American in Spain

Marga’s sister, Belén, turned 28 on Friday. On Sunday, we had a family meal.
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Wikipedia is just too cool. The encyclopedias and hyperlinks are a perfect marriage. So let’s investigate the various holidays that have been invented to celebrate this cross-quarter day between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox.
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Today is the Day of the Immaculate Conception in Spain. Unlike Wednesday, today’s holiday really is a holy day.
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While surfing aimlessly this morning, I found this article on Digg:

The act of terrorism that didn’t get reported on September 11, 2006
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I’ve just watched two of three National Geographic documentaries that I’ve recently “acquired”, collectively called “The Secret Bible”.
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Today is a national holiday in Spain. It’s All Saints Day.
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Are you an atheist?
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Well, we’ve survived to another solstice, today is the longest day of the year, and some of the warmest days of the year are in the near future. Sounds like a good enough reason to celebrate!
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Some more pics uploaded to Flickr…

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