Monthly Archives: June 2008
A fistful of Euros
Here’s a neat Spanish-Canadian connection: Margaret Atwood just won the 2008 Príncipe de Asturias prize for Literature, which is almost as good as winning a Nobel (there have been a few winners of both awards over the years, such as … Continue reading
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Home away from home
I’m not truly “home”, since home is now in Spain…but I am back in Montreal (with travel insurance to visit my own country, if you can imagine). My three month ticket return date came up, and since all my Spanish … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Montreal, Travel
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Enough tests!
To keep my poor readers from bursting with suspense, I’d better mention that…I won the jackpot! That is to say: I passed my written driving test, with only two of the 30 questions wrong on the examen teórico. You may … Continue reading
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Watches of unexcelled precision
(The title is from a spam I received today, which poetically reminded me: “Long ago did fashionable wrist watches become an integral part of image!” Ah, long ago…) Yesterday, I sat with dozens of nervous people in the waiting area … Continue reading
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