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Europe » Spain » Balearic Islands » Majorca April 22nd 2014

Winter is finally over; not that it was long here in Majorca, but it was cold. I haven't been so cold in my own house for... ever! Luckily we have a chimney, but Majorcan houses are prepared for the heat, not the cold, so from December to April everybody cuddles up in front of the fire and waits for Spring. Majorca looks great in Spring: all covered in green and full of flowers everywhere; shame they won't last long, as soon it will be too hot to bare. This is the thing with this island: it goes from very cold to very hot nearly from one day to the next! To me, this is the best time of the year to be here, so we are making the most of it before it gets too hot ... read more
Llucmajor
Cabo Blanco
S'Arenal

Europe » Spain » Balearic Islands » Majorca February 26th 2014

Has it really been two years?!?!...Well, we've been dormant for a while, but that doesn't mean we haven't been anywhere, but because we've been to places where we've been before, we haven't blogged about them (mainly Spain and Germany) However, we've been busy having a baby! Ella came to this world on the 29th of January 2013 and we couldn't be happier: she's healthy and fit and she came with her climbing shoes and diving mask ready to use. That's one of the big news and the other is that, after more than 10 years living in England, we've moved to Majorca!... we got tired of the long, dark winters, the snow, the traffic jams and being far away from our families... so when Dax got a job offer in Majorca (and even though I was ... read more
Sant Salvador
Sant Salvador
Cala Mondragó

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Surrey » Farnham February 24th 2013

Ten years is a very long time. That's how long I lived in Britain, even though, originally, I went there for six months; this proves that life is best taken as it comes and that even though plans need to be made, they also need to be flexible. During those years, I fell in and out of love with Britain many times but at the end of my time there my love for her was stronger and I can say now that moving to Surrey was the best decision I could take. As you know, I love lists and summary blogs, so our leaving Britain was the perfect chance to do both in one and this is the result: the up's and down's of my ten years in England, in no particular order: UP'S 1. Meeting ... read more
no planes
Cobham
Cobham

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cornwall » Penzance April 6th 2012

And so another year has passed and Easter is back... last year was Scotland and this year is Cornwall, another corner of this beautiful country in which we live on and that I have never seen before (Dax was there about 10 years ago as part of his 'tippelei'). We left home aiming for Glastonbury, to visit the carpenters that were working with Dax all those 10 years ago... we drove and drove and drove and, suddenly, we were in Exeter... waaaay past Glastonbury. This can be explained by the fact that I was the one reading the map and I was looking at the wrong road!!!... how embarrassing!... and I was saying all the time "we're still far away, keep going"... until Dax saw a sign that said 5 miles to Exeter... I wasn't even ... read more
Eden Project
Random beach
Eden Project

Europe » United Kingdom » England December 9th 2011

It's been nearly 3 years since we came back from our honeymoon and, since then, we have been to a few places... none of them as exotic as the Cook Islands, or as cheap as Indonesia, or with food as fantastic as Thailand but, none the less, they have all been great on their own rights, because of the experience we had there, or the landscape, the people or the food... or all of it together!! You can read about this trips on our past blogs: we took a van trip around Germany and Austria to visit family and friends; I spent a month studying and visiting Seoul and after that we had an amazing week sailing around Mallorca and Cabrera, in the Balearic islands with our family. We have also been to Scotland, finally after ... read more
Guildford, UK
Guildford, UK
Germany

Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland May 1st 2011

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
Angel of the North
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh

Europe » Spain » Balearic Islands » Majorca September 3rd 2010

After the week with Peter Pan we went scuba diving in Santa Ponsa, and I run out of air!... it never happened before and it was quite interesting: after a year and a half of no diving, I was quite excited and my mask was leaking water all the time, so I wasn't very comfortable, so the result was that after about half an hour, I had to breathe through the instructor's emergency regulator for the last 10 mins!! Dax got the surprise of his life when my Uncle lent us his BMW motorbike and we could spent our last 3 days on the island driving in style (I was very scared I must admit!): it takes a while to get used to the noise in the helmet, the wind and the fact that you are ... read more
window!  /  ventana!
typical spanish balcony  /  balcon tipico espanhol
old street  /  calle vieja

Oceans and Seas » Mediterranean » Balearic Sea August 31st 2010

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
sunrise  /  amanecer
what a place for a house!  / vaya un sitio para una casa!
Dax!!

Asia » South Korea » Seoul July 30th 2010

Last 2 weeks have been busy and, in consequence, have gone fast!: We went to a baseball game between Doosan Bears and LG Twins. We supported the Bears... just because it was the home team; it was a great evening, except for the humidity which was nearly unbearable, I was glad I brought my Spanish hand fan with me, I made good use of it!. Also to a "Korean etiquette workshop", where we could dress up with the hanbok, the traditional Korean outfit; funny enough, they gave me one with the Spanish flag colours on it!. Ben and I skipped a couple of classes... I know, I know... but there are many things we still want to do before we leave and there's no time, so we had to "sacrifice" the class . So instead of ... read more
couple / parejita
Bears fans!
little tired fan / un pequeno fan cansadito

Asia » South Korea » Seoul July 18th 2010

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
divers / buceadores
me and ray / yo y la raya
me and manatee / yo y el manatee




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