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Category Archives: Spain
Photo of the Day: Our Madrileño Garden of Versailles
The last time Jen and I traveled together we were seniors in college and 20 pounds heavier. We went to Paris and Versailles and were awed by Louis XIV’s majestic gardens. Last week when she came to Madrid I … Continue reading
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Tagged madrid parks, photo of the day, retiro, retiro park, sarah bailey, sistersbailey, spain
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Searching for Holy Cookies
I am a cookie connoisseur and I search out the desserts in each of my destinations (France still holds the cookie crown, by a landslide). I was super psyched when I was doing research for my friend Jen’s visit and … Continue reading
Granada Street Art and Caves
by Sarah A couple weeks ago, my friend Andy and I headed to the base of the Sierra Nevada mountains to explore the Moorish town of Granada. After our “welcome to the city” menu al dia lunch, in which we … Continue reading
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Tagged caves, Granada, Granada caves, Granada street art, sistersbailey, street art
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Lazy Beggers
by Sarah My title is so un-PC, I have to explain myself immediately. Yesterday, Jen and I had just come from a nunnery, where we bought some cookies (story to come), and a beggar asked us for money. We decided … Continue reading
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Tagged beggars, lazy beggars, lazy beggers, lazybeggers.com, Madrid, sistersbailey, spain
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The J-Lo Flamenco Show
by Sarah On Tuesday UNESCO declared that Flamenco is a quintessential Spanish genre of music and dance an art form the world should treasure. The announcement made the front page of all the papers yesterday, as Spaniards celebrated that their dance … Continue reading
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Tagged Flamenco, Seville Flamenco, sistersbailey, spain, spain flamenco, Triana, Triana Flamenco, UNESCO Flamenco
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Language Learning 101: Find a Suitor
by Sarah I arrived in Madrid three and a half weeks ago, determined to finally conquer Spanish. When I stopped by The American Women’s Club (yes, I do stop by “The Club” regularly to gossip with my brethren) to inquire … Continue reading
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Tagged learn Spanish, learning Spanish, Madrid, Men, sistersbailey, spain, Spaniards, Spanish men, the sisters bailey
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Seville: A Spin on the Opera, “Carmen”
by Sarah On numerous occasions traveling has opened my eyes to culture I just didn’t have time for before. This week, I have discovered opera. I was reading The Diving Bell and The Butterfly and the author referenced Mozart’s Don … Continue reading
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Tagged Beyonce as Carmen, Carmen, Carmen Beyonce, Carmen Seville, Seville, spain, tobacco factory seville, university seville
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