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Maskarada: Discovering the Joys of Non-Iberian Spanish Ham

Lauren Aloise — Wed, 22 May 2013 07:30:29 +0000

Jamón Ibérico es lo mejor, Jamón Ibérico es lo mejor, Jamón Ibérico es lo mejor… they basically drill this phrase into your brain when you first move to Spain. Forget about about the yummy Serrano ham you tried back home, here in Spain if it isn’t Iberian it simply isn’t worthy– or at least that’s what some [...]

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YokaLoka: My Favorite Sushi in Madrid

Lauren Aloise — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:51:59 +0000

Mercado Antón Martín was one of the first markets I fell in love with when I moved to Madrid. It is a real market– one where the butchers run up and down the stairs with half of a pig on their backs, and where the line at the Casquería booth (the organ meat butcher) stretches [...]

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Eating Chinchón

Lauren Aloise — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:54:31 +0000

Only a short drive from busy Madrid there is a small, quiet town where you truly feel that time has stood still. As you wind through the narrow streets into the oval shaped Plaza Mayor, you can’t help but fall in love with Chinchón. But not only is Chinchón the perfect place for a day [...]

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La Otra Casa: A Best Bet in Lavapiés

Lauren Aloise — Sun, 12 May 2013 10:34:16 +0000

Nestled on the quiet intersection of Calle de Olivar and Calle de Cabeza in the multicultural Lavapiés neighbourhood, La Otra Casa is reminescent of eating out in Seville. Seville style tapas bars like La Azotea and La Brunilda (two of Seville’s finest) are hard to come by here in Madrid. What they offer are the [...]

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10 Things to do in Northern Navarra

Lauren Aloise — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:30:04 +0000

We pulled into the train station in Pamplona, the capital of Navarra, Spain (or Navarre in English– but that just sounds weird!) famous for its yearly running of the bulls. But we weren’t there to see the city, we’ll have to save its many charms for another time. We were in Northern Navarra for Rural [...]

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