September 7, 2010

Spanish architecture possesses certain distinctive features, in both plan and detail. Image by StevenM_61 via Flickr In plan, whether of residence or public building, the patio, or open inner courtyard, is a marked characteristic. In detail the use of wrought iron work for balconies, railings and grilles is equally characteristic. There is, too, the low [...]
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August 30, 2010

It was a strange place on which to eat one’s Christmas dinner ; but it is the variety of life which makes its interest. The 25th of December is as dull in Mexico as the City on a Bank Holiday. Christmas is, nevertheless, a tremendous festival in Mexico; for the preceding nine days there are [...]
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