured fields of the Béarn valley I had left earlier that morning.
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Granada's Most Exclusive View, For a Dollar
Date: 09/27/2005"For the perfect view of the Alhambra palace, be at the Mirador San Nicolas around sunset..."
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Defeated by 13 Morcillas
Date: 09/22/2005"If you’re looking for succulent blood puddings (which I happen to like), this tiny white-washed village in Spain’s Granada province offers more of them than you can possibly eat in one sitting..."
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Moorish Moments in Granada
Date: 09/14/2005“In Granada, different cultures live together in harmony. In Mirador San Nicolas, you’ll notice there’s now an Islamic studies center and a brand-new mosque beside the Catholic church...”
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