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...ginger candy to purify the body and boost energy levels, before being led to the sauna?the best seat in the house. With one wall entirely made of glass, the women's sauna overlooks a magnificent panorama of the Mediterranean, while men can gaze at the buzzing Catalan city below and the Collserola hills to the north...
...academic security of particular Romance languages.“I don’t believe that it will suddenly boost the study of Portuguese and Romanian (which would be a good thing in itself) at the detriment of Spanish, French, Italian and less studied romance languages such as Catalan,” she wrote. “The motivations for studying these languages will remain diverse and strong, with or without financial incentive.”According to students, though, an extra $4,000 wouldn’t hurt.“If I were eligible for a Pell Grant...
Dining in Spain isn't always delightful, of course, and visitors who don't venture beyond the hotel and museum districts may wonder what all the fuss is about. Despite our best efforts to find local gems serving traditional Catalan fare, we couldn't shake dishes of gluey paella, watery gazpacho, oversalted cod and lamb scraps advertised as cutlet. In Madrid, where Moroccan food is in vogue, we ordered a salad at a trendy place called Mosaiq and received taco filling. A dollop of wasabi next to a greasy piece of fish was the chef's idea of fusion...
...Valley of the Fallen was built at least in part through the forced labor of political prisoners. Soldiers from both sides of Spain's Civil War - Franco's Nationalists and the defeated Republicans - are interred there, but only Francoists treat the site as a shrine. Last November, the Catalan Green party (icv) suggested that the basilica be transformed into a "center for interpretation" to inform visitors about the repression and suffering inflicted by Franco's regime. "It's not normal for a democratic society to have failed to resolve this issue," says icv vice president Jaume Bosch. "Auschwitz has been...
...ruled unconstitutional. Can you "unmarry" a couple not seeking divorce? The word nation is an even deeper linguistic black hole. The constitution refers to "the indissoluble unity of the Spanish nation." Clear enough - until you read the proposed new statute of autonomy recently supported by nearly 90% of the Catalan Parliament. Its first clause declares: "Catalonia is a nation." Which has left Zapatero trying to find an alternative form of words that will satisfy his Catalan allies in the Madrid parliament - which must ratify the statute and which has now started debating it - yet won't steadily lead Spain into...