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Glenn Dobbs
Mar 8, 20224 min read
De La Frontera
March 4-5, 2022 “Wow, oh wow!” -Colleen Dobbs - watching the countryside as we drove through Andalucia. In order to gain some...
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Glenn Dobbs
Mar 7, 20226 min read
Nulli Expugnabilis Hosti
March 3, 2022 "Look round, my boys, and view how beautiful the Rock appears by the light of the glorious fire.” -George Augustus Eliott...
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Glenn Dobbs
Mar 3, 20222 min read
Ronda
March 2, 2022 “The spectacle of this city, sitting on the bulk of two rocks rent asunder by a pickaxe and separated by the narrow, deep...
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Glenn Dobbs
Mar 2, 20223 min read
La Corrida
March 1, 2022 “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.” ― Ernest...
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Glenn Dobbs
Mar 1, 20223 min read
The Day of Andalucia
February 26-28, 2022 “Just as the American image of Germany is Bavaria, the Yankee dream of Spain is Andalucia. This is the home of...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 26, 20223 min read
Laundry and other amazing sights
February 24-25, 2022 “The truth is, that I’m beginning to wonder if there is any greater pleasure in life than visiting Granada. …and it...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 25, 20225 min read
The Alhambra
February 23, 2022 “On such heavenly nights I could sit for hours at my window inhaling the sweetness of the garden, and musing on the...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 23, 20224 min read
Some Stories
“ An older woman was in a store looking at a mirror. “ I used to be young and beautiful’, she lamented sadly. A nearby customer overheard...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 22, 20224 min read
"The moving walkway..."
“Beautiful !” - Our waiter at our first restaurant we stopped at with each item I ordered. (It was) It has been almost two years ago...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 7, 20223 min read
Opening the Bunker Door
“The current state of everyone staying home is clearly untenable — for sanity, the economy and other reasons. But flipping a switch and...
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Glenn Dobbs
Jun 1, 20216 min read
Bocce Ball - An Appalachian Adventure
“Well, I'll never be a stranger and I'll never be alone Wherever we're together, that's my home” -Billy Joel “Because that’s what gay...
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Glenn Dobbs
Nov 1, 20204 min read
They BETTER lay eggs!
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order,...
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Glenn Dobbs
Mar 5, 20202 min read
The Moments of Happiness
“Tonight I'll sing my songs again, I'll play the game and pretend. But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity Like...
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Glenn Dobbs
Mar 5, 20204 min read
Monday Was Market Day
“We all know Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth” -Pablo Picasso “We will carpet bomb them into oblivion. I don’t...
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Glenn Dobbs
Mar 4, 20203 min read
Holy Toledo!
“This is not the Toledo I remember, “ She said. “This is the first one” “Oh…..well that makes sense” - A conversation I had with Colleen...
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Glenn Dobbs
Mar 3, 20202 min read
The Bad Throw
"In a unified and diverse Spain, based on the equality of and solidarity between its people, there is room for all of us. And for all of...
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Glenn Dobbs
Mar 1, 20204 min read
Bullfighting & Iran Memories
“A culturally important tradition and a fully developed art form on par with painting, dancing, and music” -Guidebook description of...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 29, 20203 min read
No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition
“No one expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise, fear and surprise; two chief weapons, fear, surprise, and ruthless...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 28, 20201 min read
A Very Abu Birthday
"Thanks so much for the kind birthday wishes!" - Me The weather finally cleared and it gave us an opportunity to take a walk near the...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 27, 20204 min read
Ladies' Fashions
"You are a modest queen, that knows her true worth by keeping her modest heart secure with shyness." -Herhiddensoul "Hijab is a symbol of...
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