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Room With a View
There are moments in life that are magical. A night sky scan of Alicante, overlooking the bay to the Castillo de Santa Barbara and the harbor below, is one such slice. And it appears every night from our balcony. Life here begins when the sun goes down and the town lights up with music, evening […]
Sending 2015 Up In Flames
Spain likes to set things aflame. The Las Fallas celebration in Valencia is probably the best known example when world-famous parade floats go up in flames every March. But our late December lunch at Paco Gandia Restaurante in Pinoso, Spain was a real demonstration of holding your hand to the fire the likes of which I had […]
Can I Go Too?
Wanna-be competitors followed the Volvo Ocean race contenders as they turned into tiny specks on the horizon and sailed out of view. I doubt there will be many that stay the course on its first leg of the competition through the Strait of Gibraltar and down to Cap Horn. But luckily, it looks like they […]
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 […]
