Hola I can't say I have had this situation. Usually I pay separately. There was one occasion where a young woman had neglected to go the the ATM in the last town, she honestly thought that there would be one in the small village. I could see her...
I cannot agree more as I have paid for meals, rides and accommodations of many folks who were "less fortunate" than I was at that moment. IMHO its not truly about who paid but the audacity if you will of those who knowingly freeload and have no...
Yes, there was when I came in as well. The sound of the Gaita from afar then and every time since has moved me to tears. I´m one who donates money for them to never stop greeting us.
My father-in-law started a bagpipes program at Carnegie Mellon University. https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/15/style/campus-life-carnegie-mellon-a-different-beat-when-bagpiping-becomes-a-major.html
Even though my heritage is Scottish, I was never...
I went to college in Santiago in the 90's and there were "gaiteiros" around the cathedral already. Maybe not every day or for so many hours, But it was happening already. In fact, the boyfriend of one of my friends used to play there sometimes...
There was a bagpiper there playing “Amazing Grace” when I finished in October 2013. It was my late father’s favorite hymn and made me think of him as I walked those final steps in the gentle rain.
There are a number of pipers that rotate playing in the arch, as well as other musicians. They sign up on a schedule that is kept in a space in the rock behind where they play. So I learned on a walking tour of the Plaza.
There was someone playing the bagpipes my first time there in November 2001. Fifteen years later when I finally made it for the second time, and as the emotion was building coming closer to the cathedral, I heard the bagpipes again. Well that’s...
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