The Lady in Black/ Miguel de Cervantes
The religious commemoration of the Holy Week just began in Cadiz, Spain. People jammed the streets to celebrate it. Floats with statues depicting different passages of Jesus’ life and death paraded through downtown. Lines of penitents dressed in robes and pointed hats preceded the images. Women in dark clothes and black veils and a […]
The City That Does Not Sleep/ Federico Garcia Lorca
Last Saturday I attended a flamenco recital in the Club of Camaron in San Fernando, Cadiz, Spain. The “duende flamenco” –the magic spell of flamenco—flourishes in the air of the place. The Spanish guitar and the singing ushered the audience into a world of beauty and wrenching emotions. Eyes welled up with tears. Some […]
