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The Fairytale Land of Castile-Leon

Posted by Katy Stewart on Jan 9, 2012 in Features, Starry-Eyed Tales | 6 comments

When you think of Spain, what springs to mind? I’ll bet the first things do not include weird rock formations, grand castles in provincial towns, or even chocolate. Yet this is the Spain I know, and it exists in a place north of Madrid and east of Galicia, a region called Castile-Leon.

In the Footsteps of the Cathars: A Journey in Southern France

Posted by Katy Stewart on Jan 28, 2011 in Starry-Eyed Tales | 0 comments

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>Languedoc-Roussillon. History so deeply permeates this catalan region of southern France that even the name – Languedoc – is a reminder of the language once spoken in this region, a medieval forerunner of modern-day Catalan, the langue d’oc. Nowadays, the majority of people here speak French – which was once the langue d’oil spoken in Northern France.