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J. L. Gamallo. When summer comes, and if there was a great drought, the news that the news are usually open fires spread throughout Spain, without excluding the Balearics and the Canaries. A wave of fatal fire spreads throughout the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal does not escape this disaster. But this summer that seemed to last the month of July without good fire that carried the news, when the 24th, the eve of the feast of St.

J. L. Gamallo. Cuando llega el verano, y si ha habido una gran sequia, las noticias que suelen abrir los telediarios son los incendios que se extienden por toda España, sin excluir las Baleares y las Canarias. Una ola de fuego fatídico se extiende por toda la Península Ibérica. Portugal tampoco escapa a este desastre.

J. L. Gamallo. When considering a trip choosing accommodation that is conveniently located and we can access most of the sites without having to take any kind of transport or having to walk a lot is important. The hostel inn Horizonte, plus affordable rates, is located in an enviable location in Madrid city center, at Atocha Street, one of the oldest in Madrid, for it appears in the plane to conduct Pedro Teixeira in 1656 by King Philip IV.

J. L. Gamallo. The north of Spain is having a more rugged and mountainous territory, with stunning cliffs and very cut and charming coastal estuaries. The Cantabrian Sea and the Cantabrian mountain ranges have defined the life and destiny of its people, famous since ancient times for its aggressiveness and warrior spirit. Fortunately that is only in the history books, and now are a friendly and welcoming people.

J. L. Gamallo. The British cemetery dating back to 1854, when the Madrid City Council gave permission for its construction and was intended for Christians (British) non-Catholics. With time not limited only to the British, and allied (Canadians, Australians, Americans) but expanded the list to other religious, such as Lutherans, Orthodox or Jewish. Really worth visiting for an hour or so and enjoy a British cemetery in Madrid, very evocative and pleasant garden. It also has some burials of great artistic and historical interest.

J. L. Gamallo. For book lovers of all life, very close to our hostel, in the Madrid Centro, have a place of compulsory visit, and a strategically located: Cuesta de Claudio Moyano, a pedestrian street from the Glorieta de Atocha rises to Retiro, between the noble Fomento's ministry building and the Royal Botanic Gardens, next to Madrid's Art Walk, with its important museums.

J. L. Gamallo. A lo mejor no parece el verano el mejor momento para visitar un cementerio, pero hay Madrid contamos una serie de ellos muy interesantes, además que cada vez hay más gente en lo que podríamos denominar "turismo funerario". Los cementerios son lugares muy tranquilos, normalmente con abundante y bella vegetación, y monumentos escultóricos y mausoleos de gran belleza, rincones desconocidos de arte y espiritualidad.

J. L. Gamallo. The Revolution of 1917 was a brutal and radical transformation of the Russian Empire,that of Tsar from authoritarianism  of Tsar  ran to a relentless and bloody dictatorship, as has been known virtually no other in history. The arts and culture shining moment, linked in with the Russian tradition, who had lived Russia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with exquisite and cultured elites, completely westernized, with St. Petersburg as splendid setting disappeared.

J. L. Gamallo. La Revolución de 1917 supuso una transformación brutal y radical del Imperio Ruso, que del autoritarismo del zar se pasó a una implacable y sanguinaria dictadura, como prácticamente no se ha conocido otra en la historia. El brillante momento artístico y cultura, entroncado con la tradición rusa, que había vivido Rusia en los finales del siglo XIX y comienzos del XX, con unas élites exquisitas y cultivadas, completamente occidentalizadas, con San Petersburgo como espléndido marco despareció.

J. L. Gamallo. The possibilities offered by Madrid on a Sunday morning are very numerous, are for everyone. From visiting its exceptional museums, stroll through the parks and gardens, admire some of its monuments, walk the streets and avenues, tapas and reeds, etc.. But being in Madrid on a Sunday is almost inevitable to propose a visit to the Rastro, a kind of university in the street that is mounted on Sundays and holidays in the morning in the Ribera de Curtidores and nearby streets.