Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Lush Luxembourg Garden There is something in most city dwellers which demands occasional respite from urban life, as if something in our genes reminds us that we are all descended from hunter-gatherers and farmers, and that cities are not our natural habitat. The Jardin du Luxembourg – the Luxembourg
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Paris’s Père Lachaise cemetery Covering more than 100 acres, Père Lachaise Cemetery is the largest within the city limits of Paris, and indisputably the city’s most famous. It takes its name from King Louis XIV’s confessor, Père François de la Chaise, who lived in a house on the site. The
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John Dos Passos By Antonio Ramblés In his day, American author John Dos Passos was as celebrated an author as his contemporaries Ernest Hemingway, Scott Fitzgerald, and James Joyce, and in 1936 his photo appeared on the cover of Time magazine. More than forty years after his death, he has become comparatively obscure despite his
Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Landmark Paris With more well-known landmarks than just about any other city, Paris challenges the visitor to decide which ones will make the cut before the return flight. The iconic Arc de Triomphe, midway on the Champs-Élysées, was conceived to honor those who fought for France during the Napoleonic Wars,
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com The Paris Vibe My first departure to Paris was scheduled for 9/14/2001, but the trip was delayed by the weeks of air traffic disruption in the wake of 9/11. In the weeks until my postponed departure, it often crossed my mind that U.S. had now shared the experience of
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Making Tequila The Siete Leguas tequila distillery is located in Atotonilco El Alto, about two hours’ drive east of Guadalajara, and this family-owned distillery drips with tradition and pride. Although most well-known tequila brands are now owned by multinational corporations, more than 100 distilleries still make nearly 1,000 brands
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Dolores Hidalgo’s Many Faces What has to be the largest Mexican flag in all of Mexico waves over Dolores Hidalgo. It’s visible from the mountain road long before the city appears, and it’s a beacon which flies there for good reason. The town – to which the name of Mexican
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Rivera’s Roots Diego Rivera was a prominent Mexican painter whose large scale wall frescos dealt mostly with social and political themes arising from Mexico’s 1910 revolution. He painted in Mexico City and in the U.S. between 1922 and 1953, and was instrumental in establishing the Mural Movement in Mexican
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Blind Spot Fiction by Antonio Ramblés Myra’s husband Paul had been dead nearly a year when a couple young enough to be her children moved into the long-vacant home next door. Throughout the long vacancy, a gardener had faithfully tended their yard, and while Myra often admired the flowers through its wrought-iron fence, she
Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Guanajuato’s Centro Historico The first sight of Guanajuato is breathtakingly beautiful. Thousands of brightly colored buildings are draped across the hills like a mosaic carpet, and the colors are warm in the morning sunlight. It’s picture postcard perfect. Guanajuato has played an important role throughout much of Mexico’s history,
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