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The Meaning of Spanish Time

24 Monday Jun 2013

Posted by Tom in Travel

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expat, Figueres, Museu de la Tècnica de l'Empordà, travel

sign for the Museu de la Tècnica de l'Empordà“Come on, Louise. It’s 4:15. The place is closed.” I get impatient when I’m tired, and we were visiting Figueres (home of the Teatro-Museo Dalí, which I’ve described earlier in this blog) for the second time since we began our travels – not to see the Dali museum again, but just to visit Figueres on a sunny day in Spain.

But it was 4:15. The sign on the door said the museum would open at 4:00. I’d been on my feet since 10:00 that morning and I wanted – needed – a cerveza grande. Figueres is charming, but charm has its limits, like watching six hours of Audrey Hepburn movies.

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What We Got Was Outlandish

18 Thursday Apr 2013

Posted by Tom in Gallery, Travel

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Dali, expat, Figueres, travel

This gallery contains 16 photos.

“Every morning upon awakening, I experience a supreme pleasure: that of being Salvador Dalí!” Egoistic, haughty, grandiose – but also …

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