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Random question without notice, IBBG: you sound knowledgeable on Spain and things Spanish, ever been to Toledo?
 
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grizzlym said:
Random question without notice, IBBG: you sound knowledgeable on Spain and things Spanish, ever been to Toledo?
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I haven't actually. But I'm told it's a very picturesque area. My family is from Spain, but not Toledo specifically.
 
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I've never been to Spain, but I'm led to believe that Toledo is quite amazing. The narrow curvy streets, the jagged views of the sky between the buildings etc. El Greco land.
 
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I've never been to Spain, but I'm led to believe that Toledo is quite amazing. The narrow curvy streets, the jagged views of the sky between the buildings etc. El Greco land.
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I spent quite a bit of time backpacking through spain in 2004. Great country. My favourite city is Seville, followed by Madrid then Barcelona.

If you are heading that part of the world, head to a place called 'Lagos' in Portugal definitely my favourite in that part of the world.
 

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grizzlym said:
I've never been to Spain, but I'm led to believe that Toledo is quite amazing. The narrow curvy streets, the jagged views of the sky between the buildings etc. El Greco land.
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Toledo is an example of a town that has undergone a lot of change throughout it's history. There are lots of cities and towns in Spain that have fully embraced the changes that have come along with the different governance models, particularly the period between the years 900 and 1700. Some of the most famous in terms of tourism have been those cities that were heavily influenced by the Moors, both in custom/lifestyle and more visually in it's physical form (architecture). Toledo is one of these, as it sits nicely between Madrid and Cordoba. It was a critical trade route back in the day. It also, at one point, marked the geographic extent to which the Moorish empire ruled.

Another really good example of this is the city of Valencia, probably the most "fusioned" (in terms of historical culture) city in Europe. Moorish and Baroque are the main influences, but there's also an underlying vernacular culture that exists along the north-eastern coast of Spain, from Cataluña right down to Alicante and is inclusive of the Balearic Islands and Ibiza. They also share similar dialects. It's all very interesting, but I'll stop now cause I'm rambling....lol :p ;)
 
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IBleedBrownNGold said:
Toledo is an example of a town that has undergone a lot of change throughout it's history. There are lots of cities and towns in Spain that have fully embraced the changes that have come along with the different governance models, particularly the period between the years 900 and 1700. Some of the most famous in terms of tourism have been those cities that were heavily influenced by the Moors, both in custom/lifestyle and more visually in it's physical form (architecture). Toledo is one of these, as it sits nicely between Madrid and Cordoba. It was a critical trade route back in the day. It also, at one point, marked the geographic extent to which the Moorish empire ruled.

Another really good example of this is the city of Valencia, probably the most "fusioned" (in terms of historical culture) city in Europe. Moorish and Baroque are the main influences, but there's also an underlying vernacular culture that exists along the north-eastern coast of Spain, from Cataluña right down to Alicante and is inclusive of the Balearic Islands and Ibiza. They also share similar dialects. It's all very interesting, but I'll stop now cause I'm rambling....lol :p ;)
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Tis a good ramble. Many thanks.

I've never been to Spain, would love to and will one day. There's something about ancient trade routes that give places a different flavour. It's the melting pot thing - people, food, architecture etc. I've lived in Cape Town a couple of times and it has that feeling about it too.

Ahhh, it gives me itchy feet to think about distant shores...
 
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Tis a good ramble. Many thanks.

I've never been to Spain, would love to and will one day. There's something about ancient trade routes that give places a different flavour. It's the melting pot thing - people, food, architecture etc. I've lived in Cape Town a couple of times and it has that feeling about it too.

Ahhh, it gives me itchy feet to think about distant shores...
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Sounds like a bad case of tinea mate...
 
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I'm surprised Granada hasn't got a guernsey in this conversation so far; the Alhambra is a staggering piece of architecture.

And Salamanca to the west of Madrid is worth a visit also.
 
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Spot on Mess. Interesting geography, lots of mountainous areas across the whole country. It makes for really beautiful towns and cities.
 
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Go for it Grizz... I completed the derailment, well and truly. :eek:
 
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grizzlym said:
I've never been to Spain, but I'm led to believe that Toledo is quite amazing. The narrow curvy streets, the jagged views of the sky between the buildings etc. El Greco land.
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Watched the Movie 'El Greco' at a film festival in '08, inspiring, don't know if its out on DVD, worth watching if you get a chance.

Travelled to Europe on several occasions but never to spain, next time i venture to europe first stop will be ESPANIA, alas it won't be as a single person, but a family of 5, the whole lampoons adventure i suppose :rolleyes:
 
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Stumbled across this this morning. Misconceived merchandising at the extreme end of the scale.

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"Ah, Princess Diana's oddest collectible, and another of my prized collection. The best you can say about it is that at least she's not tied up. It's still impossible to ignore the underlying message of this toy. To make it work, you must pry Wonder Woman's thighs apart and quickly thrust them back together again, OVER AND OVER. And what does it do while this is happening? IT CUTS THINGS OFF!"

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"If there was any justice in the world, this is the weapon that street women would carry in their boots to fight off evil johns who don't pay up. Like a St. Christopher sculpture is used for the dashboard of your car. But I think these are safety scissors, so you couldn't cut up your pimp with them at all. Darn it."

There's more joy here, people.
 
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Funny Comic Toys and what about that Canon Lens...... start up a private investigating business with that mother of all camera lenses.:D
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Noosa expressed an interest in the lens...
 
I found this an interesting read - it's about Blues supremo Robert Johnson and whether his recording were sped up. Full link at bottom of extract.

"Last time I was here, I speculated on how country blues genius Charley Patton held his guitar. Indeed, I'm a huge fan of pre-war country blues and that led me into an interesting (but failed) project a little while month back. I don't do much magazine work these days (except for the one that pays my mortgage, of course), but I had an idea for a magazine article that wasn't right for HBR. It went a little like this:

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Robert Johnson isn't merely the best-known and most popular blues singer ever; he's the performer through whom millions of people have been introduced to the form. For most people who hear Robert Johnson the first time, it's the voice that grabs them. High-pitched, on the edge, filled with authority, lust, and fear, that voice inspired everyone from Eric Clapton and Keith Richards to generations of lesser performers and enthusiasts. There's only one problem: that voice might be a fraud"



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She looks like she's been kidnapped by a Polynesian tribe and been used as a crash test dummy by the apprentice tattooists. Some weird ink on that chick.
 
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This strange story.

I was catching the train home (as usual) when I noticed this weird looking bloke. I reckon it was probably about South Yarra when he caught my eye. On first glance he looked just like the standard public service drone common on the Frankston line in peak hour. Both the man and the briefcase were middle-aged and slightly battered.

But, and it's a bigger butt than you'd see on the American Mid-west 'Biggest Loser', this guy was wearing a cloak. And a full-length one at that. Not some dainty little cape, which would have been odd enough, but something you might see in down-town Transylvania at midnight. It enveloped the man. And it was disturbing.... FFS a businessman wearing a cloak on a peak-hour train.

So I started to watch this bloke. And I noticed that a handful of other passengers were also warily watching the cloaked-one as he blithely tackled the Sudoko. 'The Count' seemed quite unaware of the wide-eyed incredulity he was generating; but soon, more and more people became aware of the cloaked one.

And then, when the strange had almost become common-place, which was around Caulfield off-memory, the man rummaged around under his voluminous cape and took out a tin of boiled lollies which he set down upon his briefcase on his lap. Then he pulled out a pair of long blue tweezers (like they use in hospitals) from under his cape.

Everyone knew what this guy was going to do. And the thought was too weird to contemplate. I silently hoped he would do a Karate Kid with the tweezers and try to catch a fly or something mid-flight. Because that would have been kooky and in someway funny. But no, this script was obviously well-rehearsed and, like most truly terrifying things, was a twist on the everyday.

Yep, this guy took the lid off the tin of lollies and carefully plucked, with disturbing precision, sweets with the tweezers, and popped them into his mouth with a practiced nonchalance. I can't convey how freakin' weird the whole spectacle was - a man wearing a huge vampire cape was eating boiled lollies with a pair of tweezers on a peak hour train.

Needless to say, most of the carriage was wide-eyed at this point and the sensible people were moving towards the doors, ready to jump off at the next station.

Minutes later I stood on Glenhuntly Station with a bunch of other people watching the Frankston train carrying the cloaked man disappear into the distance. People were looking at each other totally bemused with 'did I just see that looks on their faces'. It was very, very weird.
 
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This strange story.

I was catching the train home (as usual) when I noticed this weird looking bloke. I reckon it was probably about South Yarra when he caught my eye. On first glance he looked just like the standard public service drone common on the Frankston line in peak hour. Both the man and the briefcase were middle-aged and slightly battered.
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I tuned out once I read this Grizz....
 

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