The last thing you would expect is culture shock while traveling to Spain. Even less so a shock set on by a mass of British travelers. And yet that is the only term I can find to describe how I feel every time we venture out in Benalmedana. We came to this port because it
Benalmedana & Malaga – 23-25 September 2016
Adra – 22-23 September 2016
I am currently reading “Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through a Country’s Hidden Past”, by Giles Tremlett, a British journalist who’s made Madrid his home. I have just read the chapter on corruption. The King Juan Carlos, who was a supported of Franco, became head of state after the dictator’s death, and then he ushered in
Cartagena – 16-20 September 2016
We arrived in Cartagena at 4 AM, 5 hours later than we had planned. You can imagine that our first day there was a very lazy one. We slept, rested and napped, and later in the afternoon we went out for a walk to hunt down the tourist information center. In seaside towns these are
Travelling Down the Spanish Coast
When we left Tarragona on 11 September, our plan was to sail all the way down to Alicante, a city I absolutely wanted to visit because I had stayed there for a month studying Spanish when I was 18. This trip would take several days. I had suggested, and Pierrick agreed, to a new shift
Panpan Panpan Panpan
“Panpan Panpan Panpan, Calling All ships All ships All ships, Message from Malaga, Almería and Cabo Gata” Yesterday, our VHF radio buzzed with the warning signal that calls all ships to listen to an important message. Pierrick was resting and I was on shift duty, watching the horizon from the wheel. I rushed inside the
What should I wear?
This post is unapologetically about clothing. 🙂 It may seem like a frivolous question, yet it is one that most of us ask ourselves every morning when we wake up: What should I wear? I have been told by many travelers that while on a boat, you hardly need any clothes. One or two t-shirts
transformation
Hand worker
Wind & Yoga on the Boat
Our boat is docked at the very end of a dock at the point of which there are seasonal businesses, one for jet skiing and for diving. Both have a small wooden structure with a straight, wooden platform or two. When I first saw these I became very excited because I figured I could do
Our Last Night in Paris
In the south of France, you need wheels to get around. Our options were to buy a car, rent one, or use Pierrick’s classic car. We chose the latter. The plan was to send La Dolce (short for La Dolce Vita, her name) down south by train. We could freight her as south as Avignon.