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9-Months in Open Sea Extremes
From our perch overlooking the Alicante harbor, we witnessed one of the most exciting sailing events in the world: the start of the Volvo Ocean Race. With seven finely-tuned sailing yachts from around the globe, the race is a spectacle that was well worth pushing up our own Spanish start date to take it all […]
Could It Take Longer?
I still wonder if the Italian woman sitting behind us thought that “non-stop” meant she was required to take up a conversation with her German seatmate that would last the entire flight from Detroit to Frankfurt. To transport myself away from those tiny tiny seats and truly constant banter (honestly, I’m not exaggerating, just ask […]
Consuming Spanish
There are many ways to prepare for a trip to Spain. Grab a tourist guidebook, a foreign language phrasebook, start watching movies with Spanish subtitles and get the passports in order. While Jorge got wrapped up in Michener’s Iberia and Paul Theroux’s Pillars of Hercules, I chose to gather as many Spanish cookbooks and food […]
