Position: 37° 35′ 49”N 0° 58′ 48”W Pandemic lockdown is the perfect dress rehearsal for cruising. If you’re not enjoying your time in self-isolation, you’re probably not cut out for sailing around the world. Based on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, …
POSITION: 40° 24’ 23”N 1° 26’ 39”W Like so many of our generation, I went on a middle school class trip to see Zeffirelli’s Romeo & Juliet. The adolescent energy of the film, with its foreshadowed glimpse of Olivia Hussey’s …
Position: 40° 2′ 51”N 2° 5′ 56”W Perfectly executed rendezvous in foreign countries always amaze me. Transporting two groups of people from opposite ends of the earth to a place none of them has ever seen at an agreed time …
Editor’s Note This document dates from the 18th century. It discusses how a pirate ship ‘The Fagend’ [sic] dealt with a disease identified here as ‘Plague-19’. Captain Diarmid “Blunderbuss” Pew was one of the most notorious and ruthless Borborygme pirates. …
Position: 37° 35′ 49”N 0° 58′ 48”W We are on lock down. We can leave the marina only if we’re buying groceries or going to the pharmacy. Marlon can’t leave the marina and can walk only as far as he …
Position: 40°22’18.1″N 1°34’41.9″W With our friends Lauren and Wade, we discovered this hike almost by accident. About halfway between historical Cuenca and beautiful Albarracín, Spain, we stopped the car at a bend in the river to stretch our legs. Noticing …
Position: 37°01’10.6″N 2°25’54.7″W Even if you’re 30 years younger than any of the American presidential candidates, you should have heard of Spaghetti Westerns. Just as the curtain fell on Hollywood’s long, loving relationship with the western, Europeans swooped in and …
La Mancha Rather than get to Toledo as fast as we could, wandering some of La Mancha’s country roads seemed more fitting. We left Mérida late morning, swinging through the roundabouts as we exited town. Heading uphill the cloudless, cobalt …
