![]() ![]() | [From Attaché Magazine]: "A Marine officer in a former life, George Semler first came to Madrid in 1970 to work on a Vietnam memoir. Since then Semler has authored books on Madrid and Barcelona and lived in the Spanish capital, the Basque Country and Catalonia. Presently at work on a book about the Pyrenees based on a two-month walk from Atlantic to Mediterranean, Semler lives in Barcelona and writes about life in southern Europe. A generalist, Semler has written about everything from fly fishing to flamenco, wild mushrooms and running with the bulls for publications including the Los Angeles Times, Saveur, Forbes FYI and Sky." |
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Culture of Tapas Spain's legendary 'bar food' was born and thrives in Andalusia | Mountainous
Appetites In the Cerdanya, high in the Pyrenees, it's easy to grow ravenous—and just as easy to find plenty of delicious, hearty fare to eat | Wild
France Corsican food gets its unmistakable character from the sprawling scrub called the maquis | La
Diada de Sant Jordi: Barcelona's
Lovers' Day Barcelona's best day? Easy. April 23---St. George's Day...a day when kissometer readings go off the charts, a day so sweet and playful, so goofy and romantic, that 6 million Catalans go giddy from dawn to dusk. |