Travel Talk | Spain and Portugal - a look into the Iberian Peninsula's culture and cooking

Join the OSU Alumni Association Alumni Group Travel Program and OSU Professor Anuncia Escala to learn about Spain and Portugal’s history and culture, and an introduction to the April 2020 Paradores and Pousadas tour.

Co-hosts: OSU Professor and native of Spain, Anuncia Escala and Kate Sanders, director for alumni programs and Alumni Group Travel.

Reading list and website suggestions from Anuncia Escala

Spain: A brief history (Pergamon Oxford Spanish series) by Pierre Vilar
A Concise History of Spain (Cambridge Concise Histories)
Spain: The Root and the Flower: An Interpretation of Spain and the Spanish People
Iberia by James A. Michener
The Spanish Republic and the Civil War 1931–39. Princeton (N.J.): Princeton University Press, 1965
Making of Medieval Spain (Library of European Civilization) By Gabriel Jackson
Every region and city have their how website, for instance Andalucia.com and Portugal.com has regional information.
Cookbook author: Penelope Casas
Food and wine: Latienda.com

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A guide for Spanish food

DK Eyewitness Spain is a great travel book and recommended by our tour host, Anuncia Escala

The Spanish Table is a place to purchase Spanish groceries, wine, ceramics and more.

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