{"id":156,"date":"2019-07-19T16:09:35","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T23:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/?page_id=156"},"modified":"2025-07-30T12:40:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T19:40:28","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hcode-row-1\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"wpb_column hcode-column-container vc_col-sm-12 col-xs-mobile-fullwidth\" data-front-class=\"col-xs-mobile-fullwidth\"><div class=\"vc-column-innner-wrapper\"><div class=\"home-opening no-padding-bottom sm-no-padding-bottom xs-no-padding-bottom\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14326\" src=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-23-at-4.22.03\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"352\" height=\"58\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-23-at-4.22.03\u202fPM.png 800w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-23-at-4.22.03\u202fPM-300x50.png 300w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-23-at-4.22.03\u202fPM-768x127.png 768w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-23-at-4.22.03\u202fPM-81x13.png 81w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/category\/faces-places\/\">faces-places<\/a>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swoppt.co\/category\/culture\">culture<\/a><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/category\/creative\/\">creative<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times;\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/category\/social\/\">social<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/category\/opinion\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">opinion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times;\" href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/category\/politic\/\">politic<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/swoppt.co\/category\/interview\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times;\"> pov<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h1>\n<\/div><div class=\"home-search hcode-text-1\"><hr \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t<form action=\"\" method=\"post\" class=\"searchandfilter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div><ul><li><input type=\"text\" name=\"ofsearch\" placeholder=\"Search &hellip;\" value=\"\"><\/li><li><select  name='ofcategory' id='ofcategory' class='postform'>\n\t<option value='0' selected='selected'>Filter<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"1753\">2020+<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"1752\">abuse<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"105\">creative<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"1244\">culture<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"1902\">faces\/places<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"20\">global<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"101\">introspective<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"1829\">marriage<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"23\">opinion<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"1754\">patriot<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"1681\">politic<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"22\">pov<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"1755\">race<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"1704\">science<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"1682\">social<\/option>\n<\/select>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ofcategory_operator\" value=\"and\" \/><\/li><li><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ofsubmitted\" value=\"1\"><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/form>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"hcode-row-2\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"wpb_column hcode-column-container vc_col-sm-12 col-xs-mobile-fullwidth\" data-front-class=\"col-xs-mobile-fullwidth\"><div class=\"vc-column-innner-wrapper\"><div class=\"blog-3col product-3\"><div class=\"post-15210 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-faces-places tag-community tag-observations\"><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 blog-listing \" ><div class=\"blog-post\"><div class=\"blog-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/making-sense-of\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ChocoPie.1-copy-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ChocoPie.1-copy-1.jpg 709w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ChocoPie.1-copy-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ChocoPie.1-copy-1-81x45.jpg 81w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" title=\"ChocoPie.1 copy\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-details hcode-blog-1\"><div class=\"blog-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/making-sense-of\/\">Making Sense of Mobility<\/a><\/div><div class=\"hcode-blog-excerpt blog-short-description entry-content\"><p>\u201cFrom where do we begin?\u00a0\u2026 Maybe with something small. Small and material. But spiritually its equal. I sound like the Sphinx posing riddles and devouring those unable to solve them.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"hcode-blog-separator separator-line bg-black no-margin-lr\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post-14983 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-faces-places tag-community tag-photography\"><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 blog-listing \" ><div class=\"blog-post\"><div class=\"blog-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/this-is-vu-tru\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"706\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/VTcropped-1.01.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/VTcropped-1.01.jpg 706w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/VTcropped-1.01-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/VTcropped-1.01-81x46.jpg 81w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" title=\"VTcropped-1.01\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-details hcode-blog-1\"><div class=\"blog-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/this-is-vu-tru\/\">This is: V\u0169 Tr\u1ee5!<\/a><\/div><div class=\"hcode-blog-excerpt blog-short-description entry-content\"><p>Motorbikes slalom between fresh flashy cars. Local vendors sell along the curbside of supermarkets and shopping malls.\u00a0 Quaint narrow streets are adorned with bold-lettered acronyms and neon lights.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"hcode-blog-separator separator-line bg-black no-margin-lr\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post-14951 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-faces-places tag-observations tag-perceptions\"><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 blog-listing \" ><div class=\"blog-post\"><div class=\"blog-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/fomenting-focus\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/RobApproved.1.01A.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/RobApproved.1.01A.jpg 709w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/RobApproved.1.01A-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/RobApproved.1.01A-81x45.jpg 81w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" title=\"RobApproved.1.01A\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-details hcode-blog-1\"><div class=\"blog-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/fomenting-focus\/\">Fomenting Focus<\/a><\/div><div class=\"hcode-blog-excerpt blog-short-description entry-content\"><p>Battered by a swarm of involuntary memories, my mind swats about frantically. It searches for the reason. A solid one. A conceivable one.\u00a0 Reminding myself, life alone is but one small fragment of a puzzle.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"hcode-blog-separator separator-line bg-black no-margin-lr\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post-14528 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-faces-places tag-community tag-photography\"><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 blog-listing \" ><div class=\"blog-post\"><div class=\"blog-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/hanoi-in-the-2020s\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HanoiHelmetPOVcropped.1.01.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HanoiHelmetPOVcropped.1.01.jpg 709w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HanoiHelmetPOVcropped.1.01-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HanoiHelmetPOVcropped.1.01-81x45.jpg 81w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" title=\"HanoiHelmetPOVcropped.1.01\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-details hcode-blog-1\"><div class=\"blog-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/hanoi-in-the-2020s\/\">Hanoi in the 2020s<\/a><\/div><div class=\"hcode-blog-excerpt blog-short-description entry-content\"><p>The city is in incessant movement.\u00a0Literally: the vehicles do not stop. They slow, they honk, they swerve.\u00a0 They keep moving forward regardless of the obstacle.\u00a0 I was instantly drawn to the movement.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"hcode-blog-separator separator-line bg-black no-margin-lr\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post-14449 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-faces-places tag-observations tag-perceptions\"><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 blog-listing \" ><div class=\"blog-post\"><div class=\"blog-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/decisions-choices\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/L.Carroll-B.Russell.1.01.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/L.Carroll-B.Russell.1.01.jpg 709w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/L.Carroll-B.Russell.1.01-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/L.Carroll-B.Russell.1.01-81x45.jpg 81w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" title=\"L.Carroll-B.Russell.1.01\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-details hcode-blog-1\"><div class=\"blog-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/decisions-choices\/\">Decisions \/ Choices<\/a><\/div><div class=\"hcode-blog-excerpt blog-short-description entry-content\"><p>My contemporaries and I had to select a major prior to the start of our freshman year at college.\u00a0\u00a0 My daughter\u2019s generation, the Gen Zers, went a step further, in promoting their own point of view.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"hcode-blog-separator separator-line bg-black no-margin-lr\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post-14186 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-faces-places tag-observations tag-perceptions\"><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 blog-listing \" ><div class=\"blog-post\"><div class=\"blog-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/counterpoint\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Vietnam-First-Page-cropped.1.01.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Vietnam-First-Page-cropped.1.01.jpg 709w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Vietnam-First-Page-cropped.1.01-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Vietnam-First-Page-cropped.1.01-81x45.jpg 81w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" title=\"Vietnam First Page cropped.1.01\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-details hcode-blog-1\"><div class=\"blog-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/counterpoint\/\">Counterpoint<\/a><\/div><div class=\"hcode-blog-excerpt blog-short-description entry-content\"><p>Time never rests. We sleep, it doesn't. Its readout varies. With where we are. The images we see one moment are totally dependent on our state of mind. On what we're thinking. Mustn't ever be taken for granted.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"hcode-blog-separator separator-line bg-black no-margin-lr\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post-14098 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-faces-places tag-community tag-culture\"><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 blog-listing \" ><div class=\"blog-post\"><div class=\"blog-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/lala-land-an-intro-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LampostNSkyCrp_7858.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LampostNSkyCrp_7858.jpg 709w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LampostNSkyCrp_7858-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LampostNSkyCrp_7858-81x45.jpg 81w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" title=\"LampostNSkyCrp_7858\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-details hcode-blog-1\"><div class=\"blog-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/lala-land-an-intro-2\/\">L?A?L?A? Land: An Intro<\/a><\/div><div class=\"hcode-blog-excerpt blog-short-description entry-content\"><p>Los Angeles is beautiful to those who have the patience to see it as such... You will find that the urban suburb is checkered with pockets of utmost color, care and soul \u2013 a riddle through and through.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"hcode-blog-separator separator-line bg-black no-margin-lr\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post-13983 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-faces-places tag-community tag-culture\"><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 blog-listing \" ><div class=\"blog-post\"><div class=\"blog-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/an-ode-to-3a\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MountTremblant.1.01A.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MountTremblant.1.01A.jpg 709w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MountTremblant.1.01A-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MountTremblant.1.01A-81x45.jpg 81w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" title=\"MountTremblant.1.01A\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-details hcode-blog-1\"><div class=\"blog-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/an-ode-to-3a\/\">An Ode to 3A<\/a><\/div><div class=\"hcode-blog-excerpt blog-short-description entry-content\"><p>Identity in Quebec remains a very touchy subject and much of it has to do with fitting in with language. I fit right in. Forty-eight are spoken in the small area that I currently call Home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"hcode-blog-separator separator-line bg-black no-margin-lr\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post-13860 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-faces-places tag-community tag-photography\"><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 blog-listing \" ><div class=\"blog-post\"><div class=\"blog-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/through-amys-lens\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Reims.1.01_323171254_847474099925103_834940040320209623_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Reims.1.01_323171254_847474099925103_834940040320209623_n.jpg 709w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Reims.1.01_323171254_847474099925103_834940040320209623_n-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Reims.1.01_323171254_847474099925103_834940040320209623_n-81x45.jpg 81w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" title=\"Reims.1.01_323171254_847474099925103_834940040320209623_n\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-details hcode-blog-1\"><div class=\"blog-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/through-amys-lens\/\">Through Amy&#8217;s Lens<\/a><\/div><div class=\"hcode-blog-excerpt blog-short-description entry-content\"><p>My first memory of my being interested in photography dates back to years ago. I think I was 6 or 7 using a Hello Kitty film camera taking photos of friends, family, and scenery throughout Dakar.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"hcode-blog-separator separator-line bg-black no-margin-lr\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post-13820 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-faces-places tag-community tag-photography\"><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 blog-listing \" ><div class=\"blog-post\"><div class=\"blog-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/walking-in-reims\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Porte-Mars-1.04.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Porte-Mars-1.04.jpg 709w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Porte-Mars-1.04-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Porte-Mars-1.04-81x45.jpg 81w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" title=\"Porte Mars 1.04\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-details hcode-blog-1\"><div class=\"blog-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/walking-in-reims\/\">Walking in Reims<\/a><\/div><div class=\"hcode-blog-excerpt blog-short-description entry-content\"><p>Having lived in big cities my whole life, the transition was conceptually difficult. With a population of just under 185,000, about a tenth of that of Montreal, Reims felt tiny. I don\u2019t think I ever adjusted to its size.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"hcode-blog-separator separator-line bg-black no-margin-lr\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post-13725 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-faces-places tag-observations tag-perceptions\"><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 blog-listing \" ><div class=\"blog-post\"><div class=\"blog-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/costa-brava\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Almeria-Alcazaba_2222346387.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Almeria-Alcazaba_2222346387.jpg 709w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Almeria-Alcazaba_2222346387-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Almeria-Alcazaba_2222346387-81x45.jpg 81w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" title=\"Almeria,Spain,Alcazaba -,09,14,2021\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-details hcode-blog-1\"><div class=\"blog-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/costa-brava\/\">Costa  Brava<\/a><\/div><div class=\"hcode-blog-excerpt blog-short-description entry-content\"><p>Driving from historic Ronda to Almeria, Martina and I retrace one path of the 1930s Spanish Civil War. Then, at Moj\u00e1car, we barely elude a near fatal flash flood as it roars down the mountain.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"hcode-blog-separator separator-line bg-black no-margin-lr\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post-13619 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-faces-places tag-observations tag-perceptions\"><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 blog-listing \" ><div class=\"blog-post\"><div class=\"blog-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/grasping-goya\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Goya-theThirdOfMay.1.01.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Goya-theThirdOfMay.1.01.jpg 709w, https:\/\/swoppt.co\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Goya-theThirdOfMay.1.01-300x168.jpg 300w, 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