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So this is Christmas…

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We've been scoffing at the turrón, garland and the Baby Jesus in shops now for about a month, but today, Christmas officially begins.

What is the most stressful moment of your day? You might consider me lucky when I tell you mine. It's around 7:50 p.m. when I turn on the television to watch “Allá Tú.�? I am not a fan of television. In fact, I think I could estimate the number of hours I watch T.V. a week at around ten, sometimes less. I have better things to do. Well, I have better things to do the other 23 hours there are in a day but not when the singing boxes come on

Alla Tu

Posted by Wesley

¿Cual es el momento más estresante de tu día? Pensarás que tengo suerte cuando te digo el mío. Es sobre las 7:50 de la tarde cuando enciendo la tele para ver “Allá Tú.�? No me gusta mucho la tele; de hecho, creo que si calculara las horas que veo la tele cada semana, serían sólo unos diez, o incluso menos. Tengo mejores cosas que hacer. Bueno, tengo mejores cosas que hacer las otras 23 horas del día, pero no cuando salen las cajas cantantes.

My Nintendo Revolution

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So I hear that Nintendo is coming out with something new on my birthday. Something called “Nintendo Revolution�? or the likes. I can't say I know much about it. My Nintendo knowledge ended with the first console. This first console is the one you can see in the picture below.

Mi Nintendo Revolution

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He oído que los de Nintendo van a sacar algo nuevo el día de mi cumpleaños, algo que se llama “Nintendo Revolution�? o así. No puedo hablar mucho de ello porque mis conocimientos de Nintendo desaparecieron con la primera consola. Esta consola es la que ves en la foto.

The Love That Dares Not Speak Its Name

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On 11 July 2005, the first homosexual couple were married in Spain. A week later, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni were hanged in Iran for “committing homosexual acts.�? On one side of the world, the cause for equal human rights is advancing at a pleasingly swift pace. On the other side (going either way), the same cause seems to be crawling deeper and deeper into a sectarian hole

El amor que no osa decir su nombre

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El 11 de julio de 2005, la primera pareja homosexual se pudo casar en España. La semana siguiente, Mahmoud Asgari y Ayaz Marhoni fueron ahorcados en Iran por “cometer actos homosexuales.�? En un lado del mundo, lpor la igualdad de derechos humanos está avanzando a un paso muy agradable. Al otro lado, yendo en cualquiera de las direcciones, la misma causa se va metiendo en un agujero profundísimo.

Postal del “Zur�?

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La primera semana de septiembre hace calor. Lógicamente, cuando hace calor, uno suele optar por ir a un sitio donde hace un poquito menos. Yo no. Yo elegí ir al punto más sureño de la Europa continental. Yo elegí tomar la carretera nacional 630 y ver España desde Salamanca hasta Tarifa. Y no podía haber hecho mejor elección.

Postcard from London: Caught off Guard

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The first time I went to London, I was 17 years old and it was a school trip. It was the first time I had stepped on anything other than North American soil. It didn't matter what there was, who there was or what I did; it was Europe and that's all that was important. It was London, the land of Are You Being Served? and Mary Poppins and everyone's favourite Cockney Dick Van Dyke...

Culture for the hoi polloi

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I had lived here for a few years before I finally discovered that musical and other cultural events do in fact exist, but it's not as easy to squeeze into the world of “culture�? that we are offered in a medium-sized city.

Cultura para el “hoi polloi�?

Posted by Wesley

Llevaba tiempo aquí cuando por fin me di cuenta de que eventos musicales y culturales existían en esta pequeña ciudad. Pero no es tan fácil meterse en un mundo de cultura tan cerrado.

It's a good thing!

Posted by Wesley

Martha Stewart is America's domestic goddess. Most Americans, at least the ones who have a house to run and guests to entertain, want to be just like her. And yet she is the woman America loves to hate.

Algo con que deleitar a tus invitados

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Esta receta es algo de lo más común en EE.UU. pero como aquí los brownies son una rareza (y los que hay están más secorros que la pata de San Pedro), la gente no te hará más que cumplidos cuando se los sirvas para merendar.

Fröhliche Weihnacht überall!

Posted by Wesley

Disclaimer: If you love Christmas or even slightly like it, this Weekly Letter is not about you. Rejoice!

Un recuerdo de Alemania

Posted by Wesley

Esta mañana acabo de hacer Glühwein por primera vez y ahora lo estoy probando. La verdad es que está bueno, incluso mejor sabiendo que es casero.

Postcard from Andorra

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While spending a weekend in a country is not nearly enough to draw conclusions, had I been given a couple more days, I could have done an in-depth analysis of one of the smallest countries in the world.

Postal de Andorra

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Una fin de semana en un país no es suficiente para llegar a conclusiones, pero con un par de días más, podía haber hecho un análisis en profundidad sobre uno de los países más pequeños del mundo.

Postcard from N.Y.P.D. and L!

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Mostly out of coincidence more than out of desire, though I thoroughly enjoyed them all, I have had the opportunity to take several trips in the first few months of this year. January found me in New York with my family, February in Andorra, March in Dublin and Paris and April in Lanzarote.

Postal de varios sitios a la vez...

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Más por casualidad que por otra cosa, he tenido la oportunidad de hacer varios viajes durante los primeros meses de este año. En enero fui a Nueva York con mi famila, en febrero a Andorra, en marzo a Dublín y París, y en abril a Lanzarote.

Summertime...

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Take a walk around San Sebastian and you'll see…the Americans are on vacation. You see, while Europe takes August off, Americans tend to take their week or two of vacation time in May, June, or July. When I was in college, final exams were the week of my birthday, May 9th. Then we were off! August meant already thinking about going back to school.