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Restaurant Review: Estado Puro in Madrid (NY Times, 11/22/09)

2009-11-22T02:02:05Z

November 22, 2009
Bites
Restaurant Review: Estado Puro in Madrid
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
A hotel tapas bar located smack in the middle of one of Madrid’s busiest tourist hubs? Easy to pass up, perhaps. But then I took a closer look. An artfully stylized pattern of filigree mantilla combs — the restaurant’s logo — covered the ceiling and swept down the wall. The menu promised the classics, but with more than a whiff of innovation. I was hooked.

Guernica

2009-11-14T18:12:05Z

First there was the barbarous atrocity, the first of many. Many.

Then there was the painting by Picasso. I have seen it, in the Reina
Sofia museum in Madrid. But now I feel I must take another look.

And now there is the book. Dave Boling's 'Guernica' is of course not
the first book about Guernica, but it's the first historical novel

Re: [travelspain] Alto Alentejo, Unsung but Not for Long (NY Times)

2009-11-10T16:05:45Z

Ken,
Thanks for posting this link. We visited this area 10 years ago,
including a stay in Marvao, and liked it better than any other place
in Portugal we visited (but we didn't see much of Portugal, so we have
a limited perspective). We've always said that we'd like to return and
visit this area more, and this article makes us want to do that even

Alto Alentejo, Unsung but Not for Long (NY Times)

2009-11-09T19:13:03Z

November 8, 2009
Next Stop
Alto Alentejo, Unsung but Not for Long
By ROBERT GOFF
IN 2002, Doug Smith was bored. Korakia Pensione, his Mediterranean-style boutique hotel in Palm Springs, Calif., that attracted a celebrity crowd like Annie Leibovitz, Gore Vidal and Brice Marden, pretty much ran itself. Mr. Smith was looking for a new project — a grand fixer-upper in an exotic locale — where he could show off his well-honed style and settle into a life of rustic ease with his new wife, Josie.

Re: [travelspain] Re: Cádiz

2009-10-28T21:19:24Z

Good idea, Tom; thanks. We'll definitely look into doing something
like this.

John

Re: [travelspain] Re: Cádiz

2009-10-28T20:27:58Z

We had a pretty nice stay in Sanlúcar de Barrameda. We did stay in a
modern hotel, but found the sea food at the mouth of the Guadalquivir
pretty good. There is a nice interpretive museum. The boat trip into the
Doñana leaves from Sanlucar. We also happened to be there for the
return from Rocio which was interesting to watch. You could stay in

Re: [travelspain] Re: Cádiz

2009-10-28T19:20:03Z

Thanks, Mac. We haven't figured out where to stay in Cadiz yet. The
parador is closed for a two-year restoration (much needed, from what
I've read) and we're not great fans of the modern paradores, anyway.
The hotels in the old city proper do not seem to have very good
recommendations or reviews. Maybe we'll stay somewhere out of town,

Re: Cádiz

2009-10-28T18:22:14Z

On Oct 19, 2:22 am, John Zumsteg <jzums...@DirectionsConsulting .com>
wrote:

Hello John

I've been trying recall something of our stay in Cadiz, which was
before I started my letters to Travelspain, but all I could turn up
was a postcard of the (as usual) rather basic hostal we stayed in, and

Spanish Menus

2009-10-27T19:32:44Z

I think we should start a collection :-)
[link]
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There's some nice ones from other countries in that series as well.

Cádiz

2009-10-19T02:22:58Z

Hola a todos!

We're starting to plan a trip to Spain late next year -- never too early
to start planning!

We want to spend a few days in Cádiz, both to see that city and some of
the surrounding area. Does anybody have a hotel recommendation for
Cádiz? Or restaurant recommendations? Suggestions for things to do and

RE: [travelspain] Re: spain football tickets

2009-09-08T14:21:14Z

Took the AVE/Avant high spd service a couple of weeks ago from Chamartin to Segovia. Trip was about 23 minutes ea way. Cost about 52 euros for 4 folks via walk up sales agent. It worked out very well. Bus #11 from train station to centre of Segovia took longer!

Joe

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Re: Easter 2010 in Madrid

2009-09-06T13:30:19Z

About those religious processions. They are really worth it. The
museums of Madrid are terrific, but the religious processions of Holy
Week are also fascinating and deeply Spanish (although I haven't seen
any in Madrid, only in the south).

Holy Week is extremely busy in Spain with lots of people traveling.

Re: [travelspain] Re: spain football tickets

2009-09-05T19:11:33Z

Hi, there is no AVE to Segovia but with a normal train it shoukdnt take too long to get there aasit is relatively close to Madrid. With AVE it is nice to book ahead to get a better price but not necessary but you end up standing in line.

As far as tipping, it is included in your bill but you could leave a little extra if you had great service.

Re: [travelspain] Re: spain football tickets

2009-09-05T18:52:20Z

Joe....Madrid to Segovia prob only one hour or so by normal
train.........not sure if AVe does that service anyway, but prob 5
times dearer by AVE, last week I travelled Sevilla-Madrid by AVE in
2.5 hours, good service for longer distances

Share your files with the Travel Spain group (if you want)

2009-08-19T23:24:18Z

Google has just announced a change to the way it handles shared documents:
[link]
This means that if any member wants to share a calendar, spreadsheet, Google
site or document with all the other members of the Travel Spain group, they
simply have to add the group's email address instead of all the members'