*pastry shops
**beer
***snack
P.S.-The title of this post references a movie. Name that movie!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Hey Boys, Where the Pastelerías* At?
There is no doubt about it, Madrid is a city full of foodies. Some sort of gastronomical establishment occupies every other building and bars give you more free food with every cerveza** you purchase. Walk by a bar or café at any given moment in the day and you will see at least one person leaning against the bar, having a merienda*** and chatting up the bartender, or sitting in a corner enjoying a coffee and the newspaper. So why is it that the one evening I decided to shell out a couple euros and treat myself to a pastry to celebrate the end of midterms, there wasn't a pastelería to be found? From Callao to Sol to Anton Martín, nothing. I discovered at least five Irish pubs. I found a Hawaiian bar. I was offered free food at not one, but two tapas places. But a pastelería? God forbid.
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i love your idea of the little spanish terms defined at the end of each post, but i wonder if sometimes u could somehow work their definitions into the entries better and let us figure out their definitions on our own. or would u feel as if you're dumbing down your writing?
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i think that would a better way of helping your american audience (cuz that's your main readership, right?) learn about and appreciate the spanish culture you're lucky enough to be experiencing!
Thanks for the constructive feedback! The reason I throw in random Spanish words is because that's how I think these days. It also serves as a good vocabulary lesson! I prefer not to put it definitions, not because I think they'll dumb down my writing, but because defining might get too repetitive and slow down the rest of the piece. I do my best to have variety in my writing. I will consider putting up links or pictures to accompany the words, but at the moment I am content with just putting their translations on the bottom.
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