Desde Galicia

Saturday morning I turned on the TV and caught a program on the Galician Channel called Desde Galicia para el mundo a cultural magazine that features the best of Galician Culture and Geography. It was pretty fantastic. Watch episodes here.

just sayin...

Not sure if you saw the last Spain vs. Paraguay World Cup game...agooooony until the last 10 minutes. Well, the magic octopus predicted that Spain will beat Germany on Wednesday...fingers crossed! (by the way, last time he predicted Germany would beat Argentina-true. And in case you are wondering, the prediction is based on which box he goes into. It's really quite cute, don't you think?)

Fireworks

Happy fourth of July! We're hoping to fire up the grill and have some salads and ice-cream sandwiches on the terrace. Since we have to wait until July 24th for fireworks here are a few bold and bright colorful cacti and succulents.

Cosmic Race

Studying Latin American literature the theme of identity came up a lot. The America's tended to be seen as the lost Atlantis, Paradise, and in one essay the genetic farmland for perfect humans when the raza cosmica-a race of perfectly mixed genetics would arise. Watching this video from the New York Times about model scouting in Brazil is eerily similar. Read the Raza Cósmica in English here and watch the video here.

oh my!

So pretty! Don't you want one for your city?

Here or there

I celebration of the 4th of July, summer, camping, and road trips who wouldn't like to have a trailer decked out by the Spanish decorators at Caravanolic? Check out their adorable prototype. I love the tree wallpaper.