Those Catalans and World Cup Fever

My favorite ... uh, inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula.

"Even the Catalan papers revelled in the victory, perhaps won over by the fact the victorious side featured seven Barcelona players."

[from CBS Sports]

You know something exciting is happening if the Catalans go wild over the Spanish team.

some Hispanics are more Hispanic than others.

The Catalan Vengeance

Catalan is making a comeback, thanks to some rather dramatic government intervention in the film industry. I wish them luck (as I stumble through one more article on the Alans in Catalan)

Visca Catalunya!

Late last night I was working on my article about the Catalan mercenaries hired by the Byzantines in the early 14th century (Catalans being Catalans it did not end well for the Byzantines). What better than to listen to a little faux medieval music from Miklos Rozsa while writing.

Then on a whim I looked at Andrew Sullivan and found this little map showing Catalunya as an independent country! None of that ol' Castilian for them.


what happens to France is kinda interesting too.

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