Visiting the viewing deck of Santa Monica, after filling our eyes with the color of the Ocean Avenue gardens, we were hungry, hungry for shrimp and prawns. The good reviews featured (along the renowned fame due to the film), they were led up to the number 87 Aquarium Way (Long Beach, California). Shrimp and fresh fish, are the dishes that …
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United States, California, western Los Angeles County, Santa Monica. The city (named after the Christian saint, Monica), situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is bordered on three sides by the city of Los Angeles. Santa Monica had become a famed resort town by the early 20th century, but was long inhabited by the Tongva people, and was called Kecheek in …
Read More »READY FOR THE BIG ADVENTURE – Choose your kicks on Route 66
Everyone loves to travel, but not everyone loves to travel the same way. All you have to do is have the time in your life. Meeting Benches. The way to make the world a better place is easy. Choose a bench, where you can publish what you have painted or written, a review of a book that you’ve read, or …
Read More »DEVELOPING HIS OWN EXCELLENT EYE FOR COLOR – Saturnino Herran, the early extinguished brightness
SATURNINO HERRAN 1/3 – His work was part of a movement called “syntheticism”, of which he was the best representative. Though he died at 31 years old, his legacy is solid. The only child of a Mexican father and a French Swiss mother, he was born in Aguascalientes on a July day, in 1887. He showed early talent and at …
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MEXICAN ADVENTURE TOUR
Visit the ancient Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, have a guided tour of the ancient site of Teotihuacan, stroll around Monte Albán, the holy city of the ancient Zapotecs then explore the Mayan ruins at Palenque and climb the pyramid at the huge Mayan city of Chichén Itzá. A Mexico adventure tour will show all the amazing scenic sights of this …
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Mexico Cultural Dances https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhmr3vqyNv4 Mexican Music Festival / Songs and Dances https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIDSd5Pbk28 Mariachi Los Camperos- Popurri https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9KQbbheFcM Mexican Pop Singer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZDV8L2T7gM
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THE DEATH OF ARTEMIO CRUZ – Romance by Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes was born in a November day, in 1928. Mexican novelist (short-story writer, playwright, critic, and diplomat), he traveled with his family in North and South America and in Europe. As a young man, he studied law at the University of Mexico in Mexico City and later attended the Institute of Advanced International Studies in Geneva. Rebelling against his …
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SI TUS OJOS FUERAN LUCEROS – Anónimo Si tus ojos fueran luceros, y tus labios el mar, qué paisaje tan bonito para poder admirar. IF YOUR EYES WERE BRIGHT STARS – If your eyes were bright stars, and your lips the sea, how nice to admire the landscape. UNA FLOR EN EL CAMINO – Amado Nervo La muerta resucita cuando …
Read More »WHEN EVERYONE WANTS TO HAVE SOME PAINTINGS OF A MASTER – Arturo Michelina, Venezuelan shades of talent
ARTURO MICHELENA 1/3 – He was born on a June day, 1863 in Valencia (Carabobo State), and began to paint at a young age. Michelena was a precocious artist, endowed with an extraordinary talent for drawing and color. In 1874, he made his first self-portrait. Traveled to Paris (where he studied in the famous Académie Julian), with his first great …
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VENEZUELAN MUSIC AND DANCE
Venezuela Latin Dance Joropo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4ohkxnOric Cumbia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAe7V9Csd84 Traditional Venezuelan dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjmaIUnF9L0 Venezuelan popular music in Venezuela / Feeling 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjeVv_Eqspc
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VENEZUELA TEPUI TREK – Trek in the magical world of Tepui
The 9 days trek to Auyán? This tour starting in Ciudad BolÃvar, will bring you to the indian village Kavac (in the Canaima National Park), from where your trek through the Gran Sabana to the top of the Auyán-tepui starts. The daily trips, compared to Roraima, are 2 to 3 hours longer but you will be rewarded with one of …
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