Matt Reyes Washington, DC

Posts Tagged ‘Spain’

A historical perspective on how to verb yourself

In Business, Culture on 15 October 2009 tagged arabs, beef, boeuf, cow, england, France, language, nouns, pig, plunder, porc, pork, Spain, verbs with no comments

If you eat beef, then you’ll relate to this article.
Let me explain.  When one sits at the dinner table, we take the time to eat beef and not cow (or pork and not pig).
A little thing called history comes into play.  Back in the day, there was a lot of fighting.  And, I mean a [...]

Places I’ve been & places I wanna go!

In Culture, Travel on 25 January 2009 tagged Barcelona, Catalonia, Colombia, English language, Language barrier, Lisbon, Madrid, Paris, South America, Spain, Spanish language, Travel, Venezuela with no comments

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I’ve thankfully been able to travel across the pond at least once in my life.  It was probably the best trip of my life.  Here’s where I went:

London, England – Beautiful.  Lots of culture and funny people.  Almost got beat up by an old dude who thought I was in the American army.
Paris, [...]