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El Pardo: Franco, the monarchy, and the political situation in Spain
I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted, but I’ve been slammed with work and traveling. (Yeah, occasionally we do experience the “study” in study abroad.) I’m gonna try to get as many blog posts in as a I … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, adolfo suárez, basque, car, catalan, catalonia, cataluña, catcholicism, catholic church, caudillo, civil war, democracy, desarrollismo, development, dictatorship, el pardo, felipe, francisco franco, franco, gay marriage, goya, herrera, homestay, juan carlos, mariano rajoy, oria, país vasco, palacio, palacio de el pardo, palacio real, palaco de la zarzuela, politics, protests, rajoy, referendum, religion, salamanca, same-sex marriage, san lorenzo de el escorial, señora, spanish civil war, suárez, transition, transition to democracy, valle de los caídos, zapatero, zarzuela
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Museo de América and Madrid’s Slaughterhouse
The busy Madrid-filled week continued with an adventure with Christy on Tuesday and a paseo with Kike on Wednesday. Like most Tuesdays, Christy and I had a bit of free time that we wanted to take advantage of to explore … Continue reading
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Tagged arco de la victoria, atleti, atlético, atlético de madrid, ayuntamiento, casa de campo, chipotle, ciudad universitaria, faro, faro de moncloa, francisco franco, franco, icade, kike, la latina, legazpi, m-30, m30, manzanares, manzanares river, matadero, moncloa, mudéjar, museo de américa, neo-mudéjar, ópera, palacio de moncloa, palacio real, park, paseo, paseos por madrid, pirámides, príncipe pío, puente de segovia, puerta de la moncloa, river, royal palace, sol, tierra, tierra burrito, universidad complutense, vicente calderón, walk, walkable
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A Week Full of Field Trips
This school week was full of field trips and experiential learning that took us outside of the classroom, including a class trip, a site visit with the program, and a paseo with Kike. After all the weekend trips we’ve been … Continue reading
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