Monday, June 16, 2008

boy, do we miss Spain

I don´t know how it happened, but today is Spain day.

Ana Torroja singing 4 dias,
Mercedes Sosa singing Alfonsina y el mar
La Unión Lobo hombre en Paris


People speaking spanish so fast they start swallowing words so they finish their sentences in time
Air conditioning in the office

bus driver talking trash
kids dolled up on sundays

a coffee in the bar around the corner
a tapas bar in Madrid
Gabriel Garcia Marquez the writer describing a bar in Colombia that was open 24/7 due to the fact that it didn´t have doors

couples sitting in the sun violently discussing their relationship or the latest episode of a telenovela mexicana (sometimes it is hard to tell from afar)
waiting somewhere without really knowing why

spanish business people complaining about german business people coming late to a meeting
El Corte Ingles in its strange glamour and unique smell

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