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Troy Nahumko is an award-winning author based in Caceres, Spain. His recent work focuses on travels around the Mediterranean, from Tangier to Istanbul. As a writer and photographer he has contributed to newspapers and media such as Lonely Planet, The Globe and Mail, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Toronto Star, Counterpunch,The Irish World, The Straits Times, The Calgary Herald, Khaleej Times, DW-World, Rabble and El Pais. He also writes a bi-weekly op-ed column 'Camino a Ítaca' for the Spanish newspaper HOY. His book, Stories Left in Stone, Trails and Traces in Cáceres, Spain is published by the University of Alberta Press. As an ESL materials writer he has worked with publishers such as Macmillan and CUP.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Notes from the Road: Easter in Caceres

For some it's Easter egg hunts, for others meditations on torture and resurrection, others still a time to be 'seen' showing their penitence in hooded processions...for me it means that the simple fact of walking to my house becomes an ordeal.

Crowds clog the tiny arteries of the old town here in Caceres, while supposedly beatific onlookers become less than Christlike thinking that I'm cutting in front of them rather than simply walking home.

Matador Travel's Notes from the Road recently published a walk of mine home.

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