Finally, after more than 8 years living in the UK, we've been to Scotland! (we only have to go to Northern Ireland to have been in the 4 'kingdoms'). Galicians and Scottish are like cousins: we both come from the Celts, we pay bagpipes, we're used to rough weather and we like our food (although in Galicia we don't have much deep fried stuff). Thanks to Will and Kate for getting married on the 28th and giving us an extra bank holiday and, therefore, nearly 10 days off!... it was the perfect opportunity, so we packed the van and, with Thomas and Liz, headed for the North! At the last minute, we decided to rent a caravan, thinking that Scotland would probably be rainy and the four of us in the camper van would be a ... read more

With this blog I would like to prove that there is much more to do in Majorca than staying at a hotel, roast on the beach during the day (next to the hotel) and spend the night drinking until your liver explodes (at the hotel bar)... Those of you who know us, would know that we don't have lots of money, but we consider ourselves rich in other aspects, such as having a wonderful family or enjoying what we have instead of complaining for what we don't have; but this year we decided to spoil ourselves and rent a sailing boat with some other members of our family for a week, to mix among the brave souls who spend their summers floating on the clear Mediterranean waters around Majorca. And so we arrived at the docks ... read more

Somehow I managed to get past the equator of my little Korean ordeal... The week went fast, between classes and homework. On Tuesday we met the "head of the Korean Society" of Surrey University, who is from Seoul; he took us to the Aquarium and then invited us for dinner; it was a great afternoon!. I loved the aquarium, there were so many fish!... it made me want to jump into the tank and dive with them; and then we saw a couple of divers doing some cleaning in the sardine tank... oh man was I jealous?; I'm so looking forward to Majorca!. Then the University took us to Jeon-Ju for a weekend trip with expenses paid: transport, accommodation and food... not bad!. We left on Saturday early in the morning, under heavy rain, for a ... read more

The University has given me a grant to come to Seoul to "study" for 5 weeks, so here I am. Some of you may be wondering, when you see the pictures, why Dax is not on any of them; well, the answer is because he hasn't come!... and I miss him so much!. But you may be surprised to see me in the company of another male figure; this is Sam, also from my University. The flight was long... at the end I was even sick, just before landing; lack of sleep, change of hours, food in the plane (it was a bad idea to choose the Korean option for breakfast: rice porrige with green tea sauce and seaweed)... the first day wasn't enjoyable... neither was the first night, or the second... the 3rd was a ... read more

Germany, part 1 For the hundredth time we drove through half Europe to reach Germany... I enjoy more and more every tiem, and now that we have a van it's even better! This time we took the train, much faster than the ferry; many people say it's a bit claustrophobic because it's under the sea and there is no exit... well, I just don't think about it and it's fine. Dax went to bed even before the train started... of course, I stayed in front reading, which was quite difficult due to the flock of teenagers (already drunk at 2 in the afternoon) which were going on holidays to some unfortunate place in Europe; there were buses loaded with them! But we arrived safe and sound to France, and Belgium and Germany where, as usual, we ... read more