Signs of Life
Position: 37° 35′ 49”N 0° 58′ 48”W Following nearly seven weeks of isolation there are signs of life returning to Cartagena. Spain is second only to the United States for the total number of active cases, and tragically Spain’s death …
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Freedom’s End – Road Trip Part 3
Position: 40° 21′ 30″N 0° 24′ 27″E MORELLA By the time we arrived in Morella Thursday, March 12, Covid-19 had caught up with us. The Spanish government had just ordered a lockdown, due to take full effect at the weekend. …
So, You Want To Be A Cruiser?
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, …
Lockdown Week 4
Spain is one of the hardest hit countries in total number of cases of Covid-19. Ranking second in the world, after the US, it has the highest number of coronavirus deaths relative to population. More health care workers have been …
How I Learned to Love Shakespeare, or Albarracín – Road Trip Part 2
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 …
Pre-Pandemic Road Trip – Part 1
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 …
Life Under Lockdown
When we set sail on this grand adventure, we discussed every potential scenario we could think of. Global pandemic and being locked into Aleta was not on the list. We are now almost 14 days into an indefinite and very …
Video: Hiking the Cañón de los Arcos
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 …
Un Pesce Pieno di Dollari
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 …