Spain : true stories / edited by Lucy McCauley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McCauley, Lucy.

Series:

Travelers' Tales guides

Travelers' tales

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Travelers.

Spain--Description and travel.

Spain.

Spain--Social life and customs.

Manners and customs.

Travelers--Spain--Anecdotes.

Travelers' writings.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

xvii, 431 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, Calif. : Travelers' Tales ; Berkeley, Calif. : Distributed by Publishers Group West, [2002]

Summary:

WhatUs it like to be there? "TravellersU Tales" gives the best possible answer through the true stories of other travelers. Journey into Spain with some of the worldUs best writers, and discover a country of heightened senses, bougainvillea blossoming in crimson and orange, and air pungent with sizzling olive oil. A sensuous journey into a land of mystery and beauty.

Contents:

Essence of Spain

Crossing into Spain / Ann and Larry Walker

Watching the rain in Galicia / Gabriel García Márquez

One pilgrim's progress / Jack Hitt

Life in Cuenca / Ted Walker

Yesterday's paper / Joel Simon

Where the map stopped / Barbara Kingsolver

Agreeing to forget / Robert Elms

A noble apology / Terry Richard Bazes

The king who saved his country / T.D. Allman

Man and beast / Bruce Schoenfeld

How to get there / Ricardo Maldonado

A sacramental return / Peter Feibleman

Quixote's parable of life / Nicholas Wollaston

Some things to do

Package tour blues / Harry Ritchie

To the Alhambra / Penelope Casas

A ramble through Barcelona / Charles N. Barnard

Having it all / G.Y. Dryansky

Classroom by the bay / Gill Charlton

A train in Spain / Lucy McCauley

Nocturnal Madrid / Marshall Krantz

A sanctuary in the South / Elizabeth Royte

Never look back / Max Wooldridge

Savoring San Sebastián / S. Irene Virbila

Toro, torero / Lisa Meltzer

Quixotic adventures / Nicholas Wollaston

Going your own way

Seeing red / Louis de Bernières

Letting life happen / David Yeadon

Abigail y yo / Calvin Trillin

Walking to Santiago / William Dalrymple

Demons and dragons / Colm Tóibín

Soleares / Dorien Ross

Where the bullfight was born / Norman Lewis

A moment in the master's presence / Jeff Greenwald

In a Majorcan garden / Jill Burberry

Biking Cataluña / Barbara Savage

Leaving Madrid / Pier Roberts

The way of Quixote / Nicholas Wollaston

In the shadows

A legacy of intolerance / Richard Schweid

Among Spanish men / Marguerite Rigoglioso

Terrorism for autonomy / Michael Jacobs

No day at the beach / Damien Elwood

Where Quixote's fortunes fell / Nicholas Wollaston

The last word

A journey's end / Lawrence O'Toole

The next step : what you need to know

Weather, permits, health, the works

Cultural considerations

Local customs

Events & holidays

Important contacts

Embassies & tourist offices

Fifteen fun things to do

Spain online.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 408-412) and indexes.

ISBN:

1885211783

OCLC:

49277200