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20 degrees and sunny!
We woke up to a glorious morning. Although our hosts flat felt cold I knew as soon as we went outside it would be perfect. Up we got and headed to the corner bar/ cafe where the locals have bocata ( breakfast Spanish baguettes) ben picked the largest size filled with eggs,cheese,potatoes and chorizo sausages. Apparently the owner thought I should have the same siZe... Because I had a MASSIVE fried eggplant bocata with chorizo and black sausage. We were given ...
First stages of planning
Before I start, I've never written a blog in the past and maybe I would be not as articulate as most, but hopefully I convey and let the world now what I'm experiencing in planning my trip for 2013.
Next year I will be 37, so at this stage in my life it is something that I always regretted not doing when I was younger, so I decided it is now or never, Carpe Diem !
I am 36 and never been much on confidence, ...
Turns out Mom can be wrong!
... we entered the shop we went through the pantomime that we are so accustomed to - it was clear from the get go that not one of the four people working at this salon could speak a word of English. And my Spanish is awful...but hey that's okay. - we are used to it by now. So we acted out what we needed and told the four workers that basically we all wanted a trim and a style of some sort.
The boys sat down at their hair stations and the workers got ...
VALENCIA..the streets are paved with marble
... Steve thought we should try and move on to Ibiza overnight today so we went and did a big stock-up at the Mercadona ready for the passage and a possible several days at anchor. The wind had not decreased overnight and in fact the yachts here have all been straining at their berths
for 2 days. As I write this (1515 on 29th) we are awaiting the latest shipping forecast from Valencia traffic.
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Siesta Fiesta: A Tale of Food and Family
... of my conceivable future was mapped out in small chunks of time, to be followed to the tee. Imagine my surprise then, as I set off on my first Monday afternoon in Valencia having a full day scheduled with shopping for necessities and food, only to find the entire city… empty?
No, I quickly learned, this was not a sign of the apocalypse. It was simply siesta time! The literal definition of a siesta is that of a short nap taken during ...