Comments on: Notes in Spanish video blog – On tour 1 – El Puerto de Despeñaperros…

By: ben

ben — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:38:09 +0000

Thanks for the info Chris, what a wonderful place to make films…

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:00:54 +0000

I understand that the name Desfiladero de Despenperros (Defile of the overthrow of the dogs) comes from the historic defeat of the Muslims at Las Navas de Tolosa a few K’s south in 1212. Three Christian armies came together to defeat the Almohad forces of Mohammed II al-Nasir and opened the gate to Andalucia. As a film maker working on projects in Andalucia I find the region and the history fascinating. There are so many untold stories and it is fun to investigate.

By: Kalinikos

Kalinikos — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:51:27 +0000

Nice…

By: John Dunford

John Dunford — Sat, 19 May 2007 15:48:13 +0000

Hola Marina y Ben. Muchas gracias por un videoblog muy interesante. Hace cuatro semanas hicimos mi esposa y yo un viaje de nuestra casa en Andalucía a Ciudad Real y pasamos por la zona. Creo que se llama el Desfiladero de Despeñaperros y no puerto porque es un cañon, ¿verdad?
Saludo a todos,
John.

By: ben

ben — Fri, 18 May 2007 18:14:17 +0000

The videos take a few takes, at most 3, sometime we do it straight off. The podcasts often come out perfectly first time, but if we haven’t recorded for a while we may need to start again a couple of times.

By: ValenciaSon

ValenciaSon — Fri, 18 May 2007 15:13:52 +0000

Classic! Nice videoblog. The end was humorous, a nice, human touch. How many takes does it take each of you roughly for your podcasts or videoblogs? Is there a difference in terms of how many for each?

By: Kjersti

Kjersti — Fri, 18 May 2007 06:27:21 +0000

I loved the outtake! It’s good to know that even native Spanish speakers sometimes have a hard time too! I must have restarted my videos about 10 times!

By: Christian

Christian — Thu, 17 May 2007 16:05:55 +0000

Mis vecinos dicen que el nombre tiene que ver con una batalla de la Reconquista. “Perro” es un nombre insultante que quiere decir moro. No se si es la verdad.