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Madrid Spain BLOG by MadridMan: Insights, Experiences, and Commentary by a "United Statesen" in Madrid.
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Real Madrid-Barcelona: El Clasico 2009 Part 1
Real Madrid travels to very hostile territory in Barcelona's Camp Nou Stadium on Sunday, 29 November 2009 (7pm local time) to face FC Barcelona in "El Clásico: Part 1" for the current season. Real Madrid hopes to have their 29-year old would-be star...
3 Days Before Thanksgiving in Madrid
"The American Store" in Madrid is great. They have absolutely everything - WHEN they have it, that is.I took the 30-minute walk+metro+walk trip to the store next to the Hospital Clínico San Carlos today (metro Moncloa), all bubbly and confident that...
Swine Flu Fear Fuels Economy
Fear stimulates the economy - and the H1N1 Swine Flu virus "pandemic" scare is helping a lot during this worldwide economic crisis. In other times wars were started to pull us out of recession and put people to work.The big "winners" of such a scare ...
Late Night, Cold Air, Open Windows
If there's something I love it's cool, fresh air late at night. Sure, it's only about midnight here in Madrid but after the recent time change it seems even later. And now that we're well into autumn the night time low temperatures are lower and the ...
Last Day of October 2009 in Madrid
Today's Halloween, we've already changed our clocks back 1-hour, and the temperatures are getting a little cooler - but only a little. Some of the leaves have gone from green to brown, seemingly overnight, bypassing the oranges, reds, and yellows we ...
Halloween in Spain
Don't anyone tell me that Halloween doesn't exist in Spain. IT DOES! And the wave of popularity becomes higher and higher with every passing year - world economic crisis or not. A recent visit to Carrefour Supermarket/Store proved that Spain is very ...
