Patagonia is a bit of an obsession with me, and there's a good article over at the Guardian's site which is guaranteed to whet your travel appetite. Time to dust off a couple of old Patagonia tomes - this one, by Bruce Chatwin, of course, and this one, by W.H. Hudson - a bit thick on the philosophizing for some tastes, but worth it for the anecdotal passages. Meanwhile, I've been lending people a very enjoyable novel called This Thing of Darkness by a Brit, Harry Thompson, whose first novel it was and who sadly died after it was published. It's basically about Charles Darwin's Patagonian journey, mixed in with the life story of one Robert Firzroy, and there's a lot of wonderful Patagonian description in it. Not challenging - just highly enjoyable.
Meanwhile, over at Spanish NewsBites, recent items have included pieces on the Colombian muso Juan Luis Guerra., the Moros y Cristianos fiestas in Spain, and Madrid's White Nights. Spanish NewsBites: the language and the news wrapped up together, for your convenience and sheer pleasure.
Swich to wordpress, make your blogger nicer. -My 2 cents
Posted by: rc helicopters | December 07, 2011 at 05:27 PM