Spain For Dummies, 4th edition (Dummies Travel)

555 Pages·2007·6.06 MB·English

by  Neil E. Schlecht

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About the Author
A writer and cycling aficionado who has lived in Spain, Brazil,
and Ecuador, Neil E. Schlechtnow resides in Litchfield County,
Connecticut. His first exposure to Spain was as a college sopho-
more teaching English at Col.legi Sant Ignasi in Barcelona. He
returned to Barcelona just before the 1992 Summer Olympics and
stayed for most of the following decade, working as a consultant
on social and economic development projects for the European
Union and as a contributing writer for a Spanish art and antiques
magazine. The author of a dozen travel guides, as well as articles
on art and culture and art catalogue essays, Neil is especially keen
on assignments that take him back to Spain.
The author counts among the highlights of his Spanish travels a
few treasured road miles cycling in the Navarra countryside along-
side Miguel Indurain, Spain’s five-time Tour de France champion.
Neil’s favorite reminder of Spain is his Labrador retriever, who
hails from a farm on Ibiza, one of the Balearic Islands. Despite her
relocation to the United States, she plays deaf to any commands
not in Spanish.
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Dedication
To Keny, who immersed me in the ways of Spain, and Solà, whose wine-
fueled charlasin his art studio helped me interpret them.
And to Sharon, who makes me want to hurry home.
Author’s Acknowledgments
A special thanks (and unabrazo muy fuerte) to Pilar Vico of the Tourist
Office of Spain in New York. Her generosity and good-natured assistance
proved essential to the completion of this book.