Operación Salida: Departure Day

Brian's Spain Domain

Aug 08 2022 | 00:12:27

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Show Notes

Every year in early August the Spanish take flight from the cities and head for the coast or the mountains or anywhere that takes their minds off their routine lives and the heat. Their aim: summer vacation. And it usually kicks off with “Operación Salida”, or Departure Day. Before the journey was a nightmare, long, […]

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