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This is yours truly with another episode of some news from Spain!!!. I have come back to the series with new work on in my dear Spain. Let me tell you my latest news chosen by yours truly, By the way CLV is old Roman numeral for 155, And Happy New Year to my contacts and followers in my blog !!! Hope you enjoy this post as I.

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Heir to ‘Celia’, by Elena Fortún, her antics were published in ‘Blanco y Negro’ in installments between 1958 and 1959 thanks to the expressive and tender creations of Ana María Badell. The Clara del Rey Cultural Center–ABC Museum preserves many of those drawings, which until January 31 2024 are part of the exhibition ‘Tell me a story. Illustrated children’s literature in the ABC Collection’, which brings together the drawings that accompanied 19 stories published throughout the last century in the pages of the magazine ‘Blanco y Negro’, in the children’s supplement ‘Gente Menuda’ and in the newspaper ABC . One of the oldest stories in ‘Tell me a story’ is ‘The Cage of the Tigers’, written by Manuel Carretero in the aforementioned magazine in 1907. Tomás Borrás Bermejo published ‘The Three Wise Men’ in 1935, with evocative drawings of Máximo Ramos, one of the most prominent names in the ABC Collection. Another of the star illustrators is Salvador Bartolozzi, present in the exhibition with his drawings for ‘The Little Witch’ (1930), by Magda Donato, with Princess Flifí, daughter of King Flofó and Queen Flafá, and Prince Tirolín, of the kingdom of Tirolina. The Clara del Rey Cultural Center – ABC Museum Calle Amaniel, 29 Madrid. Until January 31, 2024, Webpage : https://museo.abc.es/exposiciones/2023/11/cuentame-un-cuento/1016603

Affectionately known as Bella Easo, San Sebastiàn treasures a remarkable monumental heritage and offers a lively atmosphere, it is perfect to discover in a weekend, one of the pearls of the Basque Country, a cosmopolitan city founded in the 12C that has become in one of the main tourist destinations in Spain thanks to its exquisite gastronomy, its festive atmosphere and its rich historical and cultural heritage. with its beautiful La Concha beach, which, 1,300 meters long, is guarded on both sides by the Urgull and Igeldo mountains and bordered by a promenade protected by a bicentennial baran from where its beautiful urban layout unfolds. Next to the port and overlooking the sea is the City/Town Hall, one of the most representative buildings of the belle époque located in an old casino built between 1882 and 1887. Having seen this, it is time to enter the Old Town, to explore its cobbled streets and squares, such as the 31 de Agosto, which commemorates the fire it suffered in 1813, or the Plaza de la Constitución, the heart of the city and the main stage of its most important local festivals, such as the famous Tamborrada, visiting the San Telmo Museum, a former 16C Dominican convent that has a cloister and the old church, and admiring its main religious temples, the Church of San Vicente, built during the first half of the 16C in Gothic style and inside which hides one of the best Romanesque altarpieces and the Baroque-style Basilica of Santa María, which, located at the end of Calle Mayor, was built on an old Romanesque church, although the temple we know today dates from 1743-1774 and presents Gothic, Churrigueresque, neoclassical elements and a beautiful Plateresque portico. Inside, you must not lose sight of its main altarpiece dedicated to the Virgen del Coro or Virgin of the Choir, patron saint of the city, and the cross-shaped sculpture located next to the baptismal font. In its romantic Parisian-style center, which is accessed through through the Alameda del Boulevard and which is full of buildings from the end of the 19C, highlighting the Catedral del Buen Pastor or Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, which with an ogival style is inspired by the medieval churches of Germany and France, the Victoria Eugenia Theater, a building with a typical design of the Belle Époque built in sandstone and decorative Plateresque motifs with shapes from the Spanish Renaissance created in 1912, and the María Cristina hotel, a benchmark of luxury in the city. One cannot leave this city without taking the funicular to Mount Igeldo to enjoy the panoramic views it offers and its old amusement park that opened in 1911, but not before stopping to admire the Miramar Palace, the summer residence of Queen María Cristina built in 1893 and the Peine del Viento or Comb of the Wind , a sculptural complex, Monte Urgull, which guards the Old Town, is one of the green lungs of the city. For centuries it was a military fortress, which today preserves part of the wall that once embraced San Sebastián. It is in its highest part where the statue of the Sacred Heart is located, placed in 1950 on one of the chapels of the Mota Castle, a military fortress whose origin dates back to the 12C. discover the English Cemetery, dedicated to honoring the British soldiers who fought in the First Carlist War, several viewpoints and the cannons of the Mota castle that are still in place today. Without forgetting the famous San Sebastián Film Festival. Webpage : https://www.sansebastianturismoa.eus/en/

The La Caixa Foundation will create the ArtStudio CaixaForum center from a warehouse located in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona province), which it will renovate and expand to bring together and energize the set of works from the entity’s Contemporary Art Collection, made up of 1,069 works and 445 artists. It will renovate and expand to bring together and energize the set of works from the entity’s Contemporary Art Collection. This was announced by the president of the “la Caixa” Foundation, Isidro Fainé, during the presentation, together with the mayor of L’Hospitalet, Núria Marín, of the agreement for the reconversion of this warehouse, which currently houses a part of the works of art from the entity, which constitutes the main private collection in Europe. The building, which will have an area of 10,000 square meters, is located at the intersection of Avenida Carrilet and Calle Leonardo da Vinci, in the Cultural District of L’Hospitalet, a new area that the city wants to convert into a cultural and creative hub. The new ArtStudio CaixaForum will be conceived as a state reference center for research and conservation of works of art, in addition to being a ‘think tank’ that allows the meeting of art, culture and thought professionals at a national and international level. The Contemporary Art Collection of the la Caixa Foundation has 40 years of history. Rehabilitation of the building is scheduled to begin in mid-2024 and come into operation in 2026. The press release in pdf file : https://prensa.fundacionlacaixa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/NdP-Collection-ArtStudio-CaixaForum-eng.pdf

Few would say that Castilla-La Mancha is a land of volcanoes, but the truth is that, in the Campo de Calatrava region, south of the province of Ciudad Real, there are more than 300 volcanic formations that have been inactive for thousands of years, allowing understand how our planet works. One of the most important and populated cities of the Roman Empire, Laminium, today the town of Alhambra, was built two thousand years ago. The 5,000 square kilometers that comprise the Campo de Calatrava region contain up to 330 geological formations that are millions of years old, but have been inactive for thousands of years, which allow us to understand the functioning of the planet. Cerro Gordo is a volcano formed by four different eruptions that formed lava fountains. and casts and naturally gave it its cone structure. With an altitude of 832 meters, this volcano rises above the quartz ridge of the Sierra de Valenzuela. In the valley of the Azuer River there is another prehistoric treasure, the Motilla del Azuer, the most representative site of the Bronze Age of La Mancha (from 2200 to 1300 BC). The Motilla de Azuer well is the oldest documented in the Iberian Peninsula. The residents of the town of Alhambra have a peculiar hobby: every summer they recreate the life of the Ibero-Roman peoples who inhabited these same lands more than 2,000 years ago. For several days, the Alhambreños wear Roman tunics or armor, shoot with bows, attend fights between gladiators or organize gastronomic banquets at sunset Laminium. The visitor can delve into the history of this town and the entire area that surrounds it through an archaeological and ethnographic museum, monuments such as the Church of San Bartolomé, Roman inscriptions and sculptures, a Visigothic necropolis, a cistern or an Ibero-Roman winery. Just six km from the Alhambra is the town of Viso del Marqués where a Renaissance jewel awaits the visitor: the palace of the Marquises of Santa Cruz was built between 1564 and 1588 by order of Álvaro de Bazán, first Marquis of Santa Navy Cross and Admiral, webpage : https://www.turismociudadreal.com/patrimonio-natural/macizo-volcanico-del-campo-de-calatrava

Aroma de Romerois the title of the large-format book that Arjona has just published as a tribute to maestro Curro Romero (Francisco Romero López) on the occasion of his 90th birthday. Arjona is the brand of four generations of bullfighting photographers, whose archive brings together millions of snapshots, a graphic history of bullfighting from the first third of the 20C to today. A bunch of 150 photos make up this new publication that traces the career of the Pharaoh of Camas and aims to be a gesture of admiration, friendship and respect for a bullfighter intensely linked to the family. It all started with Agustín González Arjona, born in 1888, a cartoonist, portraitist and bullfighting fan, who immortalized the bullfighters of the first years of the last century on glass plates, and transmitted the emotion of the bull in the bullring to his son Pepe. In 2015, the first came to light, Arjona, a century of bullfighting moments; in 2022, José Tomás, the bullfighting of a myth; in 2023, the one dedicated to Curro, and four yearbooks on the 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020-22 seasons with the most notable milestones of those years. Webpage : https://fotoarjona.com/producto/curro-romero/?v=11aedd0e4327

Oviedo, the capital of the Asturian pre-Romanesque is also the capital of Spanish gastronomy in 2024. At the foot of Mount Naranco, two jewels of the Asturian pre-Romanesque shine: Santa María del Naranco and San Miguel de Lillo. The view from Santa María, through the three-arched window on the eastern façade, is the tourist symbol of Asturias The first Camino de Santiago is kilometer zero of the Camino Primitivo, the first and most natural of the many that lead to Santiago. There are seven places where the credential is stamped, including the cathedral and the El Salvador pilgrim hostel. In 1914 the Camilo de Blas confectionery was founded, where they invented the typical carbayones ,almond and yolk cakes. For a change, the duchessies and the nuglass. The Cider Boulevard This is what they call Calle Gascona, a tumultuous street where you fill your belly with tapas or heartier dishes, but always, unless you are allergic or abstemious, with cider. Since 2003 it has been a ritual to take a selfie with the sculpture of Woody Allen, a great lover of Oviedo. Mercado del Fontán ,this food market is the stomach and the true heart of the city, the ideal place to feel the pulse, have an aperitif, eat on a terrace or go to a chigre to drink some sidrines and try some Asturian cheeses and sausages. Webpage : https://www.visitoviedo.info/home

The Region of Murcia is the celebration of the Jubilee Year 2024 of Caravaca de la Cruz, The city of Caravaca de la Cruz is counting the days and preparing with enthusiasm to live an unforgettable year: its holy year, which will take place during 2024 , when it hopes to receive up to a million pilgrims with the same objective: to reach the Santuario de la Santísima y Vera Cruz or Sanctuary of the Most Holy and True Cross and obtain the plenary indulgence. It is one of the five holy cities in the world and has been authorized to celebrate the ‘Jubilee in Perpetuum’ since January 9, 1998, when Pope Saint John Paul II granted it. The best option is to do the Camino de Levante, a route that connects places along trails of culture, tradition, history, gastronomy, nature and faith. It begins in Orihuela and is divided into five sections (Orihuela-Murcia, Murcia-Alguazas, Alguazas-Mula, Mula-Bullas and Bullas-Caravaca), which add up to a total of 120 km. The finale, as it could not be otherwise, is the Sanctuary of the Most Holy and True Cross. One of the conditions to win the jubilee is to visit the Basilica-Sanctuary of the Most Holy and True Cross of Caravaca. But that’s not enough. Once there, you will have to attend any religious celebration at the sanctuary. Inside is also the Vera Cruz Museum. visit the Fuente del Marqués fountains. This natural area is classified as a ‘Historic Site’ and is one of the town’s great attractions. Here stands an old Templar Tower surrounded by legends that now houses the Nature Interpretation Center. Webpage : https://www.turismoregiondemurcia.es/camino_eng/home/

This one is popping up all over in my Madrid, no my list, Rosi La Loca, Calle Cadiz, 4, one of the most fun and visited restaurants in Madrid Without culinary genes, it was Sandro, the young man who took care of his grandfather, who taught the owner then 10 or 12 years old to navigate between fires and pans. He had a very good hand; in fact, today he lives in the United States and is the head chef of a restaurant. He studied (dining room and kitchen) at the Hotel Escuela de la Comunidad de Madrid; then he did a master’s degree at the Autonomous University and went through a high-class catering service Zalacain, where he spent six years- which he combined with other jobs in the kitchen. He spent two summers in San Pere del Bosc (Lloret del Mar, Gerona), where he met Harry Wieding, his other teacher in the kitchen. Then came Estado Puro, by Paco Roncero, with whom he learned a lot about organization and management; the NH hotels, a vegetarian; a month on unemployment and, finally, Rosi La Loca opened in November/December 2014 and Sandro joined shortly after,in 2015 ; they are served by a staff of 40 people, 13 in the kitchen. This year they have produced the second best patatas bravas in Spain and the second best tortilla in the Community of Madrid, in two competitions. Owner Javier is also the executive chef of Lovo Bar. and Calle 365, also from the Rosi La Loca World Group, to which the restaurant-cocktail bar Inclán Brutal Bar belongs; Boom Boom Ciao, a dining room opened a few weeks ago, both in Madrid , and Calle 365 in Alicante. Webpage : https://rosilaloca.com/

La Pastelería Mallorca, where Bernardino Moreno opened the first location in 1931; Today the fourth generation takes the reins of this family business and opened the first Pastelería Mallorca location on Calle Bravo Murillo. It is a few minutes past 7h30 in the morning; It has been a while since the brothers Jacobo (33) and Pablo (30) Moreno, production managers, have arrived at the warehouse on Calle de la Barca, the central workshop for five years. The hustle and bustle began hours ago for Pablo, who studied business administration and when he put his head into the pastry business he trained in New York; Jacobo, who graduated in Law, did it in Switzerland, in the hospitality industry. Before joining the family business, both worked in other pastry shops and restaurants. Today, the website’s turnover represents 50% of the total. At the head of production in store workshops is Yolanda Arévalo (38), who after finishing Business went to Paris to train at Le Cordon Bleu, Webpage : https://www.pasteleria-mallorca.com/

Tips for differences between bull, cow, steer and calf. The first thing is to talk about age. If the animal has not yet reached 12 months of age, we will be looking at a calf . From then on we must consider him a bull or a heifer. If it is male, it will go from being a steer to a bull if it is not castrated. If he is castrated he will become an ox at four years old. The second has to do with color. The white color is the most characteristic of calves. When they become steers, the meat turns pale red. As for beef, it is usually red; and that of the bull acquires a dark red tone. Finally, beef is usually very intense red, with streaks of infiltrated fat. If we stick to the size and weight, the calf and steer can reach a weight close to half a ton. In the case of the cow, a little more: 600 kilograms. The bull and the ox far exceed that weight. And as for the flavor (although this depends on each person’s taste), the beef usually has, according to those responsible for the Leonese restaurant El Capricho, a soft, tender flavor with nuances of dairy flavors. On the other hand, the beef begins to have a more pronounced and intense flavor. Beef meat has a much stronger flavor, while bull meat is intense and coarse, adding that ox meat is differentiated from the others by its sweet and mild flavor, with a tender and juicy texture. Finally, several explanations referring to the beef, highly appreciated for its flavor and texture. To be considered an ox, 48 months must pass. The ox, unlike the bull, does not have the capacity to reproduce after having been castrated from the first year of birth. Its meat is one of the most appreciated, also due to its scarcity. There is nothing comparable to the taste of an authentic Ox beef steak Agree!!! And if you want to go to the root like I did once here is your El Capricho webpage : https://bodegaelcapricho.com/en/origin/

There you go folks, another dandy tour of my dear Spain.  It is time to enjoy my some news from Spain once again, Again, hope you enjoy the post as I.

And remember ,happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!