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Waking up to the fact that the siesta won't lie down

Tourism reinvents the traditional afternoon nap From Elizabeth Nash in Madrid

THE siesta won't lie down. Spaniards persist in enjoying an afternoon snooze whenever they get the chance, in defiance of efforts to shorten Spain's working day and match its idiosyncratic hours with the rest of Europe.