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Travel diary - Spain, 1999: Barcelona - first day
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Travel diary - Spain, 1999. A transcription of the diary I kept while traveling in Spain in August of 1999. Barcelona - first day. Clouds over most of Spain and Portugal. Hot and muggy in Barcelona. Found the hotel, showered and changed and went wandering through the Barri Gotic. Pedestrians rule here, with cars squeezing though as needed. Here are cell phones, and McDonald's and KFC, and even kopakelli. The moonlight express starts making its rounds - a tourist train (rubber-tired) that meanders through...
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Travel diary - Spain, 1999: Barcelona
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Travel diary - Spain, 1999. A transcription of the diary I kept while traveling in Spain in August of 1999. A very bad night. I only managed to cool off enough to sleep by dampening my nightgown. Got up several times to pack and repack and check the location of Saturday night's hotel, and discovered that Saturday night's hotel is really Friday night's hotel, and that I have no reservation for Saturday night. From the façade of the cathedral - -. Travel diary - Spain, 2003.
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Travel diary - Spain, 1999: Iranzu - first concert
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Travel diary - Spain, 1999. A transcription of the diary I kept while traveling in Spain in August of 1999. Iranzu - first concert. Last minute tweaks. Polished some songs. Walked through the concert. The final set list ended up being:. Cantigas de Amigo (Martim Codax). Al flores del pino. I was permitted to touch the kittens for the first time. Travel diary - Spain, 2003.
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Travel diary - Spain, 1999: Iranzu - eclipse
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Travel diary - Spain, 1999. A transcription of the diary I kept while traveling in Spain in August of 1999. Mostly sunny and mild. The schedule was adjusted to allow for eclipse watching at noon. We gathered in the yard and gazed through special glasses, mylar filters and a welder's mask, while Margriet sang a medieval eclipse song. Wandered through the garden with a Dutch woman, telling each other the names of the vegetables. Sketched in the church during siesta. Travel diary - Spain, 2003.
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Travel diary - Spain, 1999: Portland -> Atlanta -> Atlantic Ocean
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Travel diary - Spain, 1999. A transcription of the diary I kept while traveling in Spain in August of 1999. Portland - Atlanta - Atlantic Ocean. A raccoon attempted entry around midnight. Clear skies in Portland. Overcast and muggy in Atlanta. Travel diary - Spain, 2003.
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Travel diary - Spain, 1999: Iranzu
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Travel diary - Spain, 1999. A transcription of the diary I kept while traveling in Spain in August of 1999. I woke to the sound of a fountain, cow-bells, sheep, bells, roosters, peacocks and songbirds. Stretching exercises, vocal warm-ups, learning a song by ear. Breakfast (coffee and milk with bread, butter, preserves and pate). Large group rehearsal, working on a song that I hadn't prepared. Mixed group rehearsal. Four instruments, six men, eight women (all altos). Travel diary - Spain, 2003.
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Travel diary - Spain, 1999: Pamplona -> Iranzu
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Travel diary - Spain, 1999. A transcription of the diary I kept while traveling in Spain in August of 1999. Arrived in Pamplona at 5:30am. Read and dozed until the cafeteria and restrooms opened. Checked my bag and walked into town (passing a baby catalpa in a nursery on the way). I caught a bit of mass, mostly in Spanish, with a tiny male choir but with plenty of harmony from the congregation. Dinner, with more introductions. Location: Ciudadela, Pamplona, Navarre, Spain. Travel diary - Spain, 2003.
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Travel diary - Spain, 1999: Iranzu
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Travel diary - Spain, 1999. A transcription of the diary I kept while traveling in Spain in August of 1999. Run-through in the morning, with transitions and choreography. Second run-through in the afternoon, with cuts and new transitions and new choreography. Small groups before dinner and listening to CDs (and cow bells and sheep) afterwards. Travel diary - Spain, 2003.
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Travel diary - Spain, 1999: Barcelona - Barri Gotic
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Travel diary - Spain, 1999. A transcription of the diary I kept while traveling in Spain in August of 1999. Barcelona - Barri Gotic. The old medieval quarter was built on the ruins of Roman Barcino. Bits and pieces of Barcino can still be found in the Barri - concrete Roman tombs, bits of Roman wall that have been patched over and over again through the centuries, the odd bits of architecture hiding in more "modern" buildings' basements. Most traffic here is by foot. The occasional car or moped noses...