Monthly Archives: February 2006
Olympic fever (or just winter chills?)
No, I’m not sick again, but I’ve definitely got “the fever” after watching Edmonton native (well, she’s actually from Spruce Grove) Jenn Heil win gold on the first day of the Turin Olympics! I’m a real sucker for: the (sometimes … Continue reading
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Cartas españolas
A week ago, I had the opportunity to play cartas with a group of friends in Barcelona. We played a game they called hijoputa (literally, “son of a whore”). First of all, the baraja or deck is different. In our … Continue reading
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The ‘experienced’ Barcelona tourist
Since I’ve been here many times, I’m not doing all the “regular” touristy things people do in Barcelona, though I still love to pop on my running shoes and jog circles around the dazed tourists in Parc Güell. Here are … Continue reading
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Keep your plumbing in tune…
For lack of any real Scotch here, I toasted Robbie Burns last week with some Sortilège, which I had brought over to my Barcelona hostess as a “uniquely Québécois gift”. It’s liqueur that mixes Canadian whisky and maple syrup — … Continue reading
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Of weather, rocks and hospitals
(Sorry to disappoint you if you expected this foreboding title to precede an exciting story of me being pelted by hailstones or micrometeorites and ending up in the hospital.) In fact, the weather has “turned”, and yesterday was quite balmy … Continue reading
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