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Living and Learning in Málaga, Year 2—Adventures When a Friend Visits

By Donna Miscolta | September 29, 2024 |

Woman standing against a wall with seven white-lettering-on-black-background signs.

My friend Debra came for a visit from Seattle on her way to an eight-day hike on the Costa Brava. In Debra’s three and a half days in Málaga and then three more days in Madrid, we did a lot of walking, a lot of talking, and a lot of eating. In between, there was…

Living and Learning in Málaga – Year 2, Migration

By Donna Miscolta | May 28, 2024 |

Painting of a boat on a screen in a small theater with viewers seated on pillows

Migration is the theme for this month’s post, which includes an Englishman who moved to Spain in 1920 and became a hispanist; Latin Americans who migrate to Spain because economic collapse in their own countries compromises their future; and an exhibit at a Madrid museum by a Filipina Canadian filmmaker who looks at migration on…