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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 driving at 120 kms/h with no seat belt!!

The best and worse was when we went to Sa Calobra, Cala Tuent and Soller: it was the best because the road is all curves (it's quite a tourist attraction) and it doesn't get boring, but it was the worse because, as well, the road is all curves and it gets painful after a while! I can't imagine to drive on that road inside a tourist bus!... but it's worth it at the end when you arrive at the bays, as they are beautiful with crystal clear waters!

On the very last day Dax went with some German guys to do some enduro motocross through the island and came back with a job offer to work for them taking other German dudes on that same tour!!

Book(s) I read:

Well, after the week on the boat when I didn't read anything due to the sea movement, I managed to read one book this week:

The picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde; it's part of my "Books addicts challenge" in my book club for this year, so I'm glad it's out of the way now; it started a bit slow and it was a bit difficult to understand, but it got better and better and now I know why it's one of the classics!. Highly recommended! Good Reads


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Después de la semana con Peter Pan, nos fuimos a bucear con bombona a Santa Ponsa y me quedé sin aire!... nunca me había pasado antes
typical spanish balcony  /  balcon tipico espanholtypical spanish balcony  /  balcon tipico espanhol
typical spanish balcony / balcon tipico espanhol

caged bird and drying underwear! / pajaro en jaula y bragas a secar!
y fue bastante interesante: después de un año y medio sin bucear, estaba bastante nerviosa y como me entraba agua en la máscara todo el tiempo, pues no estaba muy cómoda, así que el resultado fue que después de una media hora, tuve que usar el regulador de emergencia de la instructora par alos últimos 10 minutos!.

Dax tuvo la sorpresa de su vida cuando mi tío nos prestó su moto BMW y pudimos pasar los 3 últimos días en la isla conduciendo con estilo (yo estaba cagada, lo tengo que admitir!): lleva un tiempo acostumbrarse al ruido en el casco, el viento y el hecho de que estás conduciendo a 120 kms/h sin cinturón de seguridad!

Lo mejor y lo peor fue cuando fuimos a Sa Calobra, Cala Tuent y Sòller: lo mejor porque la carretera son todo curvas y no te aburres (es un atracción turística), pero lo peor también porque la carretera son todo curvas ¡y te duele todo después de un par de horas!. No me puedo imaginar conducir por esa carretera dentro un bus!... pero merece la pena cuando al final llegas a las clas, ya que son muy bonitas y de aguas cristalinas.

En el último día, Dax se fue a hacer motocross enduro con una panda de alemanes y volvió con una oferta de trabajo para currar para ellos llevando a otros tipos alemanes en tours de motos por la isla!!

Libro(s) que me he leído:

Después de la semana en el barco en la que no me pude leer ningún libro debido al movimiento de las olas, esta semana he terminado:

El retrato de Dorian Gray, de Oscar Wilde; lo tenía en mi lista para el "desafío de los adictos a los libros" de mi club de lectura para este año y, aunque al principio era un poco difícil de seguir y leer debido al inglés tan rimbombante del siglo XIX, se puso más interesante a medida que pasaba las páginas y he entendido por qué es uno de los clásicos. Totalmente recomendable!.

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it was worth the curves at the end / al final merecieron la pena las curvas
my uncle's motorbike / la moto de mi tiomy uncle's motorbike / la moto de mi tio
my uncle's motorbike / la moto de mi tio

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Date: 16th September 2010

just to rave
it is always nice to see, how both of you enjoy your live and this supported by such nice pictures. Hope you will go to your next journey soon, that I can enjoy more of your stuff :-) greedings Thomas and Liz

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beautiful colours :)

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