In the late 1980s, the Spanish band Gabinete Caligari brought out an album called Camino Soria, or Road to Soria. The group chose the title because Soria was the province where they sold the fewest records, and they had resolved to go there to try to shift a few more copies. The title made quite [...]
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Mooching around… Soria
Posted: January 5, 2011 in Castilla-LeonTags: Antonio Machado, Gabinete Caligari, Soria
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Leon Cathedral
Posted: April 30, 2010 in Castilla-LeonTags: Castilla Leon, Julio Llamazares, Leon cathedra
Standing in León cathedral, multicoloured ribbons of light tumbled down from the stained-glass windows, flickering over my body and onto the floor. As the purple, yellow, pink and green spots danced across the stone slabs, the handful of visitors looked as if they had inadvertently stumbled into a provincial disco, their sombre, practical outfits briefly [...]
