What a good title for this short piece! "Pons" is the Latin for "bridge", in Spanish"puente". And two nights ago, on Monday January 20th, was the last night of Venta El Puente ..... ..... not for ever, of course. The family that runs "The Bridge" is taking a well-earned break. Two weeks.
Read MoreI picked up the latest copy of the Spanish version of National Geographic at the weekend because the portada proclaimed features about Alsace in France and Cordoba, here in Spain, both places I know and love. Imagine my surprise when, on flicking through the magazine, I discovered articles about Alava, Teruel, Cuenca, Picos de Europa, Vigo, Alcala de Henares, Tenerife, Andorra, and la Rioja. There were also features on Vienna, Warsaw, Pompei, Dominican Republic, Egypt, and Antarctica.
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