Real Madrid's Xabi Alonso retires from Spain's national team
Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso has announced his retirement from international football. The 32-year-old was a member of the Spain squads which won the World Cup in 2010 and European Championships in 2008 and 2012 during a sustained period of dominance ...
Wining with the Portillas
Before heading back to to the U.S. for the summer, my cousins from Minnesota visited Spain and I was able to meet up with them. They had been planning their trip to wine country for a few months and we … Continue reading →
Lots of Jazz News from WBGO!
WBGO 88.3FM | WBGO.org Home | Listen to WBGO | Listen to WBGO HD2 | Download the WBGO App | Events | News | Blog | Program Schedule | Become a Member | Host Profiles Upbeat WBGO's Upbeat September Issue Available Only Online! WBGO's program guide, Upbeat, is making a change. For the month of Septemb ...
Norge-III: 1 year and counting
It has been an year since I moved to Norway. After a year, how I feel is not as good as I imagined when i decided to leave the home country and go packing a year and 4 months before. I thought it would be easy. I was hopeful. It was an adventure I wanted to try for it felt great to imagine. I had gr ...
5 Strange Spanish Expressions
Spanish is one of the most beautiful languages in existence. If you speak Spanish, you can agree that not only is it the language of love, it is the language of creative cursing and expression. If you want to sound more like a local on your next trip to Spain, try incorporating the following express ...
Scene at night: Master’s degree in suds
Scene at night: Master’s degree in suds Even if it’s been years since you’ve endured the days of pencils, books, and teacher’s dirty looks, you can still earn your degree in nightlife skills ... Oct. 8 with Wines of Spain: The New Italy, chugs full course ahead on Wednesday, Oct. 22 ... more info.. ...
Hundreds Of Westerners Have Joined ISIS, And Here's Where They Came From
In the aftermath of the sadistic murder of American journalist James Foley by a suspected London-born ISIS recruit , increasing attention is being paid to the radicalization of Muslims from the West who are joining the conflict in Iraq and Syria. U.S. and European security services estimate that mor ...
Carlos Oquendo de Amat
Carlos Oquendo de Amat [Peru] 1905-1936 The vanguard poet Carlos Oquendo de Amat was born in Puno, a highland provincial capital near Lake Titicaca, in Peru on April 17, 1905. The son of a Sorbonne-educated father who was a progressive newspaper publisher, the young poet grew up among of the elite o ...
The Rumor Mill: Bayern Munich close to Ł8m deal for Real Madrid’s Xabi Alonso.
Xabi Alonso celebrates scoring against France in the quarter-finals of Euro 2012, the third tournament he won with Spain. Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images Xabi Alonso was on the verge of joining the German champions, Bayern Munich, in a deal worth around £8m (€10m) on Wednesday night. Bayern’s ...
New Orleans, Louisiana: Day 1 - Glad to be back in Louisiana
Got up early, showered and changed and said goodbye to the Afton. I drove to the Park n Jet parking lot. Filled up the tank with gas and gave them my money. I am so glad that I found this out from Adam and Nesha. Got to the Seattle airport on early and started blogging for the limited time I had. Th ...
Berlin Jipijapa
After some hours of applying for Workaway opportunities we got a positive response from a farm in Jipijapa just 10km or so inland from the coast. We said goodbye to our wonderful couch surfing host and walked a few blocks to the metro station. This turned out to be a raised and gated piece of paveme ...
