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Braña de La Falguera (Somiedo pt 3)
Not to be confused with La Felguera in Langreo, La Falguera is a beautiful summer braña and the Vaqueiros here used to participate in...
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xinxane
- Nov 9, 2021
- 1 min
Update!
Buenas! Sorry for being absent for over a year! I come to update to say that I do intend to finish uploading and writing posts for the...
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xinxane
- Jun 28, 2020
- 6 min
Veigas & the climb up (Somiedo pt2)
Veigas is an old parroquia, a parish, within Somiedo. As far as I can tell, it is not and has never been a braña. Traditionally, brañas...
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xinxane
- Jun 11, 2020
- 3 min
Blog notice
I apologize for the sudden long absence. As you probably know, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all travel was suspended and US travelers...
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xinxane
- Mar 3, 2020
- 5 min
Pola de Somiedo and the hike to the first brañas (Somiedo pt1)
About a month ago, I visited my first braña. From the airport, I took a taxi to Pola de Somiedo where I was staying. The first thing I...
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xinxane
- Feb 24, 2020
- 4 min
Gijón pt 2, Cemetery of El Sucu, Ceares & Update
Hi guys, I know it has taken me a long time to update, I have been very busy as my research project is very much underway. In order to...
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xinxane
- Feb 6, 2020
- 7 min
Going home (kind of): Gijón, Asturias
This past Thursday, I woke up at 8 am to head into Madrid to catch my flight to Uviéu. Someone who lived in Toledo showed me on the map...
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xinxane
- Jan 25, 2020
- 3 min
El Tránsito Synagogue and the Sefardi Museum
Yesterday, I went to the Esnoga del Tránsito and Sefardi Museum (Museo Sefardí), the place I had most been looking forward to in Toledo....
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xinxane
- Jan 23, 2020
- 2 min
The Jewish Quarter of Toledo
Today I walked around Toledo and, as promised, visited the Jewish quarter, or djuderiya in Ladino. I didn't go into any of the synagogues...
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xinxane
- Jan 22, 2020
- 1 min
Welcome to Toledo!
My flight was delayed for four hours but I am here! Madrid is different than I expected, though I did not wonder so much about what it...
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xinxane
- Jan 15, 2020
- 1 min
Introduction
Bienveníu! My name is Rachel but you can also call me Xinxane (sheen-shah-nay) or Sinjanía (seen-hah-NEE-ah). This blog is for...
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