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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Blogging and inspiration
What to blog today? I don’t feel like writing too much today. Last Covetotop’s post was too long and too surrealistic. Hence today I’ll write just a few lines to practice my English and to learn a little new vocabulary. … Continue reading
Posted in Beaches, Uncategorized
Tagged Art, Beach, Blog, blogging, Creativity, Inspiration, Spain, Travel, Wordpress, Writing
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A dream of Italy
Something very strange happened to me last night. If any of my few loyal readers is a psychiatric, psychologist, paranormologist, lawyer or any other kind of professional who ordinarily deals with mad people, I would appreciate hearing from you with … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Towns & Villages
Tagged architecture, Art, dreams, Europe, fiction, History, humor, Italy, painting, photography, Psychology, Renaissance, sculpture, Travel
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Ugly
Drafting last Covetotop’s post was a tough job: too many English words to fix among windows and balconies. But the resulting thing was nice. Don’t you think so? Today’s post isn’t going to be nice. In fact, it’s going to … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged architecture, crisis, Economy, Europe, Greenpeace, Nature, Spain
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Balconies and windows of Spain
Spain, like Italy, Greece and other European countries, is living a dark age, due to the current financial crisis. As German Chancellor Angela Merkel said recently, Spain’s crisis is a consequence of an “irresponsible decade”. She is right or, to … Continue reading
Posted in Art
Tagged architecture, Art, Creativity, culture, Dalí, design, Europe, History, photography, Romanesque, sculpture, Spain, Travel
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Sa Tuna cove: splash splash and yum yum
Dealing with happy monsters from the Middle Ages in Spain was an exhausting experience (see Covetotop’s last post). Hence, today Covetotop is going back to his beloved Empordà, to the Costa Brava. He is willing to swim the blue Mediterranean … Continue reading
Posted in Beaches, Restaurants & local food, Towns & Villages
Tagged Beach, Begur, Coastal path, Costa Brava, Food, Lifestyle, Mediterranean Sea, photography, Restaurants, Slow Food, Spain, Travel
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Happy monsters from the Middle Ages (in Spain)
Psssshhh … Keep this secret safe: Today Covetotop is travelling back in time. He’s going to the 11th – 13th centuries (High Middle Ages), where he’s visiting some very little known (by tourists or even locals) Romanesque “friends” that are … Continue reading
Posted in Art
Tagged Art, Christianity, History, Medieval art, Middle Ages, Religion, Romanesque, sculpture, Spain, spirituality, Travel, Way of St. James
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